I'm running a Gigabyte K8N Pro-SLI with 2 gb of RAM, MSI 7600 video card,250 Mb HD, DVD etc. I'm trying to use the onboard AC97 sound for my audio. I'm also using bios version f7 and I've downloaded and installed all of the latest drivers including the audio driver from the Gigabyte site (version 5...something). When I check the system, it indicates that the AC97 audio driver is installed and working properly. The desktop audio manager detects the plug from my speakers. Tests indicate that sounds are being played correctly, but I hear nothing at all. The speakers even give a slight pop if I remove and reconnect the audio plug. The speakers also work fine when I plug them into another PC.
I have checked the bios to ensure the AC97 chip is set to auto and I have also removed and reinstalled several different versions of the audio driver before putting back the most recent one. Have I missed anything or has the AC97 chip simply failed?
It turns out that it was the audio jack itself. I remapped the audio jacks to use the rear sound output jack for standard sound output. Stopped trying to figure out what could have happened to the other jack a while ago. Thanks for trying!It turns out that it was the audio jack itself. I remapped the audio jacks to use the rear sound output jack for standard sound output. Stopped trying to figure out what could have happened to the other jack a while ago. Thanks for trying!
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Might be that the chip is bad, make sure that nothing is muted in your volume control also check that digital doesnt have a check on it. some times when digital has a check it wont let you hear anything.
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NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MCPs (media and communication processors)
Super I/O: ITE IT8712
CICADA VSC 8201 Gigabit LAN PHY
T.I. IEEE1394b
AC'97 Realtek ALC850
Memory
Dual channel DDR 400 / 333 / 266 184pin
4 x DIMM slots up to 4GB
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI Express x16, supports two PCI Express interface Graphics cards with SLI mode
2 x PCI slot (PCI 2.3 compliant)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x CD in
1 x FDD
2 x IEEE 1394b (supports 3 ports)
2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE
3 x cooling fan pin headers
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 (support 6 ports)
4 x SATA II 3Gb/s
Back Panel Connectors
1 x COM
1 x LPT
1 x RJ45 LAN
2 x USB 2.0/1.1
6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)
Coaxial SPDIF input/output function
PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
H/W Monitoring
H/W detecting and reporting for case open, CPU voltage and fan speed
System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
BIOS
2 x 4 Mbit flash ROM
Award BIOS
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
CPU HT / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
PCI-ExpessX16 Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
Unique Features
@BIOS™
Download Center
NVIDIA Firewall
NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support
Q-Flash™
Xpress™ Install
Xpress™ Recovery
Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security™
Power
ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
Power-off by Windows 98/Me/2000/XP shut down and switch
Form Factor
ATX
305mm x 244mm
Remark
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website
This product does not support Win9X/ME, due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. However we still offer available related drivers to serve our customers.
I have lait a few moths. Off course, you can use the pcie 2.0 card on pcie 1.0-1.1 mobo, but the card effiency is only 90%, because the mobo have not enough power for the card.
That motherboard does not have a video circuit built-in, so the video sharing the system RAM does not make sense.
Have you checked the valid system memory configurations in your MSI manual pg 2-7 ?
Any chance that the bios is set for dual channel and you don't have
equal chip sizes in the dual slots? Example : In dual-channel mode,
equal size chips would go in slots 1 & 3 and in 2 & 4
Defective RAM is a possibility also.
Note1: Per MSI, all ram may not register correctly in windows unless 4 of the 2GB chips are used
Maybe the problem is not in the hardware, maybe your system is infected by the spyware virus. Try to download pctools spyware and pctools registry mechanic it's good anti spyware and registry checker. Clean first the spyware and run the registry mechanic to fixed the damage registry that cause of hanging of your computer.
What's the specs on your power supply. For SLI you need a good quality 500W+ PSU with lots of current on the 12V rails. Remember that all the drives, memory, fans, cpu, etc will use a lot of power, if there is not enough capability in your PSU, the voltage may drop low enough to stop it starting up.
It turns out that it was the audio jack itself. I remapped the audio jacks to use the rear sound output jack for standard sound output. Stopped trying to figure out what could have happened to the other jack a while ago. Thanks for trying!
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