Re: NO SOUND

tracythejambo via HWKB.com wrote:
HI Paul,

Thanks for your help, it is a Legend QDI Advance-10E?B/F. Anything else you
need to know.

Cheers


The QDI Advance 10E is here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030328031203/www.qdi.nl/download/A10E.htm

And I also found it here:
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/Advance10E.htm

Picture:
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/images/A10E.jpg

Manual:
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/driver/Advance10E.ZIP

OK. You press the Delete key to enter the BIOS. In
the Advanced Chipset Features, there is an entry
"Onchip Sound" [Auto]. If it is [Disabled], then
change it to [Auto]. Save the changes and exit.

Note that the board has an AMR slot, and the AMR slot is
for Audio/Modem Riser. The AMR can use the AC'97 interface
on the Southbridge, rather than the audio codec which is
soldered to the motherboard. If the AMR slot is empty, you
need to set some jumpers, to make the onboard audio CODEC work.

Unzip the Advance10E.ZIP file to find two documents (chapters).
The A10E-1.pdf has jumper information. PDF page 23 mentions
J4, and J4 should be disabled (install the jumper), if the
AMR slot is not being used. On PDF page 28, there are three
headers, and these are located near the Southbridge. JAC1 is
not used on this motherboard (it is used on the 10F board).
It looks like JMC1 1-2 should be jumpered, and JMC2 1-2 should
be jumpered. In the diagram, pin 1 is on the end of the header
marked in the manual with a black band (i.e. on the left end
of each header).

Those are my best guesses as to how the jumpers should be
configured. If you want to change the jumpers, I would turn
off the computer and unplug it, before working inside the
computer.

For your reference, this is the AC'97 spec. PDF page 21 has a
diagram of how multiple CODECs get connected on a motherboard.
My suspicion is that some of the jumpers described above,
have something to do with routing BITCLK and perhaps SDATA_IN.
But I'm no AMR expert. Perhaps someone else understands how
this stuff used to work.

AC'97 spec.
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/ac97_r23.pdf

You can check the BIOS setting, before or after you verify the
jumpers. It doesn't matter which order you do them in. Once the
jumpers are configured properly, the software should be able to
"see" that a CODEC is present, and then your software installer
should work.

If you are curious, the manual for the 10B & 10F is here.
Apparently, the 10F has no AC'97 CODEC soldered on the motherboard.

http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/driver/manual/eng/A10BA10F.zip

My best guess,
Paul


Paul wrote:
Hi i wonder if you can help me i know nothing very much about pc's. I cannot
get speakers to work, technical guy gave me a download ut i keep getting
message "VIA AC97 audio chipset is not enabled please enale it first on the
bios. Can someody help me but try not to be too technical lol

Thanks
What kind of computer is it ?
Is it a home built computer ?
Do you know the motherboard type ?

This program will tell you the motherboard. Install it
then start the program (cpuz.exe). Click the tab at
the top that says "Mainboard" and it will tell you
some stuff.

http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip

This is an example of what the CPUZ window looks like:

http://www.cpuid.com/reviews/PL-P4N/cpuz.gif

Paul

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