Winterlight,
I do suppose that you have re-checked your current bios selections. But,
I recall a m/b of recent use (2002-2008) that had multiple bios
selections somehow tied to on-board sound activities. Worse was they
were NOT on the same screen. It took me 3 days to unscramble the RTFM
logic and get sound working. Just a thought.
Best,
Duncan
On 10/23/2010 00:07, Winterlight wrote:
Yeah I did check, and it is not connected, but the sound has been
working up until last night ,and it has never been connected. This is
a 2003 case and motherboard. In the past I did connect the pins
manually one pin at a time. This time I did not bother to hook it
up... but it was working. thanks though
At 06:54 PM 10/22/2010, you wrote:
Have you checked to see if the front panel audio connector is
connected? If it is not, have you made sure the left/right is
jumpered?
Ie
1 2 3 e 4
5 6 7 8 9
Should be front panel connected, or 3/7 has to be jumpered along with
4/9. If not, it will install fine, but audio is redirected to an
absent front panel connector.
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From: DSinc <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:36:52
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Subject: Re: [H] dead on board sound
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
>
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