Disable built-in soud

I am using an M-Audio USB device, is there a way to disable built-in soud?
This lead's to a broader question, coming from a WinXP world I got used to disabling services and such for memory and cpu intensive work, is there a Mac equivilant or an application to make it easier -http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html- is an example. Is there even a need for one.
Finally, does Dashboard need to be running all the time?
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi,
try to use the apple menu => System => Sound: on Tab SOUNDEFFECTS and Tab OUTPUT select your M-Audio device.
You need not to disable any services on a Mac like on Windoof PC.
To disable the Dashboard you need to run OnyX which you can get from
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/onyx.html
It is a very powerful tool for a Mac.
Try it, but have a backup for save !
Hope that answer your Questions.

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