I bought a new computer from a website, no problem at all. I've had it for about a week now, and still no problem, until I tried to play a video off of a web site, and I had no audio, I tested around, and most videos would not play audio, but the video was just fine. Anything with DivX seemed to work though (I tried downloading Flash and all sorts of other, to no avail).

SADLY, this is kind of beside the point, my buddies kept telling me it was probably a driver or codec problem, I downloded this codec pack that I used on other comps and worked fine, so I looked to the drivers. I downloaded a driver from Realtek AC97 or something of that sort, and LOST ALL audio, and Winamp couldn't play anything and was getting some error. so I turned to the disc that came with the computer with drivers on it, and I'll be damned if the driver on the disc isn't the same one I downloaded earlier, so I installed that.

So now the point I'm at, Winamp is no longer getting an error, I figured that out, the equalizer is moving and the songs are changing fine, but still no audio. I mention this becuase even when the internet videos weren't working, Winamp at least was, as were any games I was playing.

My "Confirmation sheet" the website I bought my compter from emailed me when I bought the thing says that the sound card is "3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard" and I'm assuming that means that it is ON the motherboard, not to mention looking in the computer there is no extra card in any port except my video card, and all the audio wires from my speakers are going towards the motherboard.

And yes, my volume is up, nothing is muted, and my speakers are plugged in.

So here I am, no audio at all, I tried all the troubleshooting I could, read through some of the help on this website itself, I learned that Realtek is 1/3 general companies that do the onboard sound cards and I read the system information and it said itself I was using Realtek AC97. So I am completely lost as to where my audio went.

Please! Any input or help would be great!

(Also I was told that something might have GOTTEN turned off in the the BIOS, I looked in there and was very careful not to mess with anything I wasn't sure of, but I might have MISSED something)

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