Sound Problems on Sabertooth 990FX R.2

[iamiancredible]

Ive got a very strange problem, but first some specs
-Sabertooth 990fx R2
-AMD fx-8120 Bulldozer
-Hd 7950 3gb
-16gb corsair vengeance 1866mhz ram
-corsair GS 800 PSU
-2 corsair ssd's (Raid 0) and 2 Caviar HHD's (Raid 0)

I turned on my machine the other day, it booted up and there where lines all across my screen.. oh crap a graphics card problem. turned it off and on again and it wouldn't boot. Removed graphics card and put it in another slot, it worked... put it back in its original top slot and it all worked again... strange but ok, fine the HD 7950 has given me stupid problems in the past anyways so I will let this one slide.

For some reason now my front audio ( headphone) slot wont produce sound... even though it recognizes when I put in a headset or in my case a lazy way to plug my amp in (plugging an amp in a headphone jack isn't usually a problem is it?) oh and also the normal back panel analogue jacks wont produce sound but again recognize when i put it in and says everything is fine. The only place I can get audible sound from is the optical digital port on the back. they should be all coming from the same source right? so if ones broken then everything shouldn't work?

I've noticed if I keep plugging and unplugging headphones or my amp into the front port a few times my computer shuts down too <--- possibly a voltage problem?

Checked the cables inside the machine and they are all in the right slots, uninstalled the sound drivers completely and reinstalled the latest ones and still the same problem. checked the BIOS settings and everything is set correctly.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem?... apart from buying an amp that fits in the optical port 🙂

 

[yoyodolo]

Just update mobo drivers and it may solve your problem

 

[iamiancredible]

Just update mobo drivers and it may solve your problem

Good suggestion, tried it but its still the same.

 

[yoyodolo]

then contact your service provider, They will come and fix it or give you replacement.

 

[iamiancredible]

then contact your service provider, They will come and fix it or give you replacement.

Yeah, I'm hoping to avoid that - you see I put on a custom cpu fan with custom brackets which is a pain in the butt to put back on. I'm also not prepared to wait 2 weeks for them to test my motherboard whilst I sit twiddling my thumbs.

 

[yoyodolo]

than you have no options, if you are in jiffy just contact a local technician

 

[iamiancredible]

*interesting update* - I have looked in the 'realtech hd sound manager' and it seems its telling the computer that the microphone is plugged in even when I remove the connection from the motherboard itself. when i plug something into the microphone slot, the mic slot then says nothing is plugged in it and moves onto saying i have plugged it into the rear centre subwoofer jack, when i plug something into that jack it moves to side speaker out, when i plug something into that jack it says the side speakers and centre subwoofer are connected... I ran out of plugs and patience after this... Any idea whats wrong?

I have never encountered something like this before.

 

[yoyodolo]

*interesting update* - I have looked in the 'realtech hd sound manager' and it seems its telling the computer that the microphone is plugged in, when i plug something into the microphone slot, the mic slot says nothing is plugged in it and moves onto saying i have plugged it into the rear centre subwoofer jack, when i plug somehting it that it moves to side speaker out, when i plug something into that jack it says the side speakers and centre subwoofer are connected... I ran out of plugs and patience after this... Any idea whats wrong?

your audio jack may be damaged

 

[iamiancredible]

*interesting update* - I have looked in the 'realtech hd sound manager' and it seems its telling the computer that the microphone is plugged in, when i plug something into the microphone slot, the mic slot says nothing is plugged in it and moves onto saying i have plugged it into the rear centre subwoofer jack, when i plug somehting it that it moves to side speaker out, when i plug something into that jack it says the side speakers and centre subwoofer are connected... I ran out of plugs and patience after this... Any idea whats wrong?

your audio jack may be damaged

possibly, any ways of testing it outside of windows?

 

[iamiancredible]

*update* Audio completely stopped working now, when you plug headphones in you get a random mechanical hum (quite soothing actually), the sound part of the motherboard is completely broken and also a new development has occurred... the graphics card will not work in the PCIE slot 1, only slot 2. I'm surprised this thing is actually chugging along as I type.