I have moderate to high computer knowledge and I just built myself a computer. The only problem is, I can't get any sound! I installed the Intel D975xBx2. I checked the BIOS to see if it was enabled. I made sure that all the volume sliders are up, and nothing is muted. I made sure that the proper sound system is set to default. I installed the drivers that came with the motherboard, and they didn't work. I uninstalled them, and downloaded the newest drivers. Those haven't worked either.
Also, I'm not sure if this matters, but the motherboard is supposed to support 5.1 and 7.1 systems and I have a 2.1 system.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
2007-09-04 09:30:37 · 8 answers · asked by Lazenca 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
1. If you're sure it's enabled in BIOS - also be sure you're not overclocking. Overclocking the BUS can wig out peripheral cards.
2. Remove any peripheral cards that aren't essential to boot (any above board NICs, SCSI, Firewire, etc.) that you may have installed and test it. May have a resource conflict.
3. Are the drivers showing up in Windows - when it boots it's acknowledging the hardware is there? The little speaker icon and sliders are showing up - so I assume this is the case?
4. Most soundcard drivers give you the ability to assign what the little jacks on the back do. This will be an icon in your control panel group specific to this audio device. Usually, the black or green jack will give you some sound output.
5. Check speakers on a known good source - try system with known good speakers?
6. Update your directX drivers - reinstall them if need be.
Thats all I can think of off hand....might actually read the sound chip on the board and look up manufacturer drivers instead of the intel provided ones...
Best of luck.
2007-09-04 09:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by AaronGillum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ho. No difference between 2.1 and 5.1 or 7.1. It should work fine. You may have an AC97 audio chip. These are usually pretty reliable, if not the best sounding. Double check the speakers, especially if they are powered (sounds like they are). Hook the up to an mp3 or other sound source.
2007-09-04 09:39:01 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
take a look in control panel, system, devices and delete anything that is flagged with a ! if there are any such entries. I would guess you already looked there, but 'just in case' ... I had problems with my 5.1 card install and when i looked there was a 'legacy' driver/device entry - once that was removed all worked after reboot. (XP machine) Try removing ALL reference to the sound device (even legit 'devices'), and then reboot and let it reinstall itself.
2007-09-11 18:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by BrettO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First check that your sound drivers are installed properly see in hardware settings if sound driver is showing any yellow mark
2007-09-12 01:06:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure in the aduio device settings that it is not set to mute or that no sound card is chosen as the default.
2007-09-12 06:32:20 · answer #5 · answered by David K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've encountered the same problem. first I tough that it is software problem, then I found out that the on board sound card is defective.
2007-09-11 18:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by berdz Force 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all else fails, check that your speakers are plugged into the right socket.
2007-09-12 05:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by Steve F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use the driver cd that came with your motherboard
2007-09-04 09:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by Michael Y 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋