Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Audio Problems

stulid · 3 Feb 2014 at 11:09

That is RMA sorted.

Remember you very rarely see anyone post how great something is.

atomic7431 · 3 Feb 2014 at 11:10

ah so mine would add 1 more, plus those having issues in this thread.

stulid said:
Remember you very rarely see anyone post how great something is.

oh i agree totally with that, just saying there is quite a few who have reported/had issues with that onboard sound chip.

stulid · 3 Feb 2014 at 11:11

So two more may make it 6 then.

But then it could also be something they have done and not a actual fault with the board?

atomic7431 · 3 Feb 2014 at 11:24

in some situations but not all as mine for instance fails to detect the audio chip when starting up the computer, it would just disappear.

Neolink · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:18

I RMA'ed mine via OcUK a while ago, the replacement developed severe audio interference again within a few days. Just plugged my old xonar d2x in now and I use that instead, was a bit miffed really as I specifically bought that board for its fancy onboard audio! Aside from that though, I am really happy with it, performs really good and overclocks great

smsmasters · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:40

Haven't noticed any issues with mine yet. *touch wood*

thefogo · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:53

stulid said:
So two more may make it 6 then.

But then it could also be something they have done and not a actual fault with the board?

I've simply installed the mobo and the drivers, and then got on with it. Not really much I could do wrong.

troops · 3 Feb 2014 at 13:56

I have one with no problems, still on original bios.

stulid · 3 Feb 2014 at 14:13

thefogo said:
I've simply installed the mobo and the drivers, and then got on with it. Not really much I could do wrong.

Fresh install? Which OS/ if its an older one then try the Win8.1 trial.

Nazeral · 3 Feb 2014 at 14:57

I like how the sale numbers come out it makes me laugh... Who cares how many have been sold/returned? Most people just deal with it like i am... Because its not really worth the time to take it all apart to get another board which is prob a refurb which was found in a bin and it have the same faults.

The fact is the onboard sound card is **** and that's the bottom line.

thefogo · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:40

stulid said:
Fresh install? Which OS/ if its an older one then try the Win8.1 trial.

Yeah fresh install of 7.

I've got an RMA number but I might wait a few days and see if it happens again.

atomic7431 · 4 Feb 2014 at 10:14

Nazeral said:
I like how the sale numbers come out it makes me laugh... Who cares how many have been sold/returned? Most people just deal with it like i am... Because its not really worth the time to take it all apart to get another board which is prob a refurb which was found in a bin and it have the same faults.

The fact is the onboard sound card is **** and that's the bottom line.

this is why i didnt return mine, stripping the whole machine down when i have it the way i like it, plus it took quite a while to get mine accepted for RMA and i had already bought a sound card to rectify the issue, since the disabling of the onboard audio chip my issues have all but gone away.

wazza300 · 4 Feb 2014 at 11:27

poor bios or driver support atm imo,creative aren't the best when it comes to drivers either

thefogo · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:54

Not sure what to do - return my board and face the possibility of getting another duff one (or even have my RMA rejected), or just buy a sound card.

wazza300 · 4 Feb 2014 at 13:03

try and stick it out for any beta bios or driver updates,might be worth emailing gigabyte and telling them the problem,they might suggest what to try and test for the issue

theres only been one beta bios release so far

atomic7431 · 4 Feb 2014 at 13:22

I really cant see a bios fixing this as it is also known to be a fault on a different version of the gigabyte boards and no bios has fixed that issue for those that have it.
Disable the onboard and buy a decent sound card is what i would do.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1397554/official-gigabyte-g1-sniper-5-m5-b5-owners-thread-club/830
this is another board same audio chip similar problems

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...ask-questions-here-m18x-r2-m17x-r4-audio.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1702038/z87-sniper-matx-sound.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-17-m17x/690615-m17xr4-no-audio-device.html

There is a lot reporting about the chip just disappearing as and when it feels like it, dell even tried to fix it via a bios update and failed according to some of these threads above.

thefogo · 4 Feb 2014 at 16:58

I've been trying to recreate the problem but no luck. I haven't had any problems in 2 days either. Hmm.

atomic7431 · 5 Feb 2014 at 12:42

F2 is out now HERE
and its final HERE on Gigabytes site

description says -

Support New 4th Generation Intel Core Processors

thefogo · 5 Feb 2014 at 12:55

Interesting description

Will give it a bash tonight

thefogo · 8 Feb 2014 at 21:58

Just an update, had no problems since I updated the bios

Hope it stays this way.