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VIA AC'97 onboard sound volume very low


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TJ Drifter

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Hi, I have a K7T turbo motherboard from microstar with onboard sound. MB model # MS-6330 V3
It came with a driver CD which includes via 4in1 chipset drivers and sound drivers. I have all volumes turned to max and can barely hear sound through my desktop speakers or headphones. Can you help me with a fix for this?

I can provide more detailed info on my system if ya need it... just post what else ya need.
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TJ
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Have you checked the volume setting in software? Click the speaker icon in the system tray, or go to Control Panel->Sound & Audio Devices.

Edited by pip22, 11 February 2007 - 02:28 AM.

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yes the volume in control panel/sound& audio and the systray are turned all the way up....
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best advise you can offer is the obvious, which I said in my original post I had already done?
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Check to see if you have the sigmatel sound chipset( Chip Integrated DirectSound AC97 Audio Sigmatel 9708 ).

http://www.soundcard...rs/80/80992.htm

I don't know if it will cure your problem but its worth a try.

And more sigmatel drivers

http://www.soundcard...panies/1690.htm

Make sure you know what sound device you have.

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I used PC Wizard 2007 to gather some of this info... the rest came from my device manager
There are alot of"unspecified" stats in it but maybe this helps ID my audio system
I will look into the drivers you linked and see if it fixes the sound volume, in the mean time here is what I know...

From Device manager
VIA AC'97 Audio Controller
Driver details:

Driver Provider: Sensaura Ltd.
Driver version: 6.14.1.3870
File version: 4.12.01.2002

From PC Wizard
Under Mainboard

General Information :
Manufacturer : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD (MSI)
Product : MS-6330
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : Unspecified
Support MP : No

Chassis Information :
Manufacturer : Unspecified
Type : Notebook
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : Unspecified
Asset : Unspecified

Sensor Information :
Monitoring Chip : Via 686A/B

Slots Information :
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v
Slot AGP : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v

External Connectors :
Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male
Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male
Parallel ECP/EPP : DB25 female
Keyboard : PS/2
Mouse : PS/2

Internal Connectors :
PRIMARY IDE : On Board IDE
SECONDARY IDE : On Board IDE
FDD : On Board Floppy
COM1 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
COM2 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
LPT1 : DB25 female
Keyboard :
PS/2 Mouse : PS/2
USB :






Bios
General Information :
Manufacturer : Award Software International, Inc.
Version : 6.00 PG
Date : 08 March 2001
Address : 0xE000 on 256 KB
Copyright : Copyright © 1984-2000, Award Software, Inc.
Motherboard ID : 08/03/2001-8363-686B-6A6LMM4AC-00
OEM Signature : W6330MS V2.9 080301 14:42:47
DMI Version : 2.2

Characteristics :
Flashable : Yes
Socketed : Yes

Functionnality :
APM : Yes
ACPI : Yes
ESCD : Yes
PnP : Yes
PCI : Yes
ISA : Yes
AGP : Yes
USB : Yes
PCMCIA : No
Smart Battery : No

Boot Information :
Selectable Boot : Yes
CD-ROM Boot : Yes
PC Card (PCMCIA) Boot : No
I20 Boot : No
LS-120 Boot : Yes
1394 Boot : No
ATAPI ZIP Boot : Yes


chipset

General Information :
NorthBridge : VIA KT133A
SouthBridge : VT82C686/A/B "Super South" PCI to ISA Bridge

NorthBridge Information :
Architecture : Northbridge
Manufacturer : VIA
Revision : 03
Bus Speed : 100 MHz
FSB Frequency : 199.9 MHz (DDR)
V-Link Bus Width : 8-bit
V-LinkRate Speed : 8x
V-Link Host Clock : 66.97 MHz
V-Link Speed : 535.76 MHz
V-Link Bandwidth : 4286.08 MB/s
AutoDisconnect : Yes
DownStream Priority High : No
UpStream Priority High : No

Memory Information :
Type : SDRAM PC133
Frequency : 133.3 MHz
DRAM/FSB Ratio : FSB + 33 MHz
ECC Diagnostic : No
Interleave : 4-way
CAS Latency (tCL) : 3 clocks
RAS to CAS (tRCD) : 3 clocks
RAS Precharge (tRP) : 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) : 6 clocks

Device Capabilities (PCI) :
Latency Timer : 8 clocks
I/O Access : No
Memory Access : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
VGA Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Cycle Wait : No
System Error Line : No
Fast Back-to-Back : No
Detects Parity Errors : No
User Defined Format : No
PCI 66Mhz Bus Support : No
New Capability List : Yes
PCI Support : AGP
PCI Support : Power Management Interface





under Audio

Device Audio : VT82C686/A/B AC'97 Audio Codec
Audio Playback : VIA AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
Audio Playback : Microsoft Sound Mapper
Audio Recording : VIA AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
MIDI Output : Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
MIDI Output : Microsoft MIDI Mapper
Mixer Device : VIA AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
Device multimedia : AVIVideo
Device multimedia : CDAudio
Device multimedia : Sequencer
Device multimedia : WaveAudio
Device multimedia : MPEGVideo
Audio Compression : Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC
Audio Compression : Microsoft ADPCM CODEC
Audio Compression : Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC
Audio Compression : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
Audio Compression : DSP Group TrueSpeech™ Software CODEC
Audio Compression : Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC
Audio Compression : Windows Media Audio
Audio Compression : Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec
Audio Compression : Indeo® audio software
Audio Compression : Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced)
Audio Compression : Messenger Audio Codec
Audio Compression : Microsoft PCM Converter
Video Compression : Cinepak Codec by Radius
Video Compression : Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50
Video Compression : Intel Indeo® Video R3.2
Video Compression : Intel Indeo® Video R3.2
Video Compression : Intel Indeo® Video 4.5
Video Compression : Intel IYUV codec
Video Compression : Microsoft RLE
Video Compression : Microsoft Video 1
Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
Video Compression : Toshiba YUV Codec
Video Compression : Microsoft YUV
Video Compression : Microsoft H.263 Video Codec
Video Compression : Microsoft H.261 Video Codec
Video Compression : Indeo® video 5.10



Device Audio : VT82C686/A/B AC'97 Audio Codec

General Information :
Manufacturer : Micro-Star International Co Ltd (MSI)

Codec Information :
AC'97 support : Yes
S/PDIF support : No
Manufacturer : ICEnsemble
Model : ICE1232
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Try downloading the latest drivers from here.Those should work for your chipset, uninstall the old drivers from Add/Remove programs first though.
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