thanks and np.

no just frustrated from a few days and a night of trying to figure this out lol..i have uninstalled and reinstalled it as well..so i'm lost.

unless it is a hardware prob..aka the slot/plug in thingy (yeah like my terminology lolol-i'm tired ) in back isn't working..where u plug in headphones/speakers? that is the only other thing i can think of and haven't a clue to tell if that is the prob.

ty

still without sound..even tried different speakers no ideas?

Hey,
Sorry to jump in the forum but I've been reading your forum because I had the same problem that you described. If I'm correct, you can install the driver for the SoundMax card ok and you have an Asus A7V400-MX motherboard and an AMD processor. I tried all the things mentioned as well as pulling my motherboard out and trying it out of my case to eliminate any grounding issues or standoff shorting problems. I finally returned the motherboard to the store and got a new one (Exactly the same one). I put my old CPU and RAM back in the new motherboard, booted up and BINGO! I had sound. Case solved....bad motherboard. Now I'm not 100% sure the problem on the motherboard, but I do have a hunch. When I would plug in my speakers to my old motherboard, it felt a little soft... i.e. - It didn't make a hard click in. But I didn't worry about it too much. However after I had all the issues with the sound I became suspicious. When I go the new motherboard and plugged in the 3.5mm phone jack from my speakers, it 'clicked in" like it make a good solid connection. So I'm about 99% sure that it was a bad speaker input connection on that motherboard. Maybe since you're having the same problem and your motheboard is the same, it could possibly be the same thing. If not, sorry, I don't have any other ideas.

toysub_81

Just re reading your computer information and I guess you don't have the same model of motherboard that I do. Oh well, we could still have the same problem.
Hope this helps

toysub_81