Bit of a long story but a while ago my power supply on my PC went bang ...and the cheap replacement I got won't supply the on board sound ........now I am fed up with no sound and want to buy a sound card to plug in the pci slot.....any suggestions at about £30 ish......Oh, it's running vista so I do need one with the drivers for that.

TIA

If it won't power the on board sound are you sure it's going to manage to power a PCI card? Given that your onboard sound card will most likely be on the PCI bus if it can't power that then I'd probably buy a cheap fleabay card first just in case

I think the new psu didn't have the pins on the supply plug to power the on board sound ......so will that affect the pci supply as well

Creative SoundBlaster 24Bit is usually a basic but good sound card. Had one of these many moons ago, but sold it for a lack of space in my new case.

Strange that the on board sound would have it's own power, are you sure that's the problem?

I have a spare card upstairs actually, Browny's post has reminded me because it's a SB 24bit whatsit.

Strange that the on board sound would have it's own power, are you sure that's the problem?

The plug on the psu out was bigger than the one I put in so there are about 4 spare pins on the plug`on the board...it's an Ai lifestyle board.

I have tried a couple of old soundblaster boards I have but there are no vista drivers for them

Sounds like a new Motherboard, but the psu sounds like its fitted with a ATX 1.0+ Plug on it.

The old ones were 20pin the new ones are 24pin, the mid range psu's usually have the ability to be used as a 20pin or a 24pin psu.

The plug on the psu out was bigger than the one I put in so there are about 4 spare pins on the plug`on the board...it's an Ai lifestyle board.

I have tried a couple of old soundblaster boards I have but there are no vista drivers for them

How old? Unless they're ridiculously old then I would have thought Creative would have drivers for them, or Vista would have standard drivers for them.

this is a link to the board

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

and the psu was a hiper type M 530w ...but it was very difficult to find another one

Odd.. the extra pins on the mobo are usually just there to help stabilize the voltage and will run fine without..

i highly doubt it would stop any on-board sound working however?...

at the top of the mobo are two 4pin (molex I think) sockets ...side by side, the original psu filled both of them but the new one only fills one so I am assuming that is the trouble. ...

the question is now .......do I hunt around for a Hiper psu or try the sound card route

Spec for psu

PCI-E (6-pin), SATA, Molex with EZ-Grip, floppy, P8 & P4 connectors.

is it the p8 connector that is the problem.....ie I haven't got one

Blimey.. that is a high spec board!.. it says that its a PCI-E soundcard anyway?!

Could be onboard on the PCI-E bus though. I still don't see why a PSU would stop the sound card working though!

Idiot suggestion - you've checked it's turned on in the BIOS haven't you? Do you get anything in device manager at all?

Bit of a long story but a while ago my power supply on my PC went bang ...and the cheap replacement I got won't supply the on board sound ........now I am fed up with no sound and want to buy a sound card to plug in the pci slot.....any suggestions at about £30 ish......Oh, it's running vista so I do need one with the drivers for that.

TIA

Going a bit off topic, Rob, but the first two sentences worry me.

It's like saying "My old favourite fuel station supplying optimaltimate went bust and the cheap 2 star petrol I now buy won't give me enough power to let all sixteen cyclinders and four turbochargers of my veyron sing at full speed".

You have a decent high end motherboard and whilst I doubt the cheap PSU is the cause of no onboard sound, it won't be doing it any good in the long run.

FWIW, my PSU (Enermax EG495AX-VE(W) ) only has a 4-pin external 12V supply and not the dual 4-pin / 8 pin you refer to and the onboard sound works fine

Going a bit off topic, Rob, but the first two sentences worry me.

It's like saying "My old favourite fuel station supplying optimaltimate went bust and the cheap 2 star petrol I now buy won't give me enough power to let all sixteen cyclinders and four turbochargers of my veyron sing at full speed".

You have a decent high end motherboard and whilst I doubt the cheap PSU is the cause of no onboard sound, it won't be doing it any good in the long run.

FWIW, my PSU (Enermax EG495AX-VE(W) ) only has a 4-pin external 12V supply and not the dual 4-pin / 8 pin you refer to and the onboard sound works fine

at the time this psu was the only one I could get......hiper ones were in short supply and as the pc was built by nova tech they suggested this one....and to be fair it has worked without a hitch (apart from the sound issue) ....Just noticed they have them in stock now so may take a ride down to Portsmouth ....or maybe Reading to get one and see what happens.

Link to psu

Hiper 530Watt BLACK ATX Power Supply : novatech.co.uk : HYP-4M530

Blimey.. that is a high spec board!.. it says that its a PCI-E soundcard anyway?!

Hedge has the same pc from the same place I think.....but I haven't heard from him lately or I would have asked to see if his has two "atx" plugs at the top of the board

Slightly off topic. I've been using a Tagen 480W PSU for the last 4-5years cost £70-£80 but you get what you pay for.

I was under the impression it was a old motherboard with a new supply, but looking at the specs it seems its a new mobo. But with a psu without all the needed attatchments.

Not entirely sure whats going off with the sound, not clued up on intel systems. Plus im still using a DFI Lanparty Nforce 4 S939 mobo.

Probably off down to nova tech to get a new psu....will let you all know if it works

Hedge has the same pc from the same place I think.....but I haven't heard from him lately

I am here you know.

I do have an ASUS P5N32-E SLI mobo and I use the onboard sound.

I did have a problem when I first started my build as the older PSU didn't fit so I ended up with a Thermaltake 750W Toughpower.

Its the dogs and quiet too.

This one. ThermalTake Toughpower 750Watt PSU : novatech.co.uk : TT-W0117

Edited 27 December, 200817 yr by Hedge
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I am here you know.

I do have an ASUS P5N32-E SLI mobo and I use the onboard sound.

I did have a problem when I first started my build as the older PSU didn't fit so I ended up with a Thermaltake 750W Toughpower.

Its the dogs and quiet too.

This one. ThermalTake Toughpower 750Watt PSU : novatech.co.uk : TT-W0117

I reckon that the two 4 pin plugs at the top of the mobo supply the power to the on board sound or at least the one nearest the back of the pc does....will let you know later on

Check its in store if you are travelling as Reading don't have any.

Check its in store if you are travelling as Reading don't have any.

I fancy a trip to the seaside and Portsmouth have 50 hiper psu's

I reckon that the two 4 pin plugs at the top of the mobo supply the power to the on board sound or at least the one nearest the back of the pc does....will let you know later on

They aint to power the on-board sound... they provide descreet power to the cpu voltage regulators, and probably on that mobo's case, extra power to the PCI-E slots saying as its of a Multi-SLI design. the original PCI-E spec was to supply 75W through the slot to a single card.. but the advent of sli-crossfire means extra connectors are required to supply extra cards..

Have you actually checked the sound card is enabled in bios? does the sound hardware show up in the device manager?