Re: No one seems to want to answer this question?

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Après mure réflexion, Anna a écrit : 
"SeaWolf" <Gfreed45@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anna wrote:
Re your sound, or lack of. Did you install (reinstall) the SoundMAX
audio drivers from the ASUS installation CD? You're not using another
sound card, are you?

"SeaWolf" <Gfreed45@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:% 
First I've checked the bios to make sure the audio is turn on and it was.
The Asus installation CD is not showing the SoundMax audio drivers
because the computer is not finding sound hardware on this computer.
As a matter of fact I can open the SoundMax programs and it doesn't
show hardware to use. As a matter of fact the computer should automatically
come up with basic audio and give you that little speaker one always sees
in the lower right hand corner. There is no little speaker!

First of all, the fact that "the computer is not finding sound hardware on this computer" has absolutely nothing to do with that fact (as you indicate) that the motherboard's installation CD does not list the SoundMAX audio drivers. I find it incomprehensible that the CD does not contain the drivers for the SoundMAX. But since you say you can "open the SoundMAX programs", I take it the drivers have been installed, but just to check - is SoundMAX listed in your Add or Remove Programs in Device Manager? And is SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio listed in the Sound... controllers section of Device Manager? If the drivers *have* been correctly installed and your BIOS configuration for the onboard audio controller has been set to Auto, then the system has detected an audio device. If it shows Disabled, no audio device has been detected.

So re:check your speakers and their connections as I informed you below.
Anna

If you did install the SoundMAX drivers, you might try removing them
and then reinstalling. What does the Sounds and Audio Device
Properties sheet indicate in Control Panel? Is the SoundMAX Digital
Audio shown in the Audio section? If not, is it listed in the
drop-down text box so that you can select it? And last, but not
least, are you sure you've plugged in your speaker cable to the
correct plug?

There is NO sound device period! There is no sound device to select from.
Its as if there is no sound system on this board or on this system...

I'm trying to fix the sound first! If I can't get the sound to work I need
to
return this MoBo the just sent me!

Thanks for your time!!!

Oh I figured out why no one was responding to me!
Seems you can't wait a day to two to answer these post!
Sorry about that!!!!

Re your USB problem: I can't recall if there were any USB drivers on
the ASUS installation CD. I don't think so, but if there are, install
or reinstall them. If not, see if there are any clues in Device
Manager in the USB controllers section. Might be useful to uninstall
all the USB controllers listed, reboot, and let Windows reinstall
them.
Anna


Anna,

Since he just pluggued in his previous installation's hard disk, it is normal for the soundmax programs to be already installed.

Should the motherboard be exactly the same, he should have, in theory nothing to reinstall (because it was already installed) *unless it's faulty mobo caused windows to uninstall some devices as they became faulty *.

I just looked at my CD (P4PE/GE Chipset Series Support CD) and I confirm that there *are* menu entries to install "Soundmax Audio Driver and Application" as well as "USB 2.0" driver. Since updated versions of the entire CD components are availiable from the ASUS web site, he can found them there if required.

But once again, SeaWolf shouldn't have to install anything provided they were already there before it's previous mobo die.

Do you agree with that ?


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