Thread: VIA EN1500G Faulty Sound Card?

I'm pretty advanced when it comes to computers and troubleshooting but this one has me stumped.

I bought a VIA EN15000G from MP3Car. I got everything running, never tested the sound. Put it in a Voom 2 case usnig the front side audio pins. When I went to actually use the sound it didn't work. Odd, after taking the system appart I disconnected the FS audio and the rear jack worked.

That is, until I actually shut down the machine and unplugged it. When I hooked it back up the jack stopped working. I went as far as doing a system restore, reinstalling the drivers, nothing worked.

Fine, maybe corrupt registry settings, fresh install. SAME problem, no audio even after using the newest drivers.

I left for a party, came back 6 hours later, started it up and bam, had sound. NOT a single change. Rebooted twice, still had sound. Cool,maybe a freak thing. Nope, as soon as I shut it down again the same cycle, it no longer worked.

Its not the speakers because I'm using headphones to test, the same ones I use on my main PC for gaming.

The card seems to be faulty. Perhaps moving to a USB card will solve it but I spent good money for a board with RCA-out and I hate to have to buy an add-on when the on-board should work.


I searched the forums but only 16 items came up and most dealth with 5.1 sound vs 2 channel.


PLEASE HELP!