Problems with AC97, I can't get it to work!

[Zero07]

Hey!
I've just reinstalled my system (win98se), but I can't get the onboard AC97 sound to work. I've enabled it in the BIOS, but when Windows boots up, it doesn't detect a thing, and when I start the driver installation programme, I get the following message: "VIA AC-97 audio is not activated on this system, enable it in bios" -> which I have done. The mobo is the Aopen AK72 with VIA KX-133 chipset (for Athlon).

Do you guys have any idea what might be wrong here?
Thanks!

 

[Yonux]

Does your motherboard manual indicate anything about a Jumper in reference to your sound? maybe a jumper fell off, otherwise if the Bios does not even see it on post then maybe its defective. Unfortunately I have no experience with that mobo so I'm just guessing here, maybe contact the vendor to see if they have experienced this before

Yonux

 

[Zero07]

I've taken a look at FAQ's on the VIA and AOpen sites, but their information was very unusefull. Maybe you're right about that jumper-thing, I'll take a look at it! Thanks!

 

[Yonux]

Oh,. One last thing, if you enabled the sound in the BIOS and in the BIOS post you see some mention of the onboard sound, along with verifying any MOBO jumpers then try one last thing. If you open up your Device manager in your windows 98, you may see a category for ?other devices? if you do you may want to remove any listings under this category as one might be considered your sound by windows and then reboot. Hope this helps.

Yonux