Z87-G45 no sound

i just installed the board yesterday. i have no sound. i can get it to enable for a very short moment, and then it goes off. ive updated the latest realtek drivers and still nothing. any suggestions?  i have my speakers plugged into the green jack on the motherboard.

Check for any extra stand-offs under your board. Also check to see if there's a screw in the hole just above the first PCie slot. Both of these have been known to cause problems with sound and ethernet. I had problems with both until I moved over to a new case an both problems have now disappeared.

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