Gentlemen, thank you for having me on your forum; while this is my first post,
I have been reading for quite some time.
I have recently done my first build, as a christmas gift for a friend.
The components are as follows -
ECS K7S5A
AMD Duron 950 MHz
Maxtor 40 Gig @ 7200
TNT 2 M64
CD-RW
Pine V.92, 56K PCI modem
300 Watt AMD approved Power supply
384 Megs SDram - yes, I know DDR would have been much better.
I have installed windows 2000 professional.
The build went very well - everything assembled fine, posted
without problems.
Loading Windows was also quite easy and trouble free.
However, in the 3 days since I have done this much, I have NOT
been able to get any sound!
The only exceptions to this are: the case speaker, for POST beeps
and such; when going online, the modem squeal is audible.
I have tried two different sets of speakers, each in the on-board
speaker port and the modem speaker port.
I have tried newer drivers to no success.
I have checked for hardware conflicts, to no success
I am rapidly approaching my wit's end! I want to listen to music on this!
It is not fit to present as a gift otherwise, to my mind.
What else should I try?
Have I overlooked something quite obvious?
Should I just go to Comp USA/Circuit city and purchase a soundcard?
Thank you all for your help.
-Ben
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