Audio out on on board sound card.

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PC is a HP Pavilion Media Center m8357c PC.

A few months ago I unhooked a faulty graphics card and now the computer relies on its on board sound/video card to do all the work. I've changed the defaults in the BIOS, but I'm getting no sound out of the computer.

When I pulled the graphics card, there was a cord connected to it. I unplugged the cord and pulled the graphics card out. Should I have plugged that cord into the on board sound card?

The problem is, I don't know what cord I unplugged because it's been so long. Also, I don't know where the on board sound/video card is. A little help you guys? Let me know if you need any more information.
 
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Onboard video is a part of the motherboard, so it's not so easy to just yank out in the same way that a dedicated graphics card is. I'm thinking since it is relying on the onboard you must have done something to the dedicated graphics card in particular. Check if it's firmly in place, and connected to your psu's pci-e cable, and that the monitor cable is plugged into the video card and not the motherboard. Not sure why this would change anything regarding your audio though.
 
Russ88765 said:
Onboard video is a part of the motherboard, so it's not so easy to just yank out in the same way that a dedicated graphics card is. I'm thinking since it is relying on the onboard you must have done something to the dedicated graphics card in particular. Check if it's firmly in place, and connected to your psu's pci-e cable, and that the monitor cable is plugged into the video card and not the motherboard. Not sure why this would change anything regarding your audio though.
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Thanks for your response, but I'm not sure that you understand my problem. I pulled out the video card that was in the case originally and didn't replace it with anything. There was an onboard video/sound card as a back up, so I'm using that. But there is no audio. So my question is: do I need to plug a cord up to the onboard sound/video card? If so, where can I locate the onboard card and what cord to I plug up to it?
 
The audio is a seperate connection from video, I don't see why you'd lose the audio if you pulled the video card out. According to that motherboard's(M2N68-LA Narra6) spec - it's equipped with onboard audio and video(a part of the motherboard, there's no add-ons to install) so even if you don't have a card installed you should not be out of luck. The only thing I can think of that might have happened is the wire for your audio may have fallen off, and the motherboard's manual would have information on where all of it's wires go to.
 
Russ88765 said:
The audio is a seperate connection from video, I don't see why you'd lose the audio if you pulled the video card out. According to that motherboard's(M2N68-LA Narra6) spec - it's equipped with onboard audio and video(a part of the motherboard, there's no add-ons to install) so even if you don't have a card installed you should not be out of luck. The only thing I can think of that might have happened is the wire for your audio may have fallen off, and the motherboard's manual would have information on where all of it's wires go to.
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So, according to the specs, there was no add on video card? BC I pulled something out. I still have the card. Maybe as you said earlier, it was a dedicated graphics card. In that case, would the problem result from not plugging in that cord to anything?

I don't think she (my grandma, who owns the computer) still has the manual for the mobo.

If it helps you any, this was the original thread: http://www.computerforum.com/205368-video-card-problem.html
 
Taking out a video card won't take away audio, only video. Even then, since it has onboard it will just fire up that as a backup. Try plugging it back in, using the manual to guide you on which plug goes where.
 
Russ88765 said:
Taking out a video card won't take away audio, only video. Even then, since it has onboard it will just fire up that as a backup. Try plugging it back in, using the manual to guide you on which plug goes where.
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But the only reason I pulled it was because the screen was giving me problems. It was glitchy and the colors were extremely messed up. Once I pulled the Graphics Card out, I could see fine and the resolution was fixed. Was the plug running to the Graphics card ONLY video compliant? Or both?
 
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