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Paul
Thanks for the input!
Peter
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> In article <Kv7pd.4922$356.1264@trndny04>, "\"\"\"\"\"\""
> <vze3qtgixxx@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Need a little help here,
>> built a machine p4p800 mobo, p4 3.2 chip, 1gig of ram. XP home OS. Update
>> BIOS. The p4p800 has a built in sound card correct? Hook up my Harman
>> Kardon
>> speakers to it and I not getting stereo sound, music come out of only one
>> speaker. Checked speakers on another computer and I stereo sound. Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated.
>> Peter
>
> Is there a balance slider in the mixer panel ? Check that it is centered,
> so both sides get a signal.
>
> It could be a bad jack on the motherboard, in which case returning it
> to your retailer might be in order. You could try a set of headphones
> plugged into lineout, to see if it is an issue with the plug on the
> HK speakers. Another test you could do, is wire up a headphone jack
> to the FPAUDIO 2x5 header on the motherboard, to see if the
> audio signals themselves are working or not.
>
> Some sound chip manufacturers have notoriously bad QA, but Analog
> Devices (ADI) is not one of them.
>
> Looking at a picture of the motherboard in the manual, some other
> ideas come to mind. Before wiring up a headphone jack, make sure
> the two jumpers on the FP_AUDIO header are in place. If one of
> them is missing, that could kill an audio channel.
>
> Another possibility, is something is shorting to the bottom of
> the motherboard. For example, on an A7N8X, if an extra brass
> standoff is placed in a certain location under the motherboard,
> it kills the audio. To test for this, you could move the
> motherboard outside the case, and do a "cardboard test". Put
> some cardboard, or a large book, underneath the motherboard, while
> you test the motherboard outside the case. Connect the other
> components you need to test the audio and see if it works any
> better. If the audio is still failing, it will then be a simple
> matter to ship it back to the supplier. I like to test all
> the components outside the case before assembling a PC, for this
> very reason (to avoid wasting time assembling/disassembling
> again).
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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