Ecs p4vmm2 onboard sound problem

[calripkenjr]

Hi, I have run the onboard sound on this mobo for quite some months now but recently I took out the power supply for cleaning and put everything back; everything works but the onboard sound doesn't seem to work. I thought it might be a driver problem and reinstalled many times and even formatted and reinstalled driver fresh.
Bios ac97 option is enabled but I still get no sound out of it. I am running windows xp with it and using the 1.60a drivers that came with the mobo cd.


thx if anyone can help out.

 

[DieHardware]

Have you rechecked that the speaker cable connector is pushed in all the way into the line out jack(usually green)?

 

[calripkenjr]

Yeah I tried it in my front panel as well as the back and tried hooking it up on the green many times without results. Also tested the speakers on a diff comp and worked.

 

[calripkenjr]

I have installed a hercules muse lt pci sound card on it and there appears to be a scratchy and distorted sound out of it. When I try to play any audio sound, the time of playing will be completely stretched out.
I am not sure if this is a irq conflict but no conflicts are listed under device manager.
Oh I did disable the onboard sound.

Please, any help would be appreciated.