If you use your computer to watch business presentations, review audio transcriptions or talk with clients over a chat program, none of these options will work if your computer is not producing sound.

So I wake up one morning, turn on my computer and find that my onboard audio in my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe is no longer detecting my 5.1 system. All 1/8 inch connections were in place, nothing moved ...