Can't install Video Board Drivers, no sound new asus motherboard

[drdave03]

I re-built system with new AMD FX2 processor, ASUS M5 A97 motherboard, EVGA video card and SSD for boot drive. After re-installing Windows 7 and SP1 I installed audio drivers and attempted to install Video. Audio drivers loaded but no sound and Realtek Window continues to pop up and indicate " Audio device unplugged" but nothing has been touched. Video drivers fail to install and Windows 7 exits troubleshooter when attempting to check anything. Monitor is running as default low resolution. Does this sound like motherboard or Windows 7 issue ? Thanks

 

[clutchc]

My initial guess is the MB. If this occurs with both audio and video with a new install of Win7, I would think the new board may be defective. I assume you have working speakers plugged into the rear ports in the correct jack. And nothing plugged in the front audio jack.

 

[Calvin7]

It's not uncommon for the video card to have a separate audio device for HDMI audio built into the video card. You might try checking the Windows 7 Control Panel and the manage audio devices section to see if you have more than one audio device.