Without knowing anything about your mobo than what's in this message, logic dictates that you will either need powered speakers or an amp. If powered speakers worked OK with this board while non-powered speakers do not, you should either buy an amp, get good powered speakers, or disable the onboard sound so you can install a real sound card.
>I recently completed installation of an ASUS P4S8X, with P4 @ 2.4G, 512M
>ram, and Windows Xp. So far, all has gone well. The only problem I have is
>with the sound. Though the sound software controls seem to function
>normally, the sound level from the speakers is very low. The speakers are
>small bookshelf 2-way speakers rated at about 15 watts rms each, so they
>should be little trouble to drive. These are the same speakers that I used
>with my last system (intel 810, celeron 700Mhz) and the audio level was more
>than adequate with the controls set normally.
>
>I've double checked jumpers and software settings and, to the best of my
>knowledge, everything seems ok. My thought is that the output from this
>board is truly a "line level" output, and that it is not capable of driving
>an 8 ohm speaker? Could it be that I need an amplifier between the board and
>my speakers? I did try an old pair of powered speakers and the audio level
>was on par with what I'm used to. However, I do need to stay with the
>speakers that I have been using, as they provide the accurate response
>necessary for the sound restoration that I am involved in.
>
>If need be, I will add an amp to my system. It's just that the machines that
>I've had in the past have provided reasonable audio level without external
>amplification, so I don't want to overlook a possible MB problem. Any
>thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>
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