sound rewally quiet

Hey, hopefuly this will be easy to sort!!

I have just built this comp so it has never been any other way.It is an ECS K7S5A Mobo, it has on-board sound and when i listen to music through headphones it is really really quiet.i have turned the volume up on all the bits i can find but it doesnt make any differance really!!

Any ideas??

Thanks

Daniel


P.s Win 2000,Athlon XP 2000

 

unfortunately most boards with built in sound do NOT have much audio output. The best thing is to get a set of speakers with a built in amplifier. If you want to use headphones, get a set that has a headphone plug.

 

Ok thanks. Was hopin that wouldnt be the case.....guess i'll just have to invest in a decent Sound Card!!!

Thanks for the reply

Daniel

 

Are you sure you have the headphones plugged in the correct jack? Even unamplified it should be loud enough to hear.

I believe its the green one on the left.

 

Ye its definately in the right bit.Its not that i cant hear it,just that its REALLY quiet!!!

Thanks

Daniel

 

i could be wrong, but i believe that board needs to have the audio drivers installed.

have you installed them yet??

roosterman

 

ye i did.I also downloaded some from the website to see if changing them made a difference.But nope!!!I only could install the audio codec bit, not the rest under the sound video game port heading in device manager.

Thanks again for the reply....

If you have any more ideas let me know!!

Thanks

Daniel