Loman Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) This problem takes a bit of explanation, so bear with me. I have a Gigabyte GA-8I865GME-775 motherboard with AC97 integrated audio, but for some reason, the jacks that are on the motherboard won't work anymore. They used to work, but one time when I plugged in some headphones, the sound switched to the front headphone jack and wouldn't switch back to the ports on the motherboard. Then, I just plugged my speakers into the headphone jack and it worked fine until yesterday, when the sound started cutting in and out randomly. When I looked at the circuit board for the front audio, I found it was cracked, and when I touched it, it broke completely in two, leaving me with no sound at all. I removed it from my motherboard, I've updated the drivers, uninstalled/reinstalled in the device manager but the integrated audio still won't work. So, I borrowed a sound card (Soundblaster CT4870) from a friend, and it "works" but the sound is severely distorted to the point that no sound at all is actually better. It worked fine on my friend's PC. It's not my speakers causing the static, because I tested them with my portable CD player, and they sound fine. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get the integrated audio to work, or how to clear up the sound from the card? I am planning on buying a sound card of my own (unless I get the AC97 to work), but would it's sound be distorted, too? Edited April 13, 2008 by Loman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hang on a minute, I'm trying to work out what you've done here, have you removed the jacks from the Motherboard or the Sound-Chip from the motherboard and what exactly 'cracked in two', if it was the Sound Chip then no wonder you're not getting any sound as it would be techinically called 'F*cked'. Regardless it seems that you've not got any sound because the AC97 chip has gone to Silicon Heaven. I'm not too sure about Desktops Motherboards (my Acheilies Heal) but with my Laptop motherboard if you completely disable the on-board sound to use a Sound Card it doesn't have full functionality as the Sound Card uses some of the processes of the Sound Chip (as in routing via the Processor) and if that is disabled then it it doesn't work t full spec. However if you get a brand new Sound Card that uses it's own processing on-board then you shouldn't have a problem, as after looking at the specs for that sound card it does use the AC97 Compliance. You'd be good to look up the specs of various sound cards to see what would do you or try and get your on-board sound card repaired or replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) The thing that broke in two was the front USB ports/microphone jack/headphone jack that came with my PC's case. It was connected to my motherboard with several small individual pins, for some reason, it worked, but the audio outputs built in to my motherboard didn't. I do have my onboard sound disabled, so I'll try enabling it and see what happens Thanks EDIT: I've got the card to work now, I have to set it to 16-bit, instead of 24. So, I guess now I'm still trying to get the onboard sound to work, and looking for suggestions for a good (inexpensive) sound card. Thanks for helping Edited April 14, 2008 by Loman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 It would help to know your budget to recommend a sound card, but for a good and cheap one, I would suggest a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 card. They're pretty cheap nowadays, not anything like the X-Fi or anything, but still better than that AC97 sound. But like I said, a budget would help . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Not sure of my budget, yet. I have a lot of things I need to buy, but I'd say $100 or less. What do you think of This One? I mean, I'm not an "XtremeGamer" or anything, but I do like to game a bit. Is there anything cheaper that is just as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That's a good one, just realize that card doesn't support front panel audio (at least without the $80 front I/O drive upgrade, or something similar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Like Fozzy said, that's a good card. If you want a cheaper card in the X-Fi series, you could go for the XtremeAudio, but I wouldn't really buy it unless you can't afford to get an XtremeGamer as the XtremeAudio's sound quality isn't comparable to the other X-Fis because it has different hardware. So, if you can afford to get the XtremeGamer, go for it. It's a very good card and you'll be really satisfied . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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