R33C3

Hey guys,

For the record i have read through the other posts regarding this issue.

Ok, so i've format re-installed my PC (im not new at this)
I loaded the drivers from the mobo CD including audio as its integrated and surprise surpirse NO SOUND

PC specs at bottom***

Checked device manager - no yellow exclamation marks
All multimedia codecs are listed
Show hidden devices revealed an unknown PCI device under network client with an exclamation mark

Checked add/remove: Realtek HD audio driver is listed
Checked sound properties in control panel: it also claims no audio devices are present

Visited Gibayte.com.au and went through download center
It confirmed i had the driver installed, so i removed the file and installed it from the website
The website advised i needed MS UAA driver
So i found a copy and installed it
Device manager shows no UAA driver
Add/remove and regedit has KB88811 listed
tried installing audio driver from site anyway - same message (need UAA)

Then downloaded 'motherboard_driver_audio_realtek_azalia' from Gigabyte which has recent copy of both files
So i unistalled driver and removed first copy of KB888111 through regedit
Installed the new azalia copy
and guess what - NO CHANGE

So now im asking you guys for the next step



Other info:

-Checked sys info and DXDIAG both say no sound device is present

-when removing HD driver from add/remove it claims it cannot be removed yet it does anyway

-Windows update is... up to date



Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P rev 2.0
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type Award Modular v6.00PG (03/04/08)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS (256 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (17299091)

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
Disk Drive WD 10EAVS External USB Device (931 GB, USB)
Disk Drive WDC WD3200AAKS-00YGA0 (298 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H62N
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 305234 MB (278817 MB free)
I: (FAT32) 953634 MB (603202 MB free)
Total Size 1229.4 GB (861.3 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter D-Link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Adapter(rev.C) (10.1.1.3)
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [NoDB]
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

Riskyone101

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

Download drivesweeper:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D--...er)_d1672.html

Go here for the chipset driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_winxp_15.23.html

Go here for audio driver:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...t=xp#anchor_os
Note: download the first one only, do not need the second one.

Go here for Lan driver:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...130/RTL8139B(L)

1. run drivesweeper, uninstall the audio driver, lan driver.
2. reboot pc
3. install chipset driver
4. reboot pc
5. Install lan driver
6. reboot pc
7. Install audio driver
8. reboot pc