How common is loosing Onboard audio?

**Figit090** · 12-04-2012, 03:06 AM

I have a ASUS P8Z77V-PRO board and after I installed a PCI card for interfacing with a serial mouse, my onboard audio died.

I've reinstalled windows over itself (i have yet to do a fresh wipe install, that's next)
I've reset CMOS
I've updated BIOS before and then again after resetting CMOS
I've uninstalled my audio drivers and reinstalled them.

I still get audio with USB speakers (duh, I guess) but all my outputs are DEAD as doornails.

Looks like I'm going to RMA the board to ASUS since amazon *probably* won't take it back now, but it still sucks. I was hoping someone here had some experience loosing onboard audio, or with amazon returns (maybe I'll get a nice agent that will allow the RMA...)

Anyway...that's where I'm at. Major bummer for such a nice board.

**werty316** · 12-04-2012, 03:17 AM

Serial mouse??? Are saying you are using a mouse that requires a serial port?

**Joshua_Mahr** · 12-04-2012, 02:56 PM

Um Why?

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-04-2012, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by werty316

Originally Posted by werty316

Serial mouse??? Are saying you are using a mouse that requires a serial port?

Most of us use such a Universal SERIAL Bus mouse. So technically, you guys are also bashing on everybody that uses such a mouse

**Goliath182** · 12-04-2012, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Most of us use such a Universal SERIAL Bus mouse. So technically, you guys are also bashing on everybody that uses such a mouse

Haha good catch :P Also SATA is serial, most stuff is heading back towards serial after the brief stint with parallel.

**peti1212** · 12-04-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Most of us use such a Universal SERIAL Bus mouse. So technically, you guys are also bashing on everybody that uses such a mouse

LOL, haha

On another note, I've heard of some people, including my friend who had the exact same problem. It was just gone, and you couldn't use it.

**Goliath182** · 12-04-2012, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by werty316

Do you call a "USB" connection a "serial" connection? No you don't.

I think you need to read up on serial communication because yes it is a serial connection. There's some common misconception that serial means its slow and out of date, when its really not, its a completely different technology from parallel.

**werty316** · 12-04-2012, 09:43 PM

OMG bro, read what he said because I can't assume he meant USB if he doesn't specifically mention it. If he meant USB he would have specially said USB else he would have said serial speakers instead of USB speakers. When I read "serial" I thought of a 9-pin serial connection because mice exist with that type of interface connection plus everyone calls it "USB" and not "serial" because stating a device as having a serial interface is too vague.

Stop trying to put a spin my comment! It was a legitimate question but you guys are being a bunch jerks by thinking too much into it without knowing what he actually meant.

**CDsDontBurn** · 12-04-2012, 09:54 PM

**werty316** · 12-04-2012, 10:28 PM

A part of what the original poster said:

Originally Posted by Figit090

I installed a PCI card for interfacing with a serial mouse.

Nuff said.

**werty316** · 12-04-2012, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Figit090

I have a ASUS P8Z77V-PRO board and after I installed a PCI card for interfacing with a serial mouse, my onboard audio died.

Problem solved. Maybe the topic he should have asked was Amazon customer service.

**Goliath182** · 12-04-2012, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by werty316

Problem solved. Maybe the topic he should have asked was Amazon customer service.

I really don't see a question there. That's more of a statement, and a possible root of the problem. More importantly it doesn't matter what the card does. And you still haven't answered his question.

**werty316** · 12-04-2012, 11:30 PM

Yeah I never did because you guys went with the flow of razzing me which led me off topic which led someone into thinking that I needed a lesson on serial connections.

My question was out of curiosity(my main thought was who would use a serial mouse on a modem mobo) and as soon as he would give an answer to my question I would have been glad to answer his question but its too late now.

Hows about next I take it with a grain and salt because its all fun & games (yes I took it too far and didn't know that CDsDontBurn was just joking around) and next I won't take it so serious now that I know he was just joking.

**ryandigweed** · 12-05-2012, 01:02 AM

On board audio chips do go dead but that's after a long use of the motherboard or laptop. Wifi chips die faster in my opinion though. I have never had an audio chip die on me.

I was wondering maybe you could take out this pci expansion card that has caused such a hype in this thread and then try your audio. Also have you tried using the optical /digital audio output?? Is your audio manager working.? Is the optical slot showing a red light?