Hey guys,
I just got an AMD Athlon 1500+ XP with GB 7DX+ board (built-in sound)...
I was facing two problems with it :
1. Overheating (it was giving about 72C at 1000 Mhz and 80C at 1333 Mhz)
2. Sound device couldn't be detected...
I took the system over to the hardware guy (under warantee), the sound was still not being detected. Then, he unscrewed the motherboard and got it out of the case...guess what ? now the sound was detected..
We figured out that the problem was due to false "EARTHING"...
So he place a sponge sheet under the board and "screwed" it up with plastic screws...now it works just fine...it is at 64C at 1000 Mhz and about 72 at 1333 Mhz...and the sound is being detected just fine tooooo....
NOW IM HAPPY...