[Luckyjfl]

Hi Guys,
I upgraded my pc in the last few days and I cannot get the onboard sound to work. It is supposed to be AC97 Audio, with AD188 SoundMax Audio. I checked in the bios to see if the onboard was switched to on. I also downloaded the latest Sound Max Drivers. Any Advice would be appreciatted.
Cheers.

My specs are :
Motherboard : Asus K8V - MX
Processor : AMD 3400 Sempron 64 Bit
Graphics : Nvidia FX 68000
RAM : 1 Gig 3200 x 400
Hard Drive : Maxtor 200 Gig

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Try other speakers in the port, and make sure the existing cables are connected properly. This will rule out any problems with your speakers.

[burnoutnotfadeaway]

Try other speakers in the port, and make sure the existing cables are connected properly. This will rule out any problems with your speakers.

[Luckyjfl]

Hi, Burnoutnotfadaway, I used the speakers in another system and they worked. I do however notice, in the sounds & Audio , it states No Audio device ?.

[Facedown98]

Hi. This is interesting... You have all of your drivers updated, so they won't be the issue, and the speakers work elsewhere. Now, the system won't identify the speakers... I would have to say that there's something wrong with the computer itself for sure... When did this start? Have you made any changes to the system recently?

[AnthonyJ]

are you using a sound card or onboard? also try uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling

[Luckyjfl]

No, I just built this in the last week, using some of the things from my other pc, like the graphics card. But otherwise it is virtually new. I did insert a brand new Processor and heatsink. If it has not got the audio in it, I guess the first thing I shoud do is try and install it from the Motherboard cd.

[Facedown98]

Give it a shot

[Luckyjfl]

Cheers also Anto, will try both

[Luckyjfl]

Ok, here is what I did to solve the problem. I took a sound card out of my other pc and installed it on this MB. Then I switched on, the AC 97 [ find Audio devices ] in the bios. Walla, the sound came on. I need to pop out tomorrow and get a new sound card as this one is up for sale with the other pc. Once again, thanks a lot guys for your efforts.

Cheers.