Built my first computer!!!... the sound doesn't work though

[Steve G.]

Ok, I just reinstalled the driver and it works.... at least the headphones do now - I plugged the speakers into the headphone jack for now. The back panel is still seaming to not work even when I put the speakers into the "line in" input. Any other thoughts?

Steve

[hoosierdraft]

Try something other than line-in! Like speaker or line-out.

[sharinglife]

Yeah. Put it in the speaker connection.
There should be at least 3 of them since you have HD audio.

[Steve G.]

I did try the others.... they didn't work. I'll have to try every single one later Even line out

[sharinglife]

This might be a crazy question...but are you using powered speakers?
Because you have to! The old speakers that just plugged in without any electricity will not work on these boards.

[Steve G.]

Originally Posted by sharinglife

This might be a crazy question...but are you using powered speakers?
Because you have to! The old speakers that just plugged in without any electricity will not work on these boards.

No there not powered, the ones i'm using are about 14 years old and there.... just kidding, yeah there powered

[sharinglife]

hmmm.

I don't think it's the driver, or the headphones most likely wouldn't work.

Try to plug the headphones into the speaker plug on the back and see if you have sound. If so, it's a speaker issue. If not, it might be the driver...or you have a defective part on your board.
The good thing is that if it is defective...you can add a sound card without any trouble...unless you want to disassemble it and send the board back to NewEgg.
Let me know and we'll see what else we can do.

[Steve G.]

If it is the board I can just throw in the sound card that was in the old computer that I replaced. I'll try putting the headphones in the back later.