I'd clock the m/b back to stock for troubleshooting. This reads like a
reason I gave up on all things O/C. JMHO.
Yes, sound chips/function can die. Are you sure you have fully enabled
the on-board sound? Do you run DirectX?
If the m/b is a few years old, perhaps a visit to Asus for new/latest
m/b utility files focused on the sound function
may help......
I have found that the base (m/b's CD) drivers for one of my Asus boards
do NOT play nice w/XP until I get newer
files. Odd, but expected over the past 6 years.
Good luck,
Duncan
On 10/22/2010 16:33, Winterlight wrote:
I have a old ASUS PC-DL Deluxe Xenon motherboard that I decided to
start using again. It served for four years 24/7 as my primary
computer. It has onboard Soundmax sound. I set it up with a dual boot
XP PRO and Windows 7 PRO. For the first time on this board I set it up
to overclock from 3.53GHZ to 3400GHZ . I did 24 hour Prime95 burn ins
to make sure everything was stable. It is a PCP&C 510 PS. It isn't
even running particularly hot. The RAM is faster then the bus
requires, and this motherboard is set up for overclocking so I haven't
worried about the PCI bus.
But then my sound card has apparently died. The driver installs
normally, no error messages, windows plays as if there was sound there
just isn't any sound. I tested speakers and they are fine. It is the
same the exact same problem in both OSes so it is a hardware problem.
The BIOS has AC97 enabled as it should. The speakers are test good.
Just no sound.
So I figure a circa 2004 motherboard has lost it's onboard audio
chip. I can stick a PCI sound card in. But I am wondering if the
overclocking could of taken out the sound chip? I have onboard sound
go bad with interference but never just die like this. Maybe I
shouldn't stress this old board by overclocking? Any thoughts?
m
