G1 Sniper 3 - on board sound issue

[Cadal]

G'day!

Long time lurker - first time poster.

Have been searching the forum/Google for anyone with a similar issue without success.

I have a new G1 Sniper 3 that I have been using for less than a week. I seem to be experiencing an issue where the onboard sound device fails to be enabled on boot up (even though I verified it is set to enabled in bios).

On first boot up it worked than a later boot up it was gone, then after a shutdown was back, further boots up and it seems to have disappeared forever..

Can not reinstall drivers because the chip is no longer in device management (drivers state no supported device found).

I have not tried a different bios/settings combination or re installing windows. Was wondering if anyone has experienced this before I continue diagnosis.

System Details
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Sound was being used via the optical main board port to the speakers.

Windows 8 64x
F7 bios with optimised defaults (on board delivery it was f3 - Updated to f7, removed battery while unplugged for 30mins etc.)
2x Gigabyte 460 GTX OC located in the two 16x slots
Intel 2600k
G Skill 8G(2x4G) DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 RL 9-9-9-24
HDD 1 SanDisk Extreme 240G
PSU: Corsair HX-850

[wazza300]

Re: G1 Sniper 3 - on board sound issue

tried f8e beta bios?

g1sniper.8e.zip

[Chrono Detector]

Re: G1 Sniper 3 - on board sound issue

I had an exact problem with my Asrock X79 Champion Fata1ty board where it did the exact same thing, I blame Creative here. This is why I avoid Creative sound products, they are nothing but trouble. I couldn't find a workaround, the only temporary fix was to shut down the computer and turning it back on, restarting does not work.