VP Hates Sound HELP!!!!

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

I got this sound card today shoved it in teh pc, installed the drivers
NOTHING :angryfire its CMI8768 whatever the hell that is
and i hate it
please help me
oh yeah, if someone can, im a complete noob so try to avoid all the technical jargon fankooo =) xxxx

[PK|Deep Blue]

Did your PC come with the sound built into the motherboard? You will need to enter the bios by pressing either F2 or Del. A message will briefly be displayed saying "press xxx to enter the BIOS" do this and you will then need to disable the on board sound. Have a look through the menus if you are not sure where to go or what to do, do NOT change any settings. Give me the model number of the motherboard and I will try and help you further :)

Thats the only thing I can think of if you have installed the drivers and windows detected the sound card etc :)

Are all your connections plugged in okay etc? :)

[PK|Cerro]

Don't think onboard sound would be the cause - i've got my onboard enabled along with my creative XFI, although its possible but not likely.

I suspect it will be a driver issue. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling? I'd also try and get the latest (stable) driver for the card off the internet - if you haven't already done so.

Check the device manager (right click my computer and click on manage, then select device manager from the list). Expand the "Sound, video and game controllers" list and check for any exclamation marks against anything, do the same for "System Devices" - that will tell you if there are any conflicts with devices.

[PK|Deep Blue]

Turn off the onboard sound, lack of interrupts could be the cause, or the sound cards each requesting the same interrupt number :)

Try that first :)

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

kokie pokie
just so you know
my sound knackered up before i whacked in my new soundcard
and the volume control menu is completely like greyed out
ive just deleted all the things that say that the drivers arent working,
and reinstalled my new soundcard, disabled my on board soundcard...
NOTHING
DAMMIT >=(
xxx

[PK|Colonel Ames]

Have you enabled the sound card as the primary device?

[PK|Argaf]

yeah what does it say in the bios sound settings ?

[PK|Cerro]

well if he has disabled the onboard sound then i suspect it would say "disabled" and that's it, not normally too much in the way of options...

If enabled/disabled doesn't seem to be doing anything and the sound stopped working before you installed the soundcard that suggests to me its some kind of driver conflict (but as you said, you uninstalled all the crap) or a fault on your motherboard.

Interesting, I take it that it was the onboard sound that stopped working which prompted you to go out and buy a seperate soundcard right? Out of interest, are you using the front panel sound jacks on your case or the ones at the back?

[PK|Lemming]

if u want help answer the following questions


Motherbaord Maker :- .
Motherboard Model Number :- .
BIOS Name :- .


then we can tell you what to select, where to select it, and you will then have working sound

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

yeah to cerro's question, and its the back panel jacks i was using
ummm, how do u find out the motherboard info and bios name?
xxx

[PK|Colonel Ames]

in control panel, under sounds and audio devices, under the advanced tab, what is displayed as your primary device?

[PK|Cerro]

yeah to cerro's question, and its the back panel jacks i was using
ummm, how do u find out the motherboard info and bios name?
xxx

best way is to download CPU-Z, it will tell you your motherboard name and bios revision (as well as a shed load of other things about your hardware).

[PK|Argaf]

VP I presume after our chat at the weekend your sound is still broken, what have you done from the above ? What's the status ?

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

KLKL guys, Its still not working so, heres the info you asked for erlier :-

Motherboard Model Number :- K8N
Motherboard Maker :- ASUSTeK Computer INC.
BIOS Name :- American Megatrends Inc
BIOS Version :- 1009

My status is extremely irritated :)
<3
xxx

[PK|Colonel Ames]

have you completely removed/uninstalled the onboard sound drivers?

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

I think so
ive de-activated the primary sound drivers
but im getting this message underneath the new hardware thing in the volume control settings :-

"This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)

If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system."

:'(

xxxxxx

[PK|Colonel Ames]

If you go into control panel and go to add/remove programs, look down the list. the motherboard you use uses the realtek sound drivers. look for anything that says realtek ac97 (or something similar) and uninstall it. Thats what it sounds like to me.

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

already done that mateyflip :(
xxx

[PK|Argaf]

Have you done:
Boot into BIOS-Advanced:
Disable the "Instant Music" (under chipset)
Disable the "Audio Codec Interface" (under chipset)
Disable the "Onboard Game Port" (under devices)
Disable the "Onboard Midi Port" (under devices)

Save changes and restart. See if windows detects the PCI sound card now.

If nothing changes, move your new sound card to a different PCI slot (preferably either the slot closet to your graphic card or the one furthest from the graphics card.

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

are there different ways of opening the bios?

[PK|Hexx]

Hit it with a hammer, if you don't have a hammer... kick it (fixes everything)

[PK|Colonel Ames]

on an asus, it's always the "Del" or "Delete" button. just turn the pc off and as soon as you press the power button, mash the delete button until you get the bios.

[PK|Vagina Patrol]

kay guys, ive gone what argaf said, disabling all them things, and ive also moved the sound card to the different PCI slots too, but alas, i'm going to kill my P.C in a minute, is there anything at all that anyone can think that i might be doing wrong?
xxxxx

[PK|Colonel Ames]

Maybe the new sound card is just duff. have you tried the new sound card in another PC?