No Sound from Realtek on K8N SLI-FI (NOW FIXED)

New bulid all snapped together well enough but I am getting nothing from the
Realtek AC'97 neither through line out nor front panel.
A souncard when intsalled to check performs as normal.
Without/before the soundcard added everything looks fine. All okay in Device
Manager and no error messages when sounds/music playing nor in speaker
setup... just not a peep from the damn board. BTW I didn't connect a speaker
until late after installing the OS.
I have updated the drivers but not flashed the BIOS, there wouldn't appear
any reason to. I have version 1.2, 1.3 shows nothing relevant so why risk
RMA problems?
UPDATE: FIX = RTFM
I had forgotten about the jumpers on the front panel audi connector. Disconnectiong the front panel and replacing jumpers gives back the sound.
I still have a problem that the front panel audio connector I used is incompatible, but shouldbe able to confirm by cross checking wiring.

FIXED
"MSI reminds you... 5&6,9&10 have to be jumpered."
Possible problem with cases front audio panel/connector but onboard sound okay.

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Realtek should be banned from motherboards. There is allway some kindd of trouble with their chips!
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