Asrock K7S41GX Motherboard
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I just installed a used Asrock K7S41GX board which




By airdave on May 18, 2009

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I just installed a used Asrock K7S41GX board which is working just fine exept I have no sound through my external speakers. The internal speaker on the the board beeps on startup but nothing after that. Do I need to reset the bios? If so, the only way I know that's easiest is to remove the battery.
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May 18, 2009

- When I booted this a.m. I heard no beeps

May 18, 2009

- I do have one short beep on cold boot and restart.
In D/M I have 5 items listed under sound, video and game controllers, all with no ? marks

May 18, 2009

- I have one short beep on startup or restart. Under D/M I have 5 items listed under sound, video, and game controllers, all with no ? marks

May 19, 2009

- I have XP. In sounds and audio I have no controls because under "volume" it says "no sound device". When I click the sounds tab and pick one to play a sound I get an error message "Windows cannot play the sound%SystemRoot%\media\WindowsXP error.wav sound card may be in use"

May 19, 2009

- No. On startup, I pushed the F2 button, it hesitated a bit but then continued with normal boot procedure. I couldn't get it to go into the setup mode. As you can tell I'm not an expert when it comes to changing parameters in this way.

May 19, 2009

- I installed the ac97 driver last night with no change in sound. I do have broadband, thankfully! The speakers are plugged into the corrcect jack. I was only going to change the bios because I don't know if any changes were done prior to me getting this used mobo. I figure that by removing the battery and waiting it would reset back to factory defaults - is this something I should do after installing the driver as you suggest? Also, will this driver install over the existing driver if ,in fact, it did install?

Aug 22, 2009

- Hi Harry. Sorry it's taken so long in getting back to you about the above problem... I just today got into the setup screen and checked the audio area. It had "auto" set so I changed to "enabled" and did a cold start on the cpu. Still no sound, so I guess you're correct that the built in sound card is corrupt! You mention one from newegg... do you have a model# ? Also, how, or should I, turn off or disable the on board sound card? Will the new one just plug into a slot? Thanks Dave

Clarification Request

Posted by benwabnick on May 18, 2009

Try resettting your BIOS first and see if that solves it. If not then look to see if you have an icon of a speaker in the bottom right hand corner of the screen where the time is and make sure that isn't muted and the volume is turned up.


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May 18, 2009

-   I have no speaker icon. On resetting the BIOS, I'm correct if I just pull the battery for 5 minutes? -   Guest

Solution #1

posted on May 22, 2009
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ianswer007

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http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=K7S41GX

download and install audio driver from here...

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Solution #2

posted on May 18, 2009
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Hank94170

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If you hear just one short beep on the onboard speaker it means that everything is fine. You should download the drivers for the onboard sound from Asrock website.
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May 18, 2009

- I don't think you need to reset the bios. Go to control panel, click on "System" then click on the Device Manager tab. Look to see if there is anything listed in "Sound,video game controllers" Also look in Device Manager to see if there are any Yellow question marks. Let me know!



May 18, 2009

- If you have XP go to control panel and click on Sounds and Aduio Devices. You should see your sound drivers there. Make sure "mute" is unchecked. If not xp hunt for a similar file in control panel. Let me know.

May 19, 2009

- Did you check to make sure onboard sound is enabled in Bios? This is last step before I suggest a solution for you.

May 19, 2009

- Okay, no problem. I would like you to re-install your audio drivers. You can find them here:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7S41GX

This is the page for your mobo. You can click downloads on left side of page and select audio driver (large file ...I hope you have broadband :)

You can also download the manual if you want to change that bios setting. But install new audio driver first. This should be the answer...if not we can try something else.

By the way...make sure speakers are pluged into the right jack.

let me know

May 19, 2009

- Okay...Here is your solution.

Asrock motherboard continues to have no sound after many attempts to download drivers and enable onboard sound in BIOS. Possibility exists that onboard sound card is corrupt.

Install new sound card and bypass onboard sound.

(you can purchase new sound card from newegg for about $7.00. If you have any other questions let me know....)

Best of luck

Harry


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