OK the short version is: installed BF4 (from disc), installed skype, installed the latest Nvidia drivers which are 331.65 yesterday. This morning, I had no audio. No big deal, I figured I must have just done something silly in the case last night I'll fix it when I get home from work I thought. I couldn't have been more wrong.
The problem: Absolutely no audio at all. Not even with the test speaker option in HD audio manager. The HD audio manager seems certain I've got a microphone plugged into my front panel jack but I don't. When I plug in my headphones ot hte headphone jack on the front panel, it still says I've got a micrphone in but I don't but it also acknowledges the headphones. I've got my audio set up to play through hte stereo mix (through the front panel headphones) And through my logitech 5.1 speaker system which is running through hte back panel so I can get them both playing at the same time and just switch my speakers off when I need to. Now heres the really weird part: When I plug hte headphones into the mic jack that apparently has a mic in it, HD audio manage says theres nothing in the front panel, and hte orange (bass) plug on the rear panel isn't plugged in either. Pull the headphones out and suddenly the orange jack is back in business. And sometimes, the "microphone" drops in and out rapidly according to HD audio manager cos it keeps trying to refresh. HD Audio manager is also determined to tell me that my digitial (sp-dif) is active, but its not.
I've downloaded the latest drivers release and was certain that would fix it, no luck. I've tried a clean install of graphics and audio drivers, I've tried resetting my bios features in case I bumped something when I was messing around in the case last night, tried unistalling skype in case it was interferring with the microphone, tried fiddling with the front panel connectors between the mobo and case, tried unplugging and replugging the mobo end of the connector, tried plugging in a second headset to the microphone jack, tried disabling the microphone from windows, tried disabling the Nvidia HDMI sound options from windows, tried tons of other stuff that I can't remember.
System is home grown, here it is:
Mobo: AsRock Pro-4 z-87
WIn 7 ultimate x64
CPU: Intel i5 4670
GPUs: EVGA GTX770 SC + gigabyte GTX560Ti SC dedicated to physx and secondary monitor
RAM: G.skill Ripjaws, 8 gig, 9 CAS @ 1600.
Zalman z-11 case
Now I know I've not listed everything there but I think its everything thats relevant. I would point my finger at the dodgey case if my back panel speakers were working aswell. Starting to look like a faulty motherboard to me. I'm decent with a computer, but not a whiz.
Thanks in advance guys, apologies for the massive message and if I posted this in the wrong spot,
Stuart
The problem: Absolutely no audio at all. Not even with the test speaker option in HD audio manager. The HD audio manager seems certain I've got a microphone plugged into my front panel jack but I don't. When I plug in my headphones ot hte headphone jack on the front panel, it still says I've got a micrphone in but I don't but it also acknowledges the headphones. I've got my audio set up to play through hte stereo mix (through the front panel headphones) And through my logitech 5.1 speaker system which is running through hte back panel so I can get them both playing at the same time and just switch my speakers off when I need to. Now heres the really weird part: When I plug hte headphones into the mic jack that apparently has a mic in it, HD audio manage says theres nothing in the front panel, and hte orange (bass) plug on the rear panel isn't plugged in either. Pull the headphones out and suddenly the orange jack is back in business. And sometimes, the "microphone" drops in and out rapidly according to HD audio manager cos it keeps trying to refresh. HD Audio manager is also determined to tell me that my digitial (sp-dif) is active, but its not.
I've downloaded the latest drivers release and was certain that would fix it, no luck. I've tried a clean install of graphics and audio drivers, I've tried resetting my bios features in case I bumped something when I was messing around in the case last night, tried unistalling skype in case it was interferring with the microphone, tried fiddling with the front panel connectors between the mobo and case, tried unplugging and replugging the mobo end of the connector, tried plugging in a second headset to the microphone jack, tried disabling the microphone from windows, tried disabling the Nvidia HDMI sound options from windows, tried tons of other stuff that I can't remember.
System is home grown, here it is:
Mobo: AsRock Pro-4 z-87
WIn 7 ultimate x64
CPU: Intel i5 4670
GPUs: EVGA GTX770 SC + gigabyte GTX560Ti SC dedicated to physx and secondary monitor
RAM: G.skill Ripjaws, 8 gig, 9 CAS @ 1600.
Zalman z-11 case
Now I know I've not listed everything there but I think its everything thats relevant. I would point my finger at the dodgey case if my back panel speakers were working aswell. Starting to look like a faulty motherboard to me. I'm decent with a computer, but not a whiz.
Thanks in advance guys, apologies for the massive message and if I posted this in the wrong spot,
Stuart