First of all this is more a killing time activity during the semi-lockdown that we’re currently having rather than sheer will to repair a common soundcard. So I’ve got time to waste on this, in fact it’s desired 😉

I got this ES1868F card

It outputs sound barely audible, you have to crank up the volume on the speakers to the max to hear it and it’s full of noise and hiss. But it’s playing both sfx and synth music correctly, so I thought it might be something in the analog circuity and not for example the main chip. I replaced all the electrolytic capacitors (although there was nothing visibly wrong with them) but nothing changed to the slightest degree.

So here I am looking for suggestions, is there anything else you believe it’s worth replacing? Do you guys have any idea what other component can cause such a behavior?