No sound in stereo

[krusha03]

Hello,
I have installed Windows 7 to several PCs and this is the first time encounter a problem of this kind. The config is:

AMD X2 4200+
2GB ram
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum rev1.0 with ALC850
etc.

As the title says in stereo there is no sound to the line out jack. I tried several different drivers from Realtek, the ones from windows update and even 1 from Nvidia and it's always the same thing. The weird thing is if i switch to 4 speakers, 5.1 etc all of them have sound except of the front speakers. The board is not the problem since it worked fine on Windows XP. Anyone has any idea other than going back to XP? Maybe there is a way to change front and back speaker's jacks or some other way to make the back speakers act as front?

Thank you

 

[Sassa]

Did you installed latest realtek drivers?

 

[krusha03]

Yeah i tried 3-4 different versions including the "latest" from 2009/3/26 named 303_Vista_Win7_PG537.zip and they give me the same problem. I am starting to think the only solution would be to try to install windows 7 again and if that doesn't work go back to XP.

Pozdrav od makedonija

 

[Sassa]

Latest version is Vista_Win7_R230...
Here is link:Realtek
Pozdrav za komsiju.

 

[Sassa]

And try to enable speaker fill in playback properties

 

[krusha03]

ALC850 is a AC97 codec not a HD audio codec so therefore that driver is not compatible ( i tried ) Also speaker fill is ticked and that was the only way to get some sound on my speakers connected to the rear jack

 

[Sassa]

I will look for AC'97 drivers...
Stay tuned...

 

[ratePV]

Newest Realtek AC97 driver are A4.06

Dont download from realtek.tw(only 15 kb/s)

Try these:http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/REALTEK/Realtek-AC97-Vista-Driver-6016213-WHQL.shtml

If it doesnt work try via Windows Update

 

[krusha03]

Newest Realtek AC97 driver are A4.06

Dont download from realtek.tw(only 15 kb/s)

Try these:Download Realtek AC97 Vista Driver 6.0.1.6213 WHQL Driver for Windows Vista - Softpedia

If it doesnt work try via Windows Update

I have tried both of them and it's the same problem. I have to say this is really strange

 

[ratePV]

I have tried both of them and it's the same problem. I have to say this is really strange

Check your setting in the control panel TWICE!
Its smell to me like a bad setup in the configuration window!

 

[krusha03]

Ok i figured out the problem, i also changed the case for this pc and it doesn't have front audio ports, so i should have put some jumpers on the board or otherwise the rear line out on the board is cut out.
Thanks for all the help

 

[freshpies]

Ok i figured out the problem, i also changed the case for this pc and it doesn't have front audio ports, so i should have put some jumpers on the board or otherwise the rear line out on the board is cut out.
Thanks for all the help

I spent several hours and digging through many sites and threads and I couldn't find a solution. I have the alc850 and had the same situation as you, everything looked good, win 7 showed the speakers playing sound, but I didn't hear a single thing from the speakers. Your solution did the trick!

Thanks again! I signed up just to express my thanks - I was cursing Windows 7, but now that I have sound, I'm all

 

[bornkilla3950]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC1r-EBl4y4"]YouTube - How to fix Sound Bug In Windows 7[/ame] This should work