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No sound yet sound card seems fine.

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Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 14, 2003 at 16:37:17 Pacific
OS: WIN98SE
CPU/Ram: AMD Duron /256KB
Comment:

Ok, I have an Aopen AK77 Pro motherboard with a built in VIA AC'97 sound card. I recently did a clean install and after I installed the audio drivers from the CD that came with the motherboard I still didn't get any sound. I checked the properties in the device manager and it has the sound card listed and saying it is working properly. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it a few times with no luck. Any help in the right direction is appreciated.



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Response Number 1
Name: broni
Date: November 14, 2003 at 17:45:21 Pacific
Reply:

Mike
Try an updated driver from HERE


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Response Number 2
Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 14, 2003 at 17:59:02 Pacific
Reply:

thanks. I think I am headed in the right direction. I downloaded the drivers from that site. I still have the same problem..BUT...i do get a crackle and pop upon restart of my computer right before the windows desktop loads up. Which was not happening before.


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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: November 14, 2003 at 18:58:39 Pacific
Reply:

Go to multimedia in control panel and make sure the sound card is set as the playback device and nothing is muted.

Make sure the speakers are plugged in the correct port.


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Response Number 4
Name: mmmmmmmmm
Date: November 14, 2003 at 19:02:51 Pacific
Reply:

Did you check that the onboard sound is enabled in the BIOS setting's .
the motherboard is capable of onboard sound or a sound card but not both.
Also check that there are no IRQ conflict's.


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Response Number 5
Name: justin_b31
Date: November 14, 2003 at 19:07:17 Pacific
Reply:

and are you overclocking your FSB? IF you are it can stop the onboard sound..did it to mine with a Shuttle ME64 only @ 113Mhz from 100


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Response Number 6
Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 15, 2003 at 04:18:48 Pacific
Reply:

DAVEINCAPS-I did the multimedia thing and I took a screenshot to show what my options are.

The speakers are plugged in the correct ports as well.

mmmmmmmmm-I didn't see any options in my BIOS for enabling or disabling any onboard sound. I don't believe there is any conflicts. Here is a screen shot of how I determined that, I could be wrong.

justin_b31-How do i check if i am overclocking my FSB?


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Response Number 7
Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 15, 2003 at 04:20:47 Pacific
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The images didn't embed in my previous post. Here are the URLs for the 2 screen shots.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/127815/pic1.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/127815/pic2.jpg


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Response Number 8
Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 15, 2003 at 05:18:19 Pacific
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I checked how to overclock my FSB. It didn't look to be overclocked in BIOS. It was at default of 100.


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Response Number 9
Name: Michael John Poland
Date: November 15, 2003 at 06:01:26 Pacific
Reply:

Here is a new popup I recieved when trying to uninstall my sound driver that came with my motherboard.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/127815/pic3.jpg



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Response Number 10
Name: bill
Date: November 15, 2003 at 13:19:01 Pacific
Reply:

I also have an AC'97 adapter on my motherboard. The driver installs fine (newest driver). It looks ok in the Device Nanager but doesn't show up in the Control Panel/Multimedia. I had to install a sound card to get any audio. I suspect a hardware problem with the adapter


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Response Number 11
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: November 15, 2003 at 19:26:51 Pacific
Reply:

If it shows in device manager it should be enabled in cmos.

I think the reason it's not working is because it's not specifically listed in multimedia. But I don't know why it's not there.

I've occassionally had problems setting up new sound cards on systems having a previous card installed but usually a fresh installation is no problem.

It may help to check response #8 in this recent thread:

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