Sorry for the English - but I' work in English - I know there must be ::someone:: out there who can help. At wit's end here with no where to turn.

Here's what happened. I got a birthday present - of a new pc. Someone put it together with new parts - - very nice. Except I can't record. And recording is THE most important thing for me right now.

I just got a new PC with a Foxconn MB - Realtek integrated audio. Downloaded the latest drivers from Realtek - power up and no go. Sound is coming out but nothing is going in. Of course went into master volume controls - checked there - everything is ok. Same in Device Mgr. Tried recording from line-in and CD in Audacity - silence. Can't record. Put the mic in the *pink* jack - did everything I'm supposed to and now I'm ready to hear some good advice on how to tweak the system to get it to record. Here are my specs - XP Pro SP2

Processor >

Model: Intel® Pentium® Dual CPU E2140 @

1.60GHz

Speed: 1.60GHz

Cores per Processor: 2 Unit(s)

Threads per Core: 1 Unit(s)

Type: Dual-Core

Internal Data Cache: 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way,

Inclusive, 64 byte line size

L2 On-board Cache: 1MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 4-way, Inclusive,

64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

< System >

Mainboard: Foxconn 945 7MD Series

Bus(es): ISA PCI PCIe IMB USB i2c/SMBus

Multi-Processor (MP) Support: 1 Processor(s)

Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (:Yes

System BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG

Total Memory: 1014.91MB DDR2

< Chipset 1 >

Model: Foxconn 82945G Processor to I/O Controller

Front Side Bus Speed: 4x 200MHz (800MHz)

Total Memory: 1GB DDR2

Shared Memory: 8MB

Memory Bus Speed: 4x 167MHz (668MHz)

Running Win XP pro. Downloaded latest drivers. NOTHING is helping. I think there's a conflict between the FOXCONN and REALTEK chip. Before I throw the whole bloody thing out the window (don't worry nobody walks under there) - is there anything short of putting in a USB external sound card?

And where on earth can I find a Creative USB el cheapo external card tomorrow? Why are these things so hard to figure out here. :::::crying::::::

Please

Anyone

Help

Thanks

Joy

try recording with a linux livecd and see if it works