Hey all, i have this problem thats been kicking my butt for 2 weeks.

i moved my motherboard to a new case. when i brought it up, i had no sound. the 'sound card' (if you want to call it that) is mounted on the motherboard and i've troubleshot just about everything i can think of. checked the speakers, wires, device drivers etc, and bios. nothing has worked.

any suggestions?

try reinstalling the sound drivers

Could you please tell us the manufacturer and model number of your sound card. It is most likely a driver issue.

how do i find the manufacturer? its a motherboard mounted sound card. the driver i believe is NVIDIA (R) nFORCE

Are you saying that is built-in audio. Or is it a sound card in a pci slot?

okay


to find motherboard model number:

go to CPUID and downlaod the lastest version of cpu -z ( lint at top left corner) and save to your desktop , install and run go to the main board tab and copy the model number down into a reply

yes its built in. ( i think).

I suggest doing what Southparkxp101 said download CPUID then when you find out what brand your sound card is go to your computer brand Dell,or whatever you may have website and download the driver for your sound card.

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Look buddy, if it's a built on sound card, then the audio ports will eject from the motherboard.
If it's not a built on sound card, then the sound card will be inserted into the motherboard, vertical to the mother board.
Get it?

If not? Take a picture of the inside of your computer, and then post the picture.
If you don't have a camera? Consider giving us the model# of your motherboard

the manufacturer is ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

to install the driver, should i just roll it back? or should i uninstall and then reinstall them?

Give us the FULL model number

model number is A7N266VM... sorry about that. i read somewhere that i should just uninstall the device and reboot to let the computer relocate it. is this sound advice?
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ummm.. weeeeell, the uninstall idea didnt work.
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ha ha... i think i know the diff between built in and not. i got ya and its not vertical to the motherboard. its a yellow square attached to the motherboard but i havent figured out how to 'eject' it. it seems almost hardwired though i know that probably isnt the case.

Take a pciture of the back of your case , where you plug your monitor , power , usb etc thats where it is best to tell

the yellow square at the top center is where the 3 holes are for sound.

okay thats interogated .... the only thing i can think of is your drivers are missi