Yet another problem on the 8RDA3+

This is getting embarassing. I know it doesn't seem like it but I have
built every PC since I bought an 8088 machine back in the 80s and I've never
had this much trouble. I probably should have just stuck with the 8KHA+.

Anyway, I've got no sound from my 8RDA3+. The nVidia sound drivers are
installed and I "see" activity on the nVidia mixer but nothing out of the
speakers. Speakers are good because I just played something on my laptop to
verify. Everything in the device manager shows as working but no sound from
any audio source, the web, Winamp, or a CD. Went through the XP
troubleshooter and everything is set up correctly.

The sound on my 8RDA+ works and I see that it shows two nVidia devices; the
nForce audio codec interface and the nForce MCP audio processing unit. For
some reason, the latter did not load when I installed the nVidia audio
drivers. I will try the installation again but if you've got any other
ideas, I'm all ears!

Thanks.

Lee M. wrote:
> This is getting embarassing. I know it doesn't seem like it but I have
> built every PC since I bought an 8088 machine back in the 80s and I've never
> had this much trouble. I probably should have just stuck with the 8KHA+.
>
> Anyway, I've got no sound from my 8RDA3+. The nVidia sound drivers are
> installed and I "see" activity on the nVidia mixer but nothing out of the
> speakers. Speakers are good because I just played something on my laptop to
> verify. Everything in the device manager shows as working but no sound from
> any audio source, the web, Winamp, or a CD. Went through the XP
> troubleshooter and everything is set up correctly.
>
> The sound on my 8RDA+ works and I see that it shows two nVidia devices; the
> nForce audio codec interface and the nForce MCP audio processing unit. For
> some reason, the latter did not load when I installed the nVidia audio
> drivers. I will try the installation again but if you've got any other
> ideas, I'm all ears!
>
> Thanks.
>

Are the two yellow jumpers on the audio header ? They provide continuity,
from Lineout on the AC97 Codec, to the green connector on the back of the
motherboard. No jumpers = no sound (in stereo).

http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/imageview.php?image=3116

Paul

"Paul" <> wrote in message news:f6ha70$pnj$...
> Lee M. wrote:
>> This is getting embarassing. I know it doesn't seem like it but I have
>> built every PC since I bought an 8088 machine back in the 80s and I've
>> never had this much trouble. I probably should have just stuck with the
>> 8KHA+.
>>
>> Anyway, I've got no sound from my 8RDA3+. The nVidia sound drivers are
>> installed and I "see" activity on the nVidia mixer but nothing out of the
>> speakers. Speakers are good because I just played something on my laptop
>> to verify. Everything in the device manager shows as working but no
>> sound from any audio source, the web, Winamp, or a CD. Went through the
>> XP troubleshooter and everything is set up correctly.
>>
>> The sound on my 8RDA+ works and I see that it shows two nVidia devices;
>> the nForce audio codec interface and the nForce MCP audio processing
>> unit. For some reason, the latter did not load when I installed the
>> nVidia audio drivers. I will try the installation again but if you've
>> got any other ideas, I'm all ears!
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Are the two yellow jumpers on the audio header ? They provide continuity,
> from Lineout on the AC97 Codec, to the green connector on the back of the
> motherboard. No jumpers = no sound (in stereo).
>
> http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/imageview.php?image=3116
>
> Paul

You know, I had those jumpers in place and got no sound so I pulled them off
again. (The manual is not exactly a model of clarity on this topic). That
was before I discovered that the audio drivers hadn't installed when I ran
the nVidia mobo driver installation program. I installed the audio driver
then didn't think to put the jumpers back on. Once I did (thanks to your
message) the sound works. I just wonder why the guy I bought the mobo from
didn't leave the jumpers in place (unless he was using a PCI sound card)?
Oh well.

Finally, 5 days after the initial install, the mobo is working 100% (other
than the occasional mysterious boot failure, which may or may not be due to
my power supply.)

Thanks Paul.

Lee

Lee M. wrote:
> "Paul" <> wrote in message news:f6ha70$pnj$...
>> Lee M. wrote:
>>> This is getting embarassing. I know it doesn't seem like it but I have
>>> built every PC since I bought an 8088 machine back in the 80s and I've
>>> never had this much trouble. I probably should have just stuck with the
>>> 8KHA+.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I've got no sound from my 8RDA3+. The nVidia sound drivers are
>>> installed and I "see" activity on the nVidia mixer but nothing out of the
>>> speakers. Speakers are good because I just played something on my laptop
>>> to verify. Everything in the device manager shows as working but no
>>> sound from any audio source, the web, Winamp, or a CD. Went through the
>>> XP troubleshooter and everything is set up correctly.
>>>
>>> The sound on my 8RDA+ works and I see that it shows two nVidia devices;
>>> the nForce audio codec interface and the nForce MCP audio processing
>>> unit. For some reason, the latter did not load when I installed the
>>> nVidia audio drivers. I will try the installation again but if you've
>>> got any other ideas, I'm all ears!
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Are the two yellow jumpers on the audio header ? They provide continuity,
>> from Lineout on the AC97 Codec, to the green connector on the back of the
>> motherboard. No jumpers = no sound (in stereo).
>>
>> http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/imageview.php?image=3116
>>
>> Paul
>
> You know, I had those jumpers in place and got no sound so I pulled them off
> again. (The manual is not exactly a model of clarity on this topic). That
> was before I discovered that the audio drivers hadn't installed when I ran
> the nVidia mobo driver installation program. I installed the audio driver
> then didn't think to put the jumpers back on. Once I did (thanks to your
> message) the sound works. I just wonder why the guy I bought the mobo from
> didn't leave the jumpers in place (unless he was using a PCI sound card)?
> Oh well.
>
> Finally, 5 days after the initial install, the mobo is working 100% (other
> than the occasional mysterious boot failure, which may or may not be due to
> my power supply.)
>
> Thanks Paul.
>
> Lee
>

The jumpers are removed, when installing Front Panel audio. The previous
owner probably forgot to put them back, before giving you the board.

Paul