AK35GTR sound card issue

[dgates02]

I am having a problem with installing the drivers for this board. It has a C-media8738. I have tried under windows98,XP Pro, and 2000Pro, all with thier respective drivers but everytime i install them and then reboot the system locks up. If i reboot in safe mode and uninstall the driver the system works fine. I'm thinking it's a bad board but thought maybe someone else would have an idea. Anyone got one?

[Szandor]

Welcome to the Forums!

Which version of the audio drivers are you using & where did you get them?

It was a serious PITA trying to install the C-Media 9739A Drivers on my new Epox 8RGMI so I know what you're going through, they sound sweet now that I'm done.

Regards, Szandor

[copperpipe]

I got the AK35GT2 (no RAID) - gave it to a relative more than a year ago. I don't recall any problem installing or using the onboard sound, and that was with Windows 98SE. Just used the latest drivers from the Shuttle support website.

I also "bought" (free after MIR) a Maddog 4.1 sound card recently which has the 8738 SX chip on it....no problems installing it....sounded quite good actually.

Did you check Windows System Info for IRQ conflicts?

[dgates02]

Well as far as what version, I used the ones that came with the board from shuttle. I also went to thier web site and got the most recent ones and they didn't work either, so I went right to cmedia and got it from them, still won't work. As far as irq conflicts I can't find anything. I just reformated and installed windows2000 pro, and before installing anything other than the OS I installed the sound drivers, still wouldn't boot. My personal system uses the same chip and drivers and I have never ran into this before, it works great. I don't know, I have never had problems with cmedia before which is why I think it's a bad board

[copperpipe]

What are your system specs and are you overclocking the FSB? It's only a KT266A board and really only rated for 133 (266 DDR) FSB speeds.

If you aren't overclocking, then I'd have to think it might be the board, also.