OrbitzXT
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System Name | AX-01 |
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Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K @3.7 GHz |
Motherboard | ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 |
Cooling | Zalman 9700 |
Memory | Kingston HyperX T1 Series 8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ |
Video Card(s) | GTX 590 |
Storage | Intel X25-M |
Display(s) | 42" Samsung LED HDTV |
Case | Antec Twelve Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | HT | OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 |
Power Supply | Kingwin 1000W |
Software | Windows 7 64-Bit |
I have a "bluegears b-Enspirer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card" with the CMI8788 chipset. Everything was fine and today I made a couple of upgrades. I replaced my Chimei 22" with a Samsung SyncMaster 2220WM, and I replaced my 8600GT with a 3850. When I put the 3850 in and turned on the system there was one long beep, and no video appeared on the screen. I had the 6-pin PCI-E plugged in, so I took out the 3850 and put the 8600GT back in and it worked. So I gave the 3850 a second shot, it worked fine. When I got into windows though the sound card wouldn't work. I uninstalled the drivers and went to reinstall them, but I kept getting a message to "Please plug in your C-media Oxygen HD Audio Device".
I even went as far to do a clean install after moving the sound card to other PCI slots didn't work. It still is not being detected. I'm going to a friends house later and will bring the card with me in an anti-static bag and try it on another system, but what could have happened that killed it if it is dead? I had an anti-static wristband on while working inside my case, I always touch metal before touching any part. Ordinarily I wouldn't care, I'll just RMA it and get a replacement but in this case I don't have the necesary wires to connect my Z-5500 speakers to my onboard sound, I was using the optical cable and can't find the other regular wires (I forgot what they're called). So without a sound card with optical output, I'm deaf
I even went as far to do a clean install after moving the sound card to other PCI slots didn't work. It still is not being detected. I'm going to a friends house later and will bring the card with me in an anti-static bag and try it on another system, but what could have happened that killed it if it is dead? I had an anti-static wristband on while working inside my case, I always touch metal before touching any part. Ordinarily I wouldn't care, I'll just RMA it and get a replacement but in this case I don't have the necesary wires to connect my Z-5500 speakers to my onboard sound, I was using the optical cable and can't find the other regular wires (I forgot what they're called). So without a sound card with optical output, I'm deaf