mselishea wrote:
> I have an EliteP4M800 motherboard. Have no sound. Everything is enabled,
> downloaded, compatible, no question marks ect. and I am going mad trying
> to figure this out. Help Please!!!
>
>
You can go to Start:Run and type in "dxdiag".
Then wait a few moments, and the Microsoft DirectX diagnostic screen
will pop up.
In there is a test for DirectSound.
Make sure you have amplified speakers plugged into the green Lineout
connector, and that the volume knob on the speakers is turned up a bit.
Check the sound control panel, and make sure the outputs are not muted
(maybe a checkbox somewhere or a slider).
Then try the DirectSound test.
Also, you may have been tempted to wire headphones to a FP_AUDIO
header on the motherboard. If done incorrectly, this can disable
sound from the green connector on the back of the computer. To verify
that the sound works, you can disconnect the FP_AUDIO cabling, and put
back the two jumpers that were on there from the factory. (The FP_AUDIO
header design is a standard invented by Intel, and the standard method
is to provide a 2x5 header, with one pin missing, and two jumpers are
in place on the header.)
Since I don't know precisely which motherboard this is, my answer is
generic in nature. If you want me to verify further, please provide
a URL to the user manual for the motherboard. The ECS web site doesn't
really lend itself to exhaustive search.
And if all else fails, a separate PCI sound card can certainly
give a quick fix. I use a $7 card to replace the motherboard sound,
and that is an easy way to get to try a different set of drivers.
For $7, you would be getting something like a CMI8738 sound chip
for PCI bus. You can get drivers for these cards from cmedia.com.tw
directly, so you know you're getting good drivers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
HTH,
Paul
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