Abit IT7 sound problem

[tsowen]

Does any Abit IT7 owner successfully install the Realtek sound driver? I can never make the sound work. After I install the ALC650 driver on win2k, the sound manager icon shows up on taskbar. But when I click on it, sound manager doesn't show up. When I click on volume control, I get an error msg saying no sound device is found. Any idea on what the problem is? Thanks.

Steve

 

[RamIt]

Did you install the chipset drivers first?

 

[tsowen]

Yes. I did. I set the AC97 Audio in BIOS to AUTO as well. Is there any jumper/BIOS that I should set? Thanks.

Steve

 

[RamIt]

Sorry I have the BD7II with XP and did not have your problem. Have you tried the manual?

 

[tsowen]

Yes. I read through manual. I even went to Abit's web site. But I can't find any useful info. Send email to tech support and get no response. Is there any way to determin if it's a hardware problem, or software problem? Thanks.

Steve

 

[RamIt]

Can you check in the device manager and see if you have any yellow question marks?

 

[tsowen]

There is no yellow question mark in the device manager. No matter I enable or disable AC97 in BIOS, there is no change in device manager.

Steve

 

[tsowen]

What's the device name in the device manager? Thanks.

Steve

 

[RamIt]

Avance AC97 Audio

 

[tsowen]

I guess I got a defective board. There is no AC97 audio in my device manager. Thanks for your help.

Steve

 

[tsowen]

Found the problem. The PCI bus frequency has to be 33MHz. Otherwise it won't work!

Steve