NO onboard audio from my ASRock K7VT2

I have a ASRock K7VT2 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 SDR DIMM, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A with VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio running Windows XP and recently i noticed that my onboard audio no longer works. I recently installed a new NIC card so i uninstalled that and found that wasnt the problem. I checked the bios and all was enabled fine and in device manager it shows no conflicts and everything appears to be fine. Ive checked that nothing is muted on my volume controls and ive even downloaded and installed different codecs/drivers, these are as follows.
Vinyl_AudioCodec_V530c
ComboAudio_a1u320b and a Realtek Ac97 audio A359 pack (each rebooting and ive rolled back the driver when unsuccessful) Ive even tried to re-install drivers from the original motherboard cd i have and still NO SOUND!!!
I really dont know what else to try beyond buying myself a PCI sound card and using that instead. Ill list some info about my pc so maybe someone could help.
In device manager i have the following listed under sound video and game controllers.

Audio codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Realtek Ac97 audio for Via (R) Audio controller
Legacy video capture devices
Media Control devices
Video codecs
and the standard game ports.

Now it will only allow me to disable/uninstall the realtek audio controller, all the rest are Scan for changes, update or properties (all show no conflicts). My system spec is as follows.


Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
Computer Name ADAM-03PT74H7J1 (addyb)
User Name Adam
Logon Domain ADAM-03PT74H7J1

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1800 MHz (6.75 x 267) 2200+
Motherboard Name ASRock K7VT2 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 SDR DIMM, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A
System Memory 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (12/10/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Monitor Iiyama LS902UT / VisionMaster 1451 (1323169565)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive WDC WD102BA
Optical Drive _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A (DVD+RW:8x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:12x, CD:32x/16x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive IDE DVD-ROM 16X (16x DVD-ROM)

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 39197 MB (7434 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 9766 MB (1140 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Primary IP Address 169.254.187.179
Primary MAC Address 52-54-05-E2-A6-18
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8029(AS)-based Ethernet Adapter (Generic) (169.254.187.179)
Network Adapter VIA VT6102 Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (82.43.240.248)
Modem Communications cable between two computers


Can any1 help me out at all im really gonna scream like a bloody big girl!!

 

Hello, it seems like you have covered alot of ground here. Forgive me for asking a real dumb question, do you have powered speakers and are they powered up? I was thinking maybe something got moved or accidentally unplugged???
Good luck...

 

You could have accidentally damged something when you were putting in the new NIC. If this is the case, you just might have to go with a PCI sound card.