Today while playing a game my PC suddenly turned off and restarted instantly, followed by a faint burning smell. I immediately unplugged the PC and did a check of all components, nothing looked burnt or melted, including all wires. I plugged it back int o check if it booted and it did. Everything works perfectly, except for sound. no onboard (Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High definition audio device)) works. neither detect plugged in headphones (3.5 mm) on the front or back of the PC. The motherboard is an ASUS Z97A. the only working sound comes from my BENQ GL2460 which has it's own hipset. would purchasing a sound card be an option to fix this or would it be safer to replace the MOBO?
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