Asrock 775i65PE incredible problem

Hi everybody, first post here.

I know this may sound OT but my vendor told me that Asrock is owned (or is a
branch of) by asus, so...here I am.

I recently bought a new Asrock 775i65PE motherboard to replace an old asus
one which died.
This new one has a 7.1 integrated audio chip, and I'm getting mad trying to
make it work.

It simply outputs sound whenever it wants, for example, if I open an mp3
file (but this is true also for videos, games, everything which is
audio-related), it will start playing (maybe), then play for a couple of
secs, then no output at all for some other time, then again, and so on.

I tried everything, from reformatting HD (im using windows xp sp2) to
changing drivers/ flashing bios. NO SOLUTION:

Please someone help me, i'm getting mad. really!

Andrea from italy (thats why of my bad english..)

"Andrea Giudici" <judge at area51staff punto it> wrote in message
news:45ccaba5$0$6016$. ..
> Hi everybody, first post here.
>
> I know this may sound OT but my vendor told me that Asrock is owned (or is
> a branch of) by asus, so...here I am.
>
> I recently bought a new Asrock 775i65PE motherboard to replace an old asus
> one which died.
> This new one has a 7.1 integrated audio chip, and I'm getting mad trying
> to make it work.
>
> It simply outputs sound whenever it wants, for example, if I open an mp3
> file (but this is true also for videos, games, everything which is
> audio-related), it will start playing (maybe), then play for a couple of
> secs, then no output at all for some other time, then again, and so on.
>
> I tried everything, from reformatting HD (im using windows xp sp2) to
> changing drivers/ flashing bios. NO SOLUTION:
>
> Please someone help me, i'm getting mad. really!
>

I also have a new Asrock motherboard (775 VIA-MST), and I can't get any
sound _at all_. I've installed all the drivers, including the latest one
from the Asrock website, but I still get "No audio device". So I have fitted
a PCI sound card (which I already had), and now everything is alright.
My advice to you is to fit a PCI sound card too (also). You can get a cheap
(inexpensive) one, and it should solve your problem.
P.S. Your English is OK.

Sylvain.

> Andrea from italy (thats why of my bad english..)
>

> I also have a new Asrock motherboard (775 VIA-MST), and I can't get any
> sound _at all_. I've installed all the drivers, including the latest one
> from the Asrock website, but I still get "No audio device". So I have
> fitted a PCI sound card (which I already had), and now everything is
> alright.
> My advice to you is to fit a PCI sound card too (also). You can get a
> cheap (inexpensive) one, and it should solve your problem.
> P.S. Your English is OK.
>
I also think this will be my final solution.
Here where I live the cheapest surround sound card (made by trust) is 30?.
I bought this mobo for about 60?.....
Of course I'll never buy again from Asrock, and everybody please think twice
before doing this.

Any further help would be appreciated,

Andrea

Andrea Giudici wrote:
>> I also have a new Asrock motherboard (775 VIA-MST), and I can't get any
>> sound _at all_. I've installed all the drivers, including the latest one
>> from the Asrock website, but I still get "No audio device". So I have
>> fitted a PCI sound card (which I already had), and now everything is
>> alright.
>> My advice to you is to fit a PCI sound card too (also). You can get a
>> cheap (inexpensive) one, and it should solve your problem.
>> P.S. Your English is OK.
>>
> I also think this will be my final solution.
> Here where I live the cheapest surround sound card (made by trust) is 30?.
> I bought this mobo for about 60?.....
> Of course I'll never buy again from Asrock, and everybody please think twice
> before doing this.
>
> Any further help would be appreciated,


Asrock mainboards are fine if they are o.k. which is not always the
case (see, e. g., user reviews at www.newegg.com).

You might contact your mainboard dealer and have your 775i65PE
replaced by a new one - with a working on-board sound.

Roy