Greetings to all,
I'm getting pretty desperate with a new system with Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H mobo. I installed Windows XP Pro with SP3, installed all the drivers from the included CD, and even updated the Realtek driver from Realtek website, but I can't get any sound out of the system. For some reason, the system doesn't recognize the onboard sound chip (Realtek ALC889A). When I try to play a media file, I get 'no sound device, or the sound device is not configured properly'. I checked 'sound and audio devices' on the control panel - says 'no audio device'. Also, no sound device listed under the device manager. It does list an unrecognized PCI device (couldn't find any drivers for it using the Windows wizard), but could it possibly be the onboard sound codec? I'm sure I don't have any PCI cards installed, neither a sound nor a video card. I'm also pretty sure I've installed all the necessary drivers. It's really puzzling, and I don't have the slightest idea what might be the problem, let alone how to solve it. Any help will be much appreciated.
I'm getting pretty desperate with a new system with Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H mobo. I installed Windows XP Pro with SP3, installed all the drivers from the included CD, and even updated the Realtek driver from Realtek website, but I can't get any sound out of the system. For some reason, the system doesn't recognize the onboard sound chip (Realtek ALC889A). When I try to play a media file, I get 'no sound device, or the sound device is not configured properly'. I checked 'sound and audio devices' on the control panel - says 'no audio device'. Also, no sound device listed under the device manager. It does list an unrecognized PCI device (couldn't find any drivers for it using the Windows wizard), but could it possibly be the onboard sound codec? I'm sure I don't have any PCI cards installed, neither a sound nor a video card. I'm also pretty sure I've installed all the necessary drivers. It's really puzzling, and I don't have the slightest idea what might be the problem, let alone how to solve it. Any help will be much appreciated.