No sound after Bios upgrade on Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9

Hello Sheefa

I had the same problem. In the BIOS on the Integrated Peripherals section
there is an AC97 Audio option and this sets itself to Disabled instaed of
Auto. Simply correct this and you should have your sound back.

Good Luck

Mike Clements
"Sheefa" <UseLinkToEmail.TakeThisOut@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi all,
 > I have just upgraded to the new Bios for this motherboard (ver F5) and
 > the sound is now dead. Can you tell me how you re-enabled the AC97
 > sound people - When I click on the olume control button it just says:
 >
 > "There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer
 > devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and
 > then click Add
 > Hardware"
 >
 >
 > Hoping you can help.
 >
 > Thanks pal.
 > Sheefa
 >
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