Help With Problem

[194459_1454181251]

Okay so i was putting in a new graphics card and my arm got hit. The metal bracket scratched the motherboard right over the audio lanes. Now in windows there is no audio and it says the realtek audio devices are being constantly unplugged and reattached. Do you think the scratch was the cause of the problem or was it something else. For now i disabled the audio device. Please help me.

[Enderman]

probably the scratch

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, 194459_1454181251 said:

Okay so i was putting in a new graphics card and my arm got hit. The metal bracket scratched the motherboard right over the audio lanes. Now in windows there is no audio and it says the realtek audio devices are being constantly unplugged and reattached. Do you think the scratch was the cause of the problem or was it something else. For now i disabled the audio device. Please help me.

-PIC-

For a second I thought that was a plastic strand

As for the motherboard though if the scratches are deep enough it can potentially have damaged the traces.

[194459_1454181251]

do you think electrical tape would solve it temporarally

[W-L]

Just now, 194459_1454181251 said:

do you think electrical tape would solve it temporarally

You shouldn't have any problem just leaving it but if it did damage the traces for the audio there isn't really an easy fix for something like this. 

[MattShnoop]

Just now, 194459_1454181251 said:

do you think electrical tape would solve it temporarally

Probably not... You might be able to take it in somewhere and have them fix it, but other than that I think your onboard audio is toast.

 

A solution would be to buy something like a PCI or PCIE soundcard and use that instead of the motherboard's audio. You could also use a DAC or something, I think.

 

 

Here's Linus explaining them.

[That_Random_Guy]

if its damaged the traces then electrical tape wont help. maybe try to clean out the material in the scratch with some type of contact cleaner(not the cleaner for your eyes lol but actual electrical contact cleaner) in hopes that if the traces are scratched it might help(if a piece of material is grounding out on another trace cousing the disconnect) though if it cut it the traces only thing i can think of is kinda ghetto and involves soldering where the scratches are to re bridge the broken traces or buy a sound card

[194459_1454181251]

but i believe the traces are still connected because windows is seeing the device as disconnecting and reconnecting. What im thinking is potentially since its open there could be interference causing windows to see a device. Im not sure tho

[Siman]

Try taking the motherboard out and using a graphite pencle to fill in the gap becareful not to cross the circuits. more than likely you have seperated the PCB copper circuit. Your always going to have sound quality issues unless you RAM the board.

[194459_1454181251]

Tnx ill try that @siman, and ill tape over it just for good measures.

[MattShnoop]

 

Taran and Luke did something to fix a mouse in this video. You would probably want to be more careful on a motherboard, but it's an idea. 

 

Personally, I wouldn't try this, but if you've got a steady hand or some really fine way of doing this, try it out. Let me know how it goes. 

[194459_1454181251]

okay ill take pictures and put my progress up on here

[194459_1454181251]

whelp im sad but i think its safe to say my on-board audio is toast. Thanks for the help guys