My new computer is equiped with a P5K-E motherboard with window vista ultimum. I connected the speakers (over 6 years old) from my old computer. It had been working for a while then suddenly there is no sound coming from the speakers. When the speakers are connected to my old comperter with window XP it works find. Your assistance would be appreciated.

Are you using the heaphones jack? The new HP is a laptop? Open Sounds in Control Panel. select headphones.

Make sure you check that the front audio cable is connected properly on your motherboard. You can see how it's supposed to be hooked up and where it is located on page 2-32 in either of the manuals I have linked up for you below. And if you haven't already make sure you have the correct audio driver installed.

Drivers & Downloads for ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5KEWIFIAP/#download


Manual #1:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5K-E/e3216_p5k-e.zip

Manual#2:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5K-E/e3501_p5k-e_wifi-ap.zip

click start right click on computer select properties then device manager scroll to sound and video game controllers if you see a yellow question/exclamation mark or a red X the driver will need to

click start control panel hardware and sound manage audio devices right click on your speaker select configure speakers

right click on the speaker icon in the bottom taskbar you will see an array of options select playback devices make sure it has a green tick and the correct speakers are selected

be updated if you computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it although once speakers are connected widows 7 should automatically update the drivers

click start control panel hardware and sound manage audio devices playback you might have to set a default go for via high definition audio then right click on speaker

you might have to configure them then select properties you will see tabs general level in this tab make sure your settings are loud enough also enhancements and advanced from the drop down

list in the advanced tab select dvd quality or another then apply
hope this helps you W7

I would assume that you have the sound properties for your soundmax set to 2.1 speaker system instead of 5.1.

Good day,
Windows Vista 64bit driver will work on Windows 7 64bit drivers. you might also check P5K Memory QVL to identify the source of BSOD or run a memtest on your memory individually.
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Thank you for posting hope this helps..

Perhaps. It is a very old MB. Are you sure its the computer freezing and not just the video? After a cold boot, try forcing it to sleep with keyboard. If it does sleep wake it up. Does video work again?

are u using vista 64 bit cause if ya not thats your problem 32bit platform digitally maxs out at 3 or 4g u need 64bit to go higher

Since the left and right speakers sound pretty good, there is no problem with the driver software, the problem is in the sound system itself. be sure to have your sound system be check by a professional technician

Try tis...
1) Re-installing windows will not fix the problem. Try re-installing the
Ethernet driver (LAN). This driver should be on ASUS install cd.

2) Sometimes ethernet will just stop working. Then you should just
purchase a new ethernet card. They are rather cheap. Check out
Newegg website. You may have to disable onboard Lan in Bios.

Hi Perseo,


If you run through a speaker test in windows, and hear playback from all 5 speakers and the subwoofer, then your system is correctly connected, and working properly.

Vista uses a layered sound system that renders sound a bit differently than what you're used to on your previous system. As a result, it will most often refuse to project stereo sources in 5-channel surround, on it's own. it will just play them as stereo, and the bass will fill in whenever it can.

One possible way you could use to get around this, is to force the system to use all 5 speakers, through the driver. If you're using a realtek onboard card anything like mine (I have a p5k-VM board myself), this can be done by opening up the HD Audio Manager, and selecting the "Speaker Fill" option, under the Speaker Configuration" tab.

another option would be to load your media player you use to play music or movies, and see if there's an option to change speaker settings within the programs.

hope this helps!