ok I have a gigabyte ga-ma78gm-s2h motherboard and the disk that came with it wont work in win7 so I cant load drivers. so I went to gigabyte site and they dont have new drivers. so I dont know what to do .Also I am confused because when im on the internet I get full sound can play videos and all. why does it work in the internet but not anywhere else?

Hi jeniece: You could try downloading the latest Vista audio drivers available for your motherboard and install them in Vista compatibility mode. To do this, right click the audio "set-up" file or "exe" file appropriate for your system (32 or 64-bit), select troubleshoot compatibility and select "worked ok with a previous operating system but does not work now", then pick Vista SP1 and try installing it that way. You should create re-store point prior to this action so that you can return to your original settings if you run into any problems. Good luck!

its very simple with audio. if audio comes out of the speakers, it means that the driver is installed correctlly. what would you get if you insert an audio cd? or when you try to play an audio file from your computer? do you get windows media player to start or not? do you use other media player instead? there is a chance that you need to install codecs. try to download K-lite codecs full version and install it. this might helps a lot.regards,It's all about Windows.

Jeniecehas stated in this thread that her sound is working, but makes no mention of how this happened. Jeniece, can you please let us know how you fixed this?

my sound only works when im on the internet. if I put a cd in or try to set sounds up in win 7 I get no sound at all. but I can go to the internet and go to dizzler and play music and get sound fine .so Im at a loss as to what to do.I have removed all drivers and installed the ones from correct site but still no change. so if anybody has ideas I would appreciate.

jeniece,There was a new BIOS update in February, have you updated to that realease yet?

jeniece,There was also a new audio driver in March... and an AMD chipset driver in January. They are all listed under Windows Vista 32bit.Under Windows Vista 64 bit, there is not an audio driver but the chipset driver is there.

Jeniece, Try going into the Sound menu located in the Control Panel. Assuming that you're using the sound built into your motherboard, the active device under the Playback tab will likely be "Digital Audio (S/PDIF)." See if anything in here looks amiss, especially in the "Levels" and "Enhancements" tabs.-Alex

I have already downloaded and installed all the new driver for sound and bios and have checked allstuff in control center. so I still confused but thanks for all the ideas.

To get the latest drivers for your motherboard, go to the AMD display drivers site, http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx. Select your OS version, then "Integrated/Motherboard", and then "Radeon HD 3200". For example, for Windows 7 x64, this will get you to http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=win7/windows-7-64bit.Once there, you can download the display drivers, but what you really need are the chipset drivers. Click on the Catalyst Drivers link on the left, and you will see a menu, including Motherboard/Integrated Video Drivers. The Full Catalyst Suite might include all the drivers, but incase it doesn't there are links available for the separate components. Use the Vista ones if there aren't Windows 7 ones available.I have the same motherboard. I installed these drivers and I have the "ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio - ATI791A" device listed in device manager.

ok what one the amd raidxpert or southbridge driver.

Southbridge.

jeniece -If you right-click on the speaker icon on the desktop and select the Sound Mixer icon, you should see at least three separate controls displayed. Device System Sounds Windows Desktop GadgetsThere may be others if you have other things like Windows Media Player open. At the bottom of each slider, there is a MUTE button. Make sure that none of the devices are muted.

ok thank you for all your help I finally got sound .I appreciate all of your replys ,its nice to be able to get help from you all.

jeniece - Er.. Would you mind telling us whatsolved the problem? If only for future reference in case someone else has the same problem...Thanks...

I download southbridge driver and it fixed problem. thanks again

Thank you!