K8N-E Deluxe - No Sound

[Eudaemonic Plague]

I purchased the K8N-E Deluxe, AMD 64 3400+, 512MB Kingmax RAM, Logisys
Phantom case (w/480W PS)....mostly in Nov '04.

Now, I was having audio input problems on my previous box (DFI AK75-EC
mobo, Athlon Thunderbird 950, etc), but I was all hot to get that new
mobo going, so I ignored it.

I get the new gear set up, I noticed that the POST voice wasn't making a
peep, but I figured that I was just missing some info (set something in
BIOS, or whatever), so I continued on. Got XP Pro going (by way of
installing 98SE first, since I only have upgrade ed. of XP).

I do recall that sound out worked...at first. Then, I needed to
digitize some audio (a band at pratice) from a HiFi VCR (quick and
dirty). I piped it in through an equalizer (as usual), and got sound
back into my amp. OK....but when I fired up Goldwave (my current
favorite for digitizing), I got no signal. I checked the jacks with the
"Sound Manager". The line out showed as "powered speakers", which made
sense, but for line in, it showed an exclamation point, to indicate that
there was a problem - it said "no signal". After a few days (over a
week, really), it occured to me (damn, I'm slow these days) to try a
different source, so I plugged in my Nakamichi cassette deck - *ding* -
cool! it says it has signal! So I spent a few hours dubbing from VCR
to cassette. All ready to go, right....I fire up Goldwave..."Sound
Manager" still shows signal...but Goldwave doesn't get any. Just for
the hell of it, I back up the few things on the boot drive I need, then
try to install WinXP 64 beta...no go (I didn't feel like spending time
trying to solve a new problem), so I try Mandrake 10.1....it didn't like
my video card (again, no time for new shit). I considered SUsE 9.1, but
since that required moving the DVD ROM to master, and since I'd been
thinking about this non-stop for over a week, I wiped my drive, and
reinstalled XP Pro.

I've tried changing things in BIOS (couldn't tell you now, what they
were...ooops, should always keep notes), played with settings in XP, all
sorts of things. The only thing of note, is that I can no longer get
sound out. And "Sound Manager" no longer sees signal from my Nakamichi.

Earlier today, I sent a very brief and pared down explanation of my
problem to ASUS. They say to expect a reply within 48hrs, so I'm hoping
to see something from them. Since I'm not really much of an optimist,
I'm going to ask you guys for help now. So, am I missing something
really obvious? Or am I likely looking at a bad board? Or perhaps
something inbetween.....that'd cheer me up...then I wouldn't have to
replace the mobo, or feel like too much a fool.

 

[Paul]

I purchased the K8N-E Deluxe, AMD 64 3400+, 512MB Kingmax RAM, Logisys
Phantom case (w/480W PS)....mostly in Nov '04.

Now, I was having audio input problems on my previous box (DFI AK75-EC
mobo, Athlon Thunderbird 950, etc), but I was all hot to get that new
mobo going, so I ignored it.

I get the new gear set up, I noticed that the POST voice wasn't making a
peep, but I figured that I was just missing some info (set something in
BIOS, or whatever), so I continued on. Got XP Pro going (by way of
installing 98SE first, since I only have upgrade ed. of XP).

I do recall that sound out worked...at first. Then, I needed to
digitize some audio (a band at pratice) from a HiFi VCR (quick and
dirty). I piped it in through an equalizer (as usual), and got sound
back into my amp. OK....but when I fired up Goldwave (my current
favorite for digitizing), I got no signal. I checked the jacks with the
"Sound Manager". The line out showed as "powered speakers", which made
sense, but for line in, it showed an exclamation point, to indicate that
there was a problem - it said "no signal". After a few days (over a
week, really), it occured to me (damn, I'm slow these days) to try a
different source, so I plugged in my Nakamichi cassette deck - *ding* -
cool! it says it has signal! So I spent a few hours dubbing from VCR
to cassette. All ready to go, right....I fire up Goldwave..."Sound
Manager" still shows signal...but Goldwave doesn't get any. Just for
the hell of it, I back up the few things on the boot drive I need, then
try to install WinXP 64 beta...no go (I didn't feel like spending time
trying to solve a new problem), so I try Mandrake 10.1....it didn't like
my video card (again, no time for new shit). I considered SUsE 9.1, but
since that required moving the DVD ROM to master, and since I'd been
thinking about this non-stop for over a week, I wiped my drive, and
reinstalled XP Pro.

I've tried changing things in BIOS (couldn't tell you now, what they
were...ooops, should always keep notes), played with settings in XP, all
sorts of things. The only thing of note, is that I can no longer get
sound out. And "Sound Manager" no longer sees signal from my Nakamichi.

Earlier today, I sent a very brief and pared down explanation of my
problem to ASUS. They say to expect a reply within 48hrs, so I'm hoping
to see something from them. Since I'm not really much of an optimist,
I'm going to ask you guys for help now. So, am I missing something
really obvious? Or am I likely looking at a bad board? Or perhaps
something inbetween.....that'd cheer me up...then I wouldn't have to
replace the mobo, or feel like too much a fool.

No idea what has happened to your sound.

The sound chip on a motherboard is seldom a good choice for
recording, because you'll find it has more background noise
than other recording solutions. You'll hear noise from the
mouse, when you access the hard drive etc.

A slightly better solution, is to find a consumer sound card,
and that will likely have a stereo input on it for you.
Audigy cards are quite popular here. And the background noise
will be a lot lower (because sound card companies care about
what they build, whereas motherboard manufacturers don't even
give specs for what they build into the motherboard).

I was surprised at how reasonably priced some of these recording
solutions are. And the advantage of these, is you have a
few more channels to play with.

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.list&ID=pciinterfaces

$200 for four recording channels and some kind of bundled
recording software. I had trouble figuring out just what
exactly is included in the software.

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta44-main.html

With a separate plugin card, if your motherboard dies, you
can always move the plugin card to another computer.

This one ($300) has two mic preamps built in, which means a bit
less stuff to wire up. I don't like the cabling method though,
and I'd want to make sure those connectors were protected
somehow.

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta1010LT-main.html

There are manuals as well.

This is the main manual page:
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.manuals

and this is the manual for the Delta44. It has a couple of
examples in the back, of how to layer tracks, when you don't
have enough channels to record everything in one take.

http://www.m-audio.com/images/en/manuals/Delta44_Manual.pdf

Compare that, to the examples in the back for the expensive one:

http://www.m-audio.com/images/en/manuals/Delta1010_Manual.pdf

I don't know anything about what you're trying to do - I just
thought this stuff was cool.

Paul

 

[Eudaemonic Plague]

Paul wrote:
[snip]

The sound chip on a motherboard is seldom a good choice for
recording, because you'll find it has more background noise
than other recording solutions. You'll hear noise from the
mouse, when you access the hard drive etc.

A slightly better solution, is to find a consumer sound card,
and that will likely have a stereo input on it for you.
Audigy cards are quite popular here. And the background noise
will be a lot lower (because sound card companies care about
what they build, whereas motherboard manufacturers don't even
give specs for what they build into the motherboard).

I was surprised at how reasonably priced some of these recording
solutions are. And the advantage of these, is you have a
few more channels to play with. [snip]
I don't know anything about what you're trying to do - I just
thought this stuff was cool.

Well...I've given up worrying about the onboard sound, for now.
Yesterday, I went and picked up an Audigy 2 zs $80+...it works
perfectly, and I didn't choose this mobo for the audio. Sometime, when
I'm feeling more ambitious, I'll return to this and nail it down.

 

[Paladin]

Paul wrote:
[snip]

The sound chip on a motherboard is seldom a good choice for
recording, because you'll find it has more background noise
than other recording solutions. You'll hear noise from the
mouse, when you access the hard drive etc.

A slightly better solution, is to find a consumer sound card,
and that will likely have a stereo input on it for you.
Audigy cards are quite popular here. And the background noise
will be a lot lower (because sound card companies care about
what they build, whereas motherboard manufacturers don't even
give specs for what they build into the motherboard).

I was surprised at how reasonably priced some of these recording
solutions are. And the advantage of these, is you have a
few more channels to play with. [snip]
I don't know anything about what you're trying to do - I just
thought this stuff was cool.

Well...I've given up worrying about the onboard sound, for now.
Yesterday, I went and picked up an Audigy 2 zs $80+...it works
perfectly, and I didn't choose this mobo for the audio. Sometime, when
I'm feeling more ambitious, I'll return to this and nail it down.

If you nail it down, please post your solution.

I have the same problem! :---(