Giga-byte Motherboard - No sound

[Gary Kaucher]

I am trying to get the sound to work on this IMA computer that I was
given, and I do not have any manuals or documentation or the original CD

that came with it. The first thiing I did was a clean install of Windows

98 (4.10.1998). Information on boot indicates - Intel 810 AGP SET BIOS
for GWMM7 Ver 1.1u IM. The onboard audio chip on the motherboard is
labelled Yamaha XG YMF744B-R 9914 WAIF

The motherboard is labeled as a Giga-byte GA-6WMM7 Rev. 1.3, so I
downloaded all the software that I could find for that model number from

the Giga-byte site, and installed it. Everything seems to work fine,
except that I have no sound. I suspect that the problem might have some

thing to do with AC97. I noticed that when I enable AC97 in the bios
that I get the following in Device Manager:

? Other Devices
?!PCI Card (no driver installed)
?!PCI Multimedia Audio Device (no driver installed)

Sound
Gameport Joystick
MPU-401 Compatible
Yamaha DS-XG Game Port
!Yamaha DS-XG Legacy Sound System
(Interrupt request is used by MPU-401 Compatible
(Input/Output Range 0330-0331 used by motherboard
resources)
Yamaha DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC

Is there some software for AC97 that I haven't used yet that will fix
this problem? Or do I have to change a jumper or set up the bios
differently? Any help appreciated.

Gary

 

[Gary Kaucher]

Update-
I disabled the AC97 audio in the BIOS and that got rid of the entries under
Other Devices in Device Manager. I unistalled the audio drivers, removed all
references to them in the registry, rebooted, reinstalled them, and
configured them so there were no exclamation marks in Device Manager. But I
still don't get sound. Actually, that's not completely true. If I put in a
CD in and attempt to play it, I can faintly hear music on two of the four
speakers if I hold them against my ears. It's really faint though!

-Gary

 

[Strontium]

Check the speaker layout, in control panel. Not sure if that's your
problem. But, won't hurt to check.

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Gary Kaucher stood up at show-n-tell, in (e-mail address removed), and
said:

 

[Gary Kaucher]

Thanks. Problem solved. The jack was a line in jack and required amplified
speakers. The speakers that were given to me with the computer were not
amplified. Previous owner either removed a sound card or gave me a different
pair of speakers. Jack was not labelled "line in". Instead it had some kind
of goofy symbol on it that I could figure out! Thanks again!

Gary

 

[Strontium]

Hehehe it's always the simplest of things, aint it?!

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Gary Kaucher stood up at show-n-tell, in (e-mail address removed), and
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