Re: At Wits' End

The ALC655 sound chip built in to the motherboard can handle 5.1 channel (6
speaker setup).
You just need to load the audio application. It should be able to change the
functions of the 3 jacks.
Check the "User Manual/Easy Installation Guide"

"Andy" <kanadaiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:LrpSe.222641$HI.61766@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello, Tod,
>
> "tod" <no_spam_i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OVkSe.7149$z2.6482@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Here is the webpage with drivers from Foxconn for your motherboard.
>> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/productsDownload_motherboard2.cfm?pMotherboard=K7S741MG-6L
>>
>> Here is the SIS webpage with even newer drivers for your motherboard.
>> http://www.sis.com/download/
>>
>> You might consider leaving out the Sound blaster and using built-in
>> sound.
>> Sound Blasters are considered Bus Hogs
>> Which model Sound Blaster are you using?
>
> It's a Realtek AC'97 board. The guy who sold me the computer said it would
> provide better sound than the built-in sound. I'm getting the impression
> that he screwed me in more ways than one. The poblem I have with
> discarding the Realtek AC'97 is that it has 4 jacks, 2 for the speakers, 1
> for the earphone and 1 for the microphone. The mother board has only 3
> jacks: green, red and blue. So I'm short one jack there.
>
>>
>> Also go into the bios and disable things you will not use, like parallel
>> and serial ports.
>> It will free up some IRQs, which might help the Sound Blaster work
>> better.
>>
>> To get into the bios, need to hit "Delete" key
>> in the first few seconds when the computer is first turned on (boot up).
>>
>>
>> "Andrew Manninger" <kanadaiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:aQWRe.252885$on1.230512@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To All Cognoscenti, Greeting!
>>>
>>> I've already posted here the story of my tribulations caused by heat
>>> damage to my HDDs. The damaged drives have at last been replaced,
>>> including the GigaByte motherboard that had a bad IDE controller. Now
>>> I'm struggling with the task of rebuilding my operating system (Windows
>>> XP Prof.) and all application programs, and therein lies the problem.
>>> The new motherboard is a K7S741MG that came with a WinFast Utility CD,
>>> Version 1.0. According to the instructions that came with the
>>> motherboard, this CD contains the drivers needed for this mother board.
>>> Trouble is, when I install these drivers I lose the sound (Creative
>>> SoundBlaster). If I don't install WinFast, the sound is soon last
>>> anyway, and I have trouble installing other components of the system.
>>>
>>> Any help to overcome these problems would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>
>


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