Sound problems

[doodler85]

Hello again,

I built a computer a month or so ago for my brother, and from the get-go, its onboard sound didn't work. Here're the specs real quick:

Athlon XP 3000+
Abit AN-7
Radeon 9600 pro
512 Kingston PC3200
Soundblaster Live! (yes, it's five years old)

So anyway, shouldn't onboard sound work regardless of anything you mess up in other places? I looked briefly in the BIOS for any odd settings, but didn't see something of particular importance...

To compensate for the problem, we ripped a Soundblaster card from my Dell 800 mhz PC, and it was working just fine until... well... now our sound's dead again. I wouldn't be surprised if the card is fried... after all, the thing is at least five years old.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

-David

 

[Fern]

Maybe double-check in the BIOS to ensure that the onboard is enabled.

I'm guessing his OS is winXP, if by chance it's win98se, there's a patch neccessary.