I require some assistance

[Gamerofallgames]

So I have this pc I am repairing to turn into my main rig. However, I have noticed that none of the audio jacks work, even the ones on the back. At first, I chalked it up the drivers needed to be updated, it is a good time to note that whenever I ran troubleshoot for the audio it said for me to restart to install drivers, did that, it did nothing. I ran things like slimdrivers and no audio drivers needed to updated. then I thought "Hey I have an extra front panel bit ( this is the USB ports and audio jacks in the front) what if it is just this piece of hardware. I switched them out, nothing. at this point, I have no idea what is going on. not even windows recognizes anything I plug into the audio jacks it just keeps saying that there is no audio output device. I do have a digital audio output but I don't know if it works. the pc doesn't have an HDMI port only VGA ( which sucks because the monitor it shipped with supports HDMI). I do have 2 PCI-E x1 slots and 1  PCI-E x16 slot ( I wanna save the x16 for a graphics card). anyone have any advice, fixes, or anything that could help, please help me out here        

[Eastman51]

8 minutes ago, Gamerofallgames said:

So I have this pc I am repairing to turn into my main rig. However, I have noticed that none of the audio jacks work, even the ones on the back. At first, I chalked it up the drivers needed to be updated, it is a good time to note that whenever I ran troubleshoot for the audio it said for me to restart to install drivers, did that, it did nothing. I ran things like slimdrivers and no audio drivers needed to updated. then I thought "Hey I have an extra front panel bit ( this is the USB ports and audio jacks in the front) what if it is just this piece of hardware. I switched them out, nothing. at this point, I have no idea what is going on. not even windows recognizes anything I plug into the audio jacks it just keeps saying that there is no audio output device. I do have a digital audio output but I don't know if it works. the pc doesn't have an HDMI port only VGA ( which sucks because the monitor it shipped with supports HDMI). I do have 2 PCI-E x1 slots and 1  PCI-E x16 slot ( I wanna save the x16 for a graphics card). anyone have any advice, fixes, or anything that could help, please help me out here        

Did you look in the BIOS to make sure that on-board audio is enabled? I would assume it would be enabled by default, but who knows. If you are "repairing" then there's a decent chance the on-board audio is dead based off your symptoms, especially if its enabled in BIOS. If its dead, I'd fill one of your PCIe x1 slots with a sound card. But you do have another possibility: I know for a fact that Nvidia cards can carry sound over HDMI (I've had to wrangle with preventing them from installing during graphics driver updates. They are troublesome for me, but could save your life), granted you have a card that supports it and a monitor with speakers (or at least a speaker pass-through).

[Gamerofallgames]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Did you look in the BIOS to make sure that on-board audio is enabled? I would assume it would be enabled by default, but who knows. If you are "repairing" then there's a decent chance the on-board audio is dead based off your symptoms, especially if its enabled in BIOS. If its dead, I'd fill one of your PCIe x1 slots with a sound card. But you do have another possibility: I know for a fact that Nvidia cards can carry sound over HDMI (I've had to wrangle with preventing them from installing during graphics driver updates. They are troublesome for me, but could save your life), granted you have a card that supports it and a monitor with speakers (or at least a speaker pass-through).

thanks, dude, Ima have to check that because it is like a 9-year-old pc. most likely the onboard audio is dead. if I do get a Nvidia card the HDMI sound pass through will work the monitor has its own speakers, as well as an audio input jack, I am leaning more towards a sound card cuz i wanna use a pair of speakers i have    

[Eastman51]

Just now, Gamerofallgames said:

thanks, dude, Ima have to check that because it is like a 9-year-old pc. most likely the onboard audio is dead. if I do get a Nvidia card the HDMI sound pass through will work the monitor has its own speakers, as well as an audio input jack, I am leaning more towards a sound card cuz i wanna use a pair of speakers i have    

If the PC is around 9 Years old, I'd recommend just scrapping it. Maybe recover some useful things like hard drive and RAM, but you do you, idk what your budget is. 

As for sound cards, I think thats a solid option. When I got my new mobo I decided to get a PCI sound card instead of using the on-board sound. It was a great choice as the sound quality is better than my last board, not to mention swapping from headphones to speakers is seamless and instantaneous. If it matters, sound cards can lower CPU usage by a fraction, but its not really enough to justify it as a main reason to buy a dedicated sound card

[Gamerofallgames]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

If the PC is around 9 Years old, I'd recommend just scrapping it. Maybe recover some useful things like hard drive and RAM, but you do you, idk what your budget is. 

As for sound cards, I think thats a solid option. When I got my new mobo I decided to get a PCI sound card instead of using the on-board sound. It was a great choice as the sound quality is better than my last board, not to mention swapping from headphones to speakers is seamless and instantaneous. If it matters, sound cards can lower CPU usage by a fraction, but its not really enough to justify it as a main reason to buy a dedicated sound card

I basically have like no budget I don't care if it runs games at max settings I just want like 30 fps and it to be in working order. 

[Eastman51]

Just now, Gamerofallgames said:

I basically have like no budget I don't care if it runs games at max settings I just want like 30 fps and it to be in working order. 

Fair 'nough

[Gamerofallgames]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

Fair 'nough

like the pc has been though about 1 year of use (due to us upgrading) and the pc has remained dormant for 8 years after that. so all the pc parts are in near mint condition, and most problems are solved by swapping around the ram sticks. and considering i got a pre-built pc for free I am not giving up the option to get a decent gaming pc.   

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, Gamerofallgames said:

like the pc has been though about 1 year of use (due to us upgrading) and the pc has remained dormant for 8 years after that. so all the pc parts are in near mint condition, and most problems are solved by swapping around the ram sticks. and considering i got a pre-built pc for free I am not giving up the option to get a decent gaming pc.   

If its barely been touched/used, then it may last a while. Granted you can get modern RAM capacities and overcome the bottlekneck of an ancient CPU. Honestly, considering how little a motherboard effects performance, you could also look into a CPU swap to make it a bit more powerful. 

[Gamerofallgames]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

If its barely been touched/used, then it may last a while. Granted you can get modern RAM capacities and overcome the bottlekneck of an ancient CPU. Honestly, considering how little a motherboard effects performance, you could also look into a CPU swap to make it a bit more powerful. 

dude, I already have the best CPU for my mobo. my mobo has an LGA775 socket and I have an intel core 2 quad. I at least was lucky I got a quad-core 

[Gamerofallgames]

1 minute ago, Gamerofallgames said:

dude, I already have the best CPU for my mobo. my mobo has an LGA775 socket and I have an intel core 2 quad. I at least was lucky I got a quad-core 

and It's in a good condition, I haven't done any overclocking

[Eastman51]

4 minutes ago, Gamerofallgames said:

and It's in a good condition, I haven't done any overclocking

Sorry, how was I supposed to know what CPU you had before you told me? But yea, for that socket its a damn good CPU. And with how long it lay dormant its got to be in great condition

[Gamerofallgames]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

Sorry, how was I supposed to know what CPU you had before you told me? But yea, for that socket its a damn good CPU. And with how long it lay dormant its got to be in great condition

hell it is in great condition, with less graphics intensive games on its own it can do about 25 fps on med/low settings  

[Eastman51]

Just now, Gamerofallgames said:

hell it is in great condition, with less graphics intensive games on its own it can do about 25 fps on med/low settings  

Better than my old i3. But thats not overly surprising

[Gamerofallgames]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

Better than my old i3. But thats not overly surprising

yea. I am just a small youtuber trying to make gaming videos. so during recording, it caps at about 25. normally it is at like 30 to 40 fps, but it won't launch games like the escapists 2