Still no Sound! Stubborn Creative Labs Slot 1 motherboard

I thought I can just follow my original plan to test this board's audio capabilities and compare it to a PCI version of the SoundBlaster Live!. Little did I know that the Blaster Board (M003) from Creative Labs had more surprises waiting for me! After going through the trouble of finding the correct drivers, I noticed that the sound chip on this motherboard was still not working!

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▬▬▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
01:10 Setup
01:50 Sound Blaster Live! drivers
02:58 PCBWay
03:35 First audio tests
04:48 Looking for the fault
05:16 Discovering the fault
05:48 Under the microscope
06:17 Refurbish IC connections
08:30 Second audio test
09:19 SoundBlaster Live! Experience