Problem with sound

Lighters · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:04

I just setup my old computer and i dont have sound via onboard.
Its realtek ac 97 audio on a gigabyte k8n xp sli and i have tried latest realtek drivers and latest drivers off gigabyte website.

Sound works via USB with my 5h but i need the onboard working.

I am using the green and pink jacks for headphones so mic and headphones which i select on the sound options but still nothing.

I am running windows xp sp2 and ran out of ideas

Edit - i have went into bios and selected (auto) / disable option for it

Lighters · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:33

update, did windows test and it shows my input very clear with my mic and when on the second stage where it says read this text etc i can see it playing it back but i dont hear sound when it says i should. Doest this mean my jack is broke?

Spazzfish · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:46

Not necessarily. Been a while since i've use xp but go to your control panel, then double click i think the sound icon. Go to the play back tab and see there what it's got setup as the default playback device.

Lighters · 6 Apr 2009 at 23:33

ye ac97 its displayed fine, it picks up mic volume and says its actually outputting sound but its actually not lol - i just left the mic plugged in and it still shows as outputting sound so doesnt help me anymore

Only other possibility is the jacks broken or something wierd with drivers thats not allowing me to hear sound

I cant see how my jacks can be broken because when i connect it to the pc it says found x-x-x is it speaker/headphone/line in or something ellse - so it recognises the port but no soundoutput and my speakers/headphones work as through the USB they are fine

Spazzfish · 7 Apr 2009 at 09:33

Try only having your headset plugged in and pull out all your speakers. Unplug your speakers first. Then re plug in your headset to see if that makes a difference.

Lighters · 7 Apr 2009 at 14:27

Spazzfish said:
Try only having your headset plugged in and pull out all your speakers. Unplug your speakers first. Then re plug in your headset to see if that makes a difference.

tried as im only using 1 device at a time. It recognises when i plug in the headset as it says new device flund etc configure jacks but then i cant hear any sound.

Anything else?

Spazzfish · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:07

Lighters said:
tried as im only using 1 device at a time. It recognises when i plug in the headset as it says new device flund etc configure jacks but then i cant hear any sound.

Anything else?

If you've tried the headphones on something else like a hifi/psp/tv to see if they work ok and your actually plugging the headphones in to the green socket try again going to the sound properties where you set your speakers as default, click properties and just make sure it has the green jack assigned there and also that it has device usage enabled.

Lighters · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:31

yep headphones work as do speakers and tried both

and they show under control panel -> sound device playback all show as ac 97 audio thing