Fixed my PC finally... but now i have a new problem! NO AUDIO!!

[stupidzbu]

OK... so.. i found out that my PC was freezing because of IRQ issues...

this first happened in WIN ME... then I upgraded to WIN 2K... and it all got fixed.. until the OS just crashed on me...

I FDISKED and Reinstalled WIN 2K ... but it started to freeze again...

so.. I FDISKED and installed 98 SE... when I realized that I love ME.. cause it has better features!!

So.. i upgraded to ME.. and the computer started to freeze....

what I did was... I disabled the audio from the BIOS... FDISKED one more time.. and installed ME again.. everything went PERFECT...

i hesitated to install the audio again.. and when I tried to burn a CD.. it crashed... I finally said SCREW IT.. and I changed the ONLY CARD in my PC.. the NIC.. and BAM!! no more freezing!! seemed like I had a faulty NIC right?

So.. i enable audio... and i don't have drivers... every time I made the audio work.. i would use the drivers for the VA6 MOBO... and it would work FINE...

but not this time.....

I installed the drivers.. and when the PC rebooted.. it would crash the OS.. so i went in in safe mode.. and took everything out.. booted fine..

then I tried to get the actual drivers.. for the ECS K7VZA ...
turns out .. after about on ehour searching.. i found a site with their audio drivers..

I downloaded them... turns out to be an Avance AC 97 audio for VIA (R).....

so.. instead of installing the drivers... i accidentally choose WINDOWS UPDATE... it finds the drivers and installs them fine...

i reboot.. the audio comes up as MUTE.. so I unmute... and plug in the speakers...

BUT NO AUDIO!!!

So.. i check my settings.. make sure everything is turned up... test again... but nothing..

I installed WINAMP.. and played some MP3's... winamp works fine.. the mp3 plays fine in winamp.. get no errors.. but no audio comes out!

so i thought it might be the speakers.. i plugged in a MIC.. and talked into the mic.. comes out fine in the speakers....

plugged in a headphone.. and no audio comes out of that either...

any ideas?? suggestions???

i'm not going to spend any money on anything else.. and I know these MOBOS are crap....

[xsiled]

hey i have that same mobo on a duron system i made 1. ME SUCKS 2. that driver on windows update scrwes it up. just install Win98 se then that driver off the CD then ur set, i dont care if you like ME because Winslow Moron Edition sucks

[Edited by xsiled on 08-14-2001 at 10:01 PM]

[xsiled]

dude that mobo doesnt suck that bad i got it fer $40 and over clocked a Duron 700 to 840 :P

[stupidzbu]

ok

i found out it isn't a driver issue..

screwing around.. i just happened to decide to boost the MIC BOOST option in the volume control...

and BAM.. i heard a faint noise from the speakers!

so.. i upped the volume to the max..

and i hear something.. but very faint

when I mute the MIC.. it goes away..

when I mute the WAVE.. it goes away..

and when I unclick the MIC BOOST in advance.. it goes away.

the speaker is plugged into the right place in the mobo..

any suggestions?

[Edited by stupidzbu on 08-15-2001 at 01:15 AM]

[Grimm]

Look for a deal on a cheap sound card. Cheap audio is better than no audio.