System Audio Not Working

[A Bear Guy]

I'm using an Asus Sabertooth FX990 R2.0 board with Win 8, and only my Digital audio is working. I use digital in my room, but I took my PC out of there so I could use the larger tv screen in my basement. I've tried both the front connectors and the back connectors on my computer, but neither of them work. I've tested those with headphones and speakers just to make sure that the devices work, and neither produce sound. Windows Audio Control Panel shows that sound is being produced or at least detected. The odd thing is that these 3.5 jacks used to work before I used digital, but not even re-installing the drivers from ASUS worked.

 

[smorizio]

download the newest realteck drivers from here.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
r 275 will run under windows 8.
after it installes and you reboot if the sound does not come back check in the bios that audio chipset it on. then check under windows sound devices see if window set nvidia or amd hdmi sound as the main audio output if it did set it to realteck speakers.

 

[A Bear Guy]

download the newest realteck drivers from here.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
r 275 will run under windows 8.
after it installes and you reboot if the sound does not come back check in the bios that audio chipset it on. then check under windows sound devices see if window set nvidia or amd hdmi sound as the main audio output if it did set it to realteck speakers.

Well, I downloaded that and installed the drivers, it took away the Realtek sound controller, but I never used it so who cares. But now "Headphones" is showing up as an audio device in the list, but it is constantly appearing and going away. Audio is still not being played through any speakers and I did check the audio in the BIOS, and the chipset is on. I don't know how to check the last thing in your post though.

 

[smorizio]

if you have the windows speaker icon on the bottom right of your screen right click on it then highlight playback devices. if not open windows control panel then sound. your playback device will show up there.

 

[A Bear Guy]

Oh ok, I found em, and it's not set to AMD, it's on the Realtek speakers. Well, this is odd. When I download and install the drivers from Realtek the headphone device appears and goes away and the digital audio stops working, but when I install the drivers from Asus the digital audio starts working and the headphones disappear. In either case, the front and back jacks don't work.

 

[smorizio]

on that settings you can have the speakers as the default output or the digital output but not both. if it set to digital port as default device your headphones will turn off.

 

[A Bear Guy]

I just ended up buying a Soundblaster ZX from work and it is fantastic, and now my ports work... I still use SPDIF with the card, but the front panel connectors work now that I have them plugged into the soundcard as opposed to the header on my mobo.