no onboard sound

sandaa · 10-01-2008, 08:40 AM

Have a Biostar NF61S-M7 1.0 mother board with the cd for drivers:
1. - nvidia MCP61 chipset
2. - NVIDIA MCP61 display
3. - NVIDIA MCP61 USB 2.0
4. - Realtek [ALC861] high def audio
Have tried # 1 and # 4 with no luck and I don't understand what the hay am doing wrong. Went to Biostar and downloaded a driver and that did not work either.
Belarc says I have a unimodem half-duplex audio device.
Have no red x's in device manager.
Have win xp home.
Please help?

AMANDA223 · 10-01-2008, 09:39 AM

i think in ur bios setting audio device must be disable, you should enable it first then try to install it..

10-01-2008, 10:11 AM

enable the device from ur bios then check your device manager there should not be red x check mark on sound hardware then reinstall the driver again....

sandaa · 11-01-2008, 06:56 AM

Thanks to both of you. Don't know how to change the bios - read a bit and think I better have a friend show me.

donkey42 · 12-01-2008, 01:50 PM

you should make sure the onboard sound is enabled in the BIOS, you enter the BIOS by pressing Del / F1 (check your motherboard manual for the correct key) when your PC is detecting HDDs, & it's probably in the Integrated Peripherals section of the BIOS

10-01-2008, 08:40 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
sandaa Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	no onboard sound Have a Biostar NF61S-M7 1.0 mother board with the cd for drivers: 1. - nvidia MCP61 chipset 2. - NVIDIA MCP61 display 3. - NVIDIA MCP61 USB 2.0 4. - Realtek [ALC861] high def audio Have tried # 1 and # 4 with no luck and I don't understand what the hay am doing wrong. Went to Biostar and downloaded a driver and that did not work either. Belarc says I have a unimodem half-duplex audio device. Have no red x's in device manager. Have win xp home. Please help?

12-01-2008, 01:50 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
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10-01-2008, 09:39 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
AMANDA223 Geek Trainee Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Status: Offline	i think in ur bios setting audio device must be disable, you should enable it first then try to install it..

10-01-2008, 10:11 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
addy999 Guest Gender: Posts: n/a	enable the device from ur bios then check your device manager there should not be red x check mark on sound hardware then reinstall the driver again....

11-01-2008, 06:56 AM	#4 (permalink) Top
sandaa Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Thanks to both of you. Don't know how to change the bios - read a bit and think I better have a friend show me.

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