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ac97 not detected

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ac97-not-detected.106718/

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arungn Original post #1
Jan 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM
hi people, am new to this, let me start. i have an old system(intel p4 1.7 128 sdram, pci vga card, onboard ac97 & pci creative sound card). 1st of all onbord ac97 not detected and i hear many noises(only) from onbord sound. on the other hand my creative is getting detected as mm sound controler in dev. manager, but the driver setup says ther is no sound card, tried to D/L new driver but same result. the pci slots are fine (tested with vga card). so pls give me a solution as i tried evrithing else, thankyou:confused::sad::mad:
topgear
topgear #2
Jan 17, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Try to insert that sound card on a different pci slot.
shri
shri #3
Jan 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Is there any setting in the BIOS to enable/disable onboard sound?
topgear
topgear #4
Jan 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Ya. There is a setting in every bios to disable onboard sound.
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arungn #5
Jan 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM
thanx for responding, well the mbord is toast. so no more q&a :-x