My Sound is not working...

[Chewy]

sensor next after it's been running for while

what drivers for the motherboard are you loading when during the load?

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/drivers.php?categories=1&model=230

[katzdvd]

Sensor report - pc has been running for 1 hr. I recently blew it out - no dust, is in a cool room. plenty of ventilation/fans.

[Chewy]

temps are fine, did you see my edit on the drivers?

[katzdvd]

what drivers for the motherboard are you loading when during the load?

All the ones listed there, except the last one (Intel).
Realtek onboard is disabled in the BIOS, does not show in dev. manager.

[Chewy]

All the ones listed there, except the last one (Intel).
Realtek onboard is disabled in the BIOS, does not show in dev. manager.

sp2 has better drivers, that may be part of the problem

now counting from the top pci, what cards are in what slots

did you set the bios for plug and play?

your settings are in the pnp/pci configurations

force update escd looks like the winner when you add cards in the right slot

the table showing irq's and and int# is how you head off conflicts, I usually try the cards in different slots tho

[katzdvd]

Only card installed is the sound card. I have had it in different slots the whole time that this prob. has been occuring. Right now it is in the 4th slot from top.

I didn't change the BIOS setting for PnP, so it is set for plug & play.

[Chewy]

when you reboot next try the force update escd

need to do it everytime something is changed hardware wise

in device manager look around, especially system devices for any via drivers
that can roll back to windows default

[katzdvd]

Chewy - I looked everywhere in the BIOS (several times) & I cannot find anything related to "force update ESCD". I know I have seen that in the past w/ other pc's, but it seems non-existant here!

Can you give me a clue as to where it is hiding/under another name maybe?

[Chewy]

right below power management, in the PnP/PCI configuration

bottom left of menu for bios

[katzdvd]

In there, I have "Resources controlled By Auto". Do I just change that to manual & reboot?

[Chewy]

leave it on auto but set the force escd

it will reset itself after a reboot

[katzdvd]

leave it on auto but set the force escd

There is nothing there that says escd anywhere...The entries that are there;

Resources Controlled By Auto

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop- Disabled
Allocate IRQ to Video-Enabled
Allocate IRQ to USB-Enabled

PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. Auto
PIRQ_1Use IRQ No. Auto
PIRQ_2Use IRQ No. Auto
PIRQ_3Use IRQ No. Auto

[Chewy]

I thought I had the right manual

[katzdvd]

I wish my BIOS looked like that, but it doesn't. The first entry is;
Resources Controlled By Auto

There is no (ESCD) behind it.

EDIT - Chewy - I just checked my mainboard manual, & it looks like your attached pic; But the screen in the BIOS does not have the Force ESCD entry...

[katzdvd]

Been doing more research; (google, etc.) Was wondering if I may have a corrupted bios, or would that cause the pc not to boot at all? Just for kicks, I cleared the cmos & rebooted. The entry is still not there on the bios.

in device manager look around, especially system devices for any via drivers
that can roll back to windows default

I will give that a shot & hope for the best. This problem is surely a real pain, as I have audio editing projects to do!