No sound output on Slimline S2130n (or USB activity)

A buddy gave me this "HP Pavilion Slimline S2130n TV PC" to work on. There was SO much junkware installed I had to do a Factory recovery back to Day-1. It originally came with Vista Home Premium so, I updated it with SP1 and SP2. I finished by updating all the stuff from Microsoft Update, to bring it totally to date.
I plugged in some speakers and I I wasn't receiving any sound. The speaker monitor shows there is sound playing, but it was not outputting from either the rear connection or the headset jack in the front. I tested my speakers with a MP3 player and the speakers work just fine.
I went to Device Manager and there was no conflicts. It detected the audio device and is working properly. Note: This PC also came with a TV Tuner/Capture card. I also tested the Audio Output on the tuner card and it was not functioning, either.
All drivers show to be working. I even went to HP.com and updated to the latest and greatest drivers for everything that was available. The only thing I didn't do was update the BIOS.
The only sound I haven't been able to test is the Digital Output, as I don't have anything to test it on.
Just in case there may have been a hidden conflict, I removed the tuner card. This did not work, either. Lastly, I did a complete format and installed Windows 7 and did all the updates. Still nothing.
This is quite perplexing. I can understand if either the front or rear audio out was bad, but for all of them to be bad??? The only thing I can think of is a bad main board. I pulled it and did a visual inspection. I didn't see any burn marks or popped capaciters or tophats. I'm out of ideas.
Any suggestions would be great.
FYI: I am also having the same issue with the USBs. None of them work, but they show up in the Device Manager. I even tried enabling/disabling the Legacy USB mode in the BIOS. No change.

If you can see the volume levels going up and down in Windows volume control, then sound levels are being recognized by Windows and are being output to the hardware. So... one of two things I can think of...
1) You are connecting the a wrong port. USe a set of headphone and connect to teh lime green connector on the back to test.
2) The wrong "speaker" output is selected In Windows Sound Properties. That is, you might have "Realtek HDMI audio" selected as the default sound device. If you are trying to connect "regular" analog speakers to the lime green port on the back (or front), then select "Speakers" as the default sound device.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00820207
... an HP employee expressing his own opinion.
Please post rather than send me a Message. It's good for the community and I might not be able to get back quickly. - Thank you.

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