AC97 Problems

[Baldfist]

I have searched all over the net and found a few people have the same problem as I have but I cannot find a fix.

I hav an EPOX 4SGM8I motherboard with a P4 3Gig. It has an onboard AC97 soundcard. The Bios is the latest version. Running XP home SP2.

The sound is enabled in Bios and I have installed th latest AC97 drivers (wdm_a365). All the drivers install fine. However i have no sound. The card is "working properly" in device manager and in the sound manager utility it even detects my jack plug connections so i know that XP is detecting it. All volume controls are full but not a single peep. Anybody got any ideas????


Baldfist

 

[Masque]

The driver I'm seeing from their global site (for some reason couldn't get any files from their USA site) is "Realtek_Audio drv_V3[1].61.zip". Have you tried using a set of headphones into the jacks to see if that works? Do you have both front and rear jacks on your machine connected and, if so, are both sets enabled? I had a similiar issue with my Asus board until I finally got it narrowed down to that.....no issues since.

 

[Baldfist]

Got them drivers installed and tried with headphones in all sockets. Everything is enabled and sound manager detects the jack plugs when i swap them. I have a feeling that my motherboard chipset drivers could be the problem not the ac97 ones. I have downlaoded latest chipset drivers but when I run them I get an error message saying that the system cannot find the specified device..

Ill keep plodding on

Baldfist

 

[bushwhacker]

I think you should download the drivers separately

Here i found the RealTek AC'97 Audio Drivers. Find your AC'97 number in manual and find it in here...

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads.aspx

Hope it help!