kn8 problems - audio

[Parnelli]

Does anyone have experience with the Abit Kn8? I bought a new one- the plain version with Realtek audio, and the thing will just not make any sound at all.

I've tried the realtek drivers from abit, and I've tried the nvidia drivers as well.

Sound is enabled in the bios, and I think I've got the jumpers on the board set correctly as well.

Interestingly, whether I plug headphones or a 2 speaker setup into the plug, realtek's software identifies it as 'line in' and I have to manually set them.

Anyone? I've been working on this for a total of about 5 hours after the initial install, which seems waaaaaay too much to get onboard sound working.

ps- there isn't money left over for a proper sound card.

 

[Heidfirst]

rear output or front of case?

 

[Parnelli]

Originally posted by: Heidfirst
rear output or front of case?

Thanks for the reply Heidfirst.

I've tried rear of the case first, then removed the jumpers, put the front cable on and tried that. No sound either way.

Also, since I first posted- I did a fresh install of xp with the abit drivers and no sound. Reformatted, another fresh install of xp with the nvidia ones, and again no audio.

I just don't know when to give up and assume it's a hardware issue instead of just the drivers...

 

[Parnelli]

bump.

 

[Heidfirst]

So it has never worked?
Does e.g. WMP show sound as being played even though you can't hear it?

 

[Parnelli]

Nope. Never worked at all. WMP clearly shows something playing, but no sound.

 

[Heidfirst]

have you tried the Realtek 3.85 drivers (iirc the 3.76 on the disk weren't great)?
I can't help but feel that something somewhere is muted etc.

have you tried the Abit-USA forum to seee if a KN8 owner can help (I'm on AN8s)?

edit: does the codec show up in device manager?

 

[sodcha0s]

I have that board and the sound worked fine.... except for the fact that it's lame-azz Realtek onboard...LOL

If quality sound is important to you, buy a decent soundcard and forget the onboard, it sux.