aye it says its working, but still now sound. my dad says he's going to take it in tomorrow but i might just get a new computer, i appricate your help and will let people know of this site =)

a stupid question is the sound muted, are the speakers plugged into the green socket on the sound card not the onboard soundcard?

yea, everything is normal.

how do i check the PCI ports are enabled to BIOS i have had same problems - thanks in advance