P7P55D-E problem with Xonar Essence STX

[tim81517lh]

Hi guys,

 

So i just bought the Xonar Essence STX. Let me cut to the chase, I installed the card onto my system, plugged in the 4-pin connector, booted up the system, went to Asus Support to download the latest driver compatible with Win8, execute the driver. The installer first prompts me to make sure that I have the internal power source connected before continuing, I select Yes, and went ahead with the install, agreed with the terms and agreements, and the error message tells me that I do not have the soundcard in the system, and the installer therefore could not go any further.

 

From there I tried troubleshooting, but to no avail. I went to Device Manager and discovered that the problem device is the PCI Standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. I don't know what that meant. Clicked on properties, resources, and it says Standard PCI-to-PCI bridge cannot start because it has a problem (or something along the lines of that, it DOES NOT, however, say that it does not have enough resources. And just to isolate the problem I disabled the onboard soundcard, but that didn't help either. The device itself was built pretty flimsily, with a screw on the PCB that is not fastened properly and the PCB screw hole is already worn down that the screw cannot fasten itself onto the PCB. )

 

I am not sure if this is a problem with my motherboard or soundcard. Please help!

 

 

 

Sorry for the long message guys, i am desperate in resolving this issue.
THANKS

[Cacao]

The Asus drivers are absolutely terrible, have you tried third party drivers like Uni?

 

http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/

[Faroeseviking]

plug in the front audio

[tim81517lh]

The Asus drivers are absolutely terrible, have you tried third party drivers like Uni?

 

http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/

I have. And they show the same message, that I do NOT have my Xonar card connected/inserted/installed. So I guess it is a problem with my mobo BIOS? or perhaps just a faulty soundcard? I have heard about this http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Xonar_EEPROM_Failure but because I have failed multiple times flashing BIOS and ROMS i DO NOT want to attempt that. Also because i have TWO RAID0 configurations using the motherboard's onboard chips, and last time i flashed my BIOS, the entire drive config just went bust.

Perhaps a faulty 4-pin connector or port? I have tried multiple 4-pins from my PSU and they have all failed. Tried PCI-E 8x vs PCI-E 1x and those have failed too.

 

 

plug in the front audio

Uhm that doesn't work because the computer doesn't even recognize the card in the first place?

[Faroeseviking]

I have. And they show the same message, that I do NOT have my Xonar card connected/inserted/installed. So I guess it is a problem with my mobo BIOS? or perhaps just a faulty soundcard? I have heard about this http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Xonar_EEPROM_Failure but because I have failed multiple times flashing BIOS and ROMS i DO NOT want to attempt that. Also because i have TWO RAID0 configurations using the motherboard's onboard chips, and last time i flashed my BIOS, the entire drive config just went bust.

Perhaps a faulty 4-pin connector or port? I have tried multiple 4-pins from my PSU and they have all failed. Tried PCI-E 8x vs PCI-E 1x and those have failed too.

 

 

Uhm that doesn't work because the computer doesn't even recognize the card in the first place?

Well it worked for me

[tim81517lh]

haha well thanks...but it still doesn't work.