I've recently done a hardware update on my test machine thanks to scan's bargin prices and some old parts I had in the house.
I've changed the motherboard to an Asus A8v deleuxe and the processor to an AMD X2.
this board previously had been tested with Vista X64 and worked fine.
I've installed Vista X64 on it and the realtek sound driver has been downloaded and working fine (according to windows - plus the same version that was tested when it was in the old case). At the moment no volume is coming out of the speakers.
I've checked the speakers are live, the volumes are up and unmuted, the driver appears fine.
I'm clearly missing something silly like "not plugging it in", but obviously I have, any thoughts on what I'm missing.