Sound is gone

oregon · 12-28-2007, 06:50 AM

I opened up my case, applied new thermal grease, and added some fans to my GeminII heatsink. It lowered my temps by twenty degrees. I had to take out my motherboard, take out all my cards, and rewire everything though, and now I'm not getting any sound.

Normally I just plug in a cable from my speakers to my computer. The speakers work with other stuff, but I don't think my computer is outputting sound. I'm pretty sure I put everything back together correctly, so could it be software based? Do any programs disable sound or sound drivers? Could my motherboard's sound device be damaged?

Any ideas on what's wrong?

**oscaryu1** · 12-28-2007, 03:09 PM

Are you using the front sound ports? If you are... Probably you didn't plug it in correctly.

oregon · 12-28-2007, 07:33 PM

I've tried both, and I double checked that I did plug it in correctly. Would moving around PCI cards do anything? I think I put my PCI cards in different slots on accident and windows installed drivers when I booted up.

**oscaryu1** · 12-28-2007, 11:47 PM

Is your sound card a expansion one or onboard?

oregon · 12-29-2007, 01:05 AM

It's onboard. I figured it out though. I moved around my PCI cards, then fiddled with drivers and settings. Somehow it worked after I set my speakers to default. I never undefaulted them though. It was weird.

**oscaryu1** · 12-29-2007, 01:46 AM

Probably a hardware conflict or IRQ conflict of some sort...

12-28-2007, 06:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,009	Sound is gone I opened up my case, applied new thermal grease, and added some fans to my GeminII heatsink. It lowered my temps by twenty degrees. I had to take out my motherboard, take out all my cards, and rewire everything though, and now I'm not getting any sound. Normally I just plug in a cable from my speakers to my computer. The speakers work with other stuff, but I don't think my computer is outputting sound. I'm pretty sure I put everything back together correctly, so could it be software based? Do any programs disable sound or sound drivers? Could my motherboard's sound device be damaged? Any ideas on what's wrong? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

12-28-2007, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,154	Are you using the front sound ports? If you are... Probably you didn't plug it in correctly. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

12-28-2007, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,009	I've tried both, and I double checked that I did plug it in correctly. Would moving around PCI cards do anything? I think I put my PCI cards in different slots on accident and windows installed drivers when I booted up. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

12-28-2007, 11:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,154	Is your sound card a expansion one or onboard? __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

12-29-2007, 01:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,009	It's onboard. I figured it out though. I moved around my PCI cards, then fiddled with drivers and settings. Somehow it worked after I set my speakers to default. I never undefaulted them though. It was weird. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

12-29-2007, 01:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,154	Probably a hardware conflict or IRQ conflict of some sort... __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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