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I can't find my soundcard

Dec 23rd, 2003

Recently I changed my motherboard from gigabye to a newer model of gigabyte brand.since then I have'nt been able to listen to any type of audio from wmd 9.0 but the video comes allright.went to device manager everything is okay but the error message says that either i dont have any soundcard installed or it's being used by another program.My soundcard was built-in.

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Re: I can't find my soundcard

Dec 23rd, 2003

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Originally Posted by camelNotation

Recently I changed my motherboard from gigabye to a newer model of gigabyte brand.since then I have'nt been able to listen to any type of audio from wmd 9.0 but the video comes allright.went to device manager everything is okay but the error message says that either i dont have any soundcard installed or it's being used by another program. My soundcard was built-in.

Motherboard model numbers would help (old and new), so we can tell whether it's a sound chip or AC '97 sound on board. Did you carry over your Windows install from the earlier MB, or install fresh? What version of Windows are you running?

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Dec 23rd, 2003

" Motherboard model numbers would help (old and new), so we can tell whether it's a sound chip or AC '97 sound on board. Did you carry over your Windows install from the earlier MB, or install fresh? What version of Windows are you running "

the old model was GA 8IE 2004
don't know the new one.

they didn't reinstall or format just deleted some things.

I'm running windows xp pro sp1.2003 i guess.

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Re: I can't find my soundcard

Dec 23rd, 2003

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the old model was GA 8IE 2004 -- don't know the new one.

Run AIDA32 to find the model number and report.

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Re: I can't find my soundcard

Dec 24th, 2003

I checked my device manager.There's an exclamation mark in yellow for " C-Media AC97 Audio Device.

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Dec 24th, 2003

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I checked my device manager.There's an exclamation mark in yellow for " C-Media AC97 Audio Device.

Your old board had AC '97 (Audio Codec '97) sound. So does your new board; unfortunately, they use 2 different codecs and drivers, hence the conflict. No one should ever use AC '97 if they can avoid it.

My recommendation, as always in a case like this, is to get a SoundBlaster Live! (or better) sound card. AC '97 is software-based sound, in other words: the CPU does all the work. Even the fastest processor is dragged down by this.

You can purchase an OEM-version SB Live! for around $30-35 -- it's the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade you can do for your system.

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Dec 24th, 2003

"the old model was GA 8IE 2004
don't know the new one."

sorry about the wrong information.The old one was 2003.The new one is ga8ie 2004/8ie2004 L

I tried running the driver cd delivered along with the new motherboard but in the audio folder , there are three choices like ADI,SIGMATEL,REALTEK..which one should I choose?my soundcard was built-in.not willing to buy a blaster.

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I tried running the driver cd delivered along with the new motherboard but in the audio folder , there are three choices like ADI, SIGMATEL, REALTEK..which one should I choose? My soundcard was built-in.not willing to buy a blaster.

AC '97 is not a sound card; it's software. As I noted in my last message, AC '97 sound is like buying a Mercedes and tying a 50-pound lead weight to the back bumper, but to each his own...

According to the manual, it'a a Realtek codec.

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I ran the realtek setup now there's something called AVRACK in my desktop which is something like a media player.Tried running a movie from there the video comes no audio error message says no audio hardware detected.I went to device manager and now there's no exclamation mark in ac97.still,no sound.should I uninstall something and reinstall again ?

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Originally Posted by camelNotation

I ran the realtek setup now there's something called AVRACK in my desktop which is something like a media player.Tried running a movie from there the video comes no audio error message says no audio hardware detected.I went to device manager and now there's no exclamation mark in ac97.still,no sound.should I uninstall something and reinstall again ?

Hmmm... The manual said Realtek ALC655 Codec, so that should work, unless there's more than one Realtek codec driver on the disc... make sure that the mute function isn't active and that the volume is turned up, as well.