more problems with windows 7 and sound
I sold a new PC to someone… and in the first few weeks, it had many problems, which were eventually traced back to some faulty RAM.
Well, about 8 months later, I need to revisit this PC, as sound isn’t working.
I look at all the control panel settings for sound, and it looks like windows 7 is no longer detecting the sound chip…
Its possible for the sound circuitry to fail, but unlikely, particularly on a good Intel motherboard (DG41RQ).
Anyway, rather than waste too much time, I decide to just plug in a new sound card, which worked perfectly.
I’m hoping this is the last I hear of this system, as it has caused me many wasted hours tracking down various problems associated with faulty RAM
Even I am also using Window7, sometimes it’s sound came like Zrrrrrr.
Really there are lots of issues.
Unless the onboard sound had been disabled in the BIOS, adding a new sound card is the easiest way of resolving – probably better quality than the onboard sound anyway.
Funny though, I’ve seen numerous onboard network (LAN) ports and PS2 mice/keyboard ports fail, even USB ports but never an integrated sound card – you must have been unlucky.