New Motherboard - Peripheral Problems

[ngxGraz]

Hey guys, i built a computer from scratch, and got most of it working pretty easily, however, I don't have sound (and it's not just sound doesn't work... I get errors in itunes and WMP saying i don't have a sound mixer) and my onboard ethernet adapter isn't working.
it's a new gigabyte mother board (not sure exact model.. wait until i get home from work)
I enabled ethernet and ethernet ROM in the bios (but i don't even know what the ROM one means) and onboard sound is set to auto. I popped in the cd and installed the realtek audio thing, and saw two drivers for ethernet, but didn't know which, but i installed them too. in my network connections it only shows firewire (which i then disabled in the bios) and my dlink wireless (which i plan on moving to another computer so *I* get to take advantage of the speed of a direct connection) any have an issue like this? could it be a defective mobo?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tarsuslu]

They can always be defective, but this looks more like a driver problem. Can you see anything under some "Unknown Devices" branch in Device Manager window? Such as a certain "PCI Device" with a yellow question mark? You need to install Microsoft UAA Bus Driver before installing any High Definition Audio driver in most cases.

 

[ngxGraz]

I got it on my own, but you pretty much nailed it.
I had three devices with yellow question marks, pci stuff, and one other. For my sound i had installed the realtek but i needed to installed the high def too, which fixed it, and for the network, I couldn't find what i needed on the cd, so i went to the gigabyte website and downloaded the ethernet driver there, and that worked too. Everything is working great now. I just hope to have no issues when i hook up my other monitor (My video card has dual DVI)

 

[Tarsuslu]

Glad you sorted it out. Driver discs that come with the package are untrustworthy at best, especially when we're talking about laptops. Many times we end up looking for a driver online.

 

[ngxGraz]

Good to know for next time. Again, thanks a lot.

 

[SirBlack]

You might want to download Belarc Advisor @

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html.

It will give you detailed info about your computer i.e., OS, Circuit board, drives and more. It's helpful in finding the mfgr. for updating drivers.
Hope this is a help in future.
Bob