I've decided to switch to the onboard sound on my A8N-E motherboard because something weird was going on with my Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (sound was "crackling"). So I uninstalled all the Soundblaster drivers, took out the card, and switched everything to the Realtek 97. I've enabled "A97 Audio" in my BIOS and installed the drivers for it, and according to the Realtek connectivity tests everything is up and running. And yet I still don't hear anything from my speakers. Realtek AC97 is enabled and everything as my default sound device.
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A8N-E Onboard Sound not working
- Thread starter Nate RFB
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wesleys_dad
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It sounds like you still have a driver issue.might need to use driver cleaner or simular product.
It probably is a driver issue, but I can't seem to pinpoint what exactly. I've uninstalled all the applications and drivers for my Audigy 2, as well as run driver cleaner pro on "Creative Audio" and "Creative Audio Lite". The weird thing to me (since I've never used Driver Cleaner Pro before now) is that even though I've run the cleaner, and uninstalled everything, I still get a message saying that stuff is deleted when I run the cleaner on "Creative Audio." Shouldn't it not be finding anything at all for it now that I've uninstalled all the Soundblaster/Creative/Audigy stuff?
MjrStryker
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Isn't AC97' a creative product?
Anyway, the crackling sounds might not have been the card's fault. Have you tried your speakers on something like a household CD pllayer or something to verify there's not a short in the wires?
Anyway, the crackling sounds might not have been the card's fault. Have you tried your speakers on something like a household CD pllayer or something to verify there's not a short in the wires?
I plugged in a couple pairs of good headphones into the green jack in the back, and heard exactly the same crackling sounds. That's how I determined it was the soundcard causing the issues and not my speakers.
Either way, it's no excuse why I shouldn't be able to get the onboard to work on a board like the A8N-E.
EDIT: I got it to work! I didn't have the pins behind the onboard connectors on the mobo properly connected. Normally there are two jumpers that bridge the gap across the two pins on either side of the lone pin, or at least some front panel audio ports. I had neither, so it didn't work until I had properly attached my front panel cables.
Either way, it's no excuse why I shouldn't be able to get the onboard to work on a board like the A8N-E.
EDIT: I got it to work! I didn't have the pins behind the onboard connectors on the mobo properly connected. Normally there are two jumpers that bridge the gap across the two pins on either side of the lone pin, or at least some front panel audio ports. I had neither, so it didn't work until I had properly attached my front panel cables.