Sound isn't working

[SirHartlar]

I had this problem with my PC before, the sound would rarely work. The graphics card then died so I sent it off to get repaired and they fixed the sound, but it's not working again now. Essentially, sound isn't even registering on my computer, for instance if I try to play a song on WMP it comes up with an error message. I have a feeling it could be drivers but I can't work out how to fix them as the device manager says all my drivers are up to date. My motherboard is an ASUS M2N68-VM but I don't think it's an integrated sound card, my receipt for the pc says it's 7.1 high definition onboard sound card, which I have a feeling is Realtek? Any help is much appreciated.

[Askthedude]

Drivers can be found here: http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=M2N68-VM&p=1&s=24

 

How are you outputting the sound? Through speakers plugged into headphone/speaker socket on the motherboard or over HDMI through the graphics card/motherboard?

[SirHartlar]

Either through the headphone jacks at the front of the tower or through the speakers in the monitor which is a bit more complicated. I have an adaptor that goes from the HDMI port in my computer to the VGA port in my monitor. I did try downloading those drivers you linked to earlier, but I always got an error message saying they couldn't find the audio. My computer isn't picking up my headset at the minute, part of the problem I guess.