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Dell GX 520 Question
On Sun, 21 May 2017 12:51:26 -0400, Paul
wrote: wrote: On Sun, 21 May 2017 04:54:59 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 20 May 2017 21:09:39 -0400, Paul wrote: Out of curiosity, does the networking on your good computer work ? Is it plugged into the router ? Paul Quick answer to this q - yes. I actually have three computers that work fine with same router - a W10PC (cat5), a W7/W10PC (cat5), and a W7 laptop (wireless). Also a tablet. JW I decided to re-try installing W7 on this GX520 PC, with the PCI wireless card already in place - guess what? W7 not only installed (which it did before), but the installation automatically resolved the network issue. I am now connected. Now my only unesolved driver is the audio driver. The driver I had downloaded from DELL will not work - maybe because it is not for W7. I wonder where I might find same? Thanks for your help. JW http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/...-gx520/drivers r97809 is the one I downloaded (from that site) and installed. It did not work. Thanks JW JW Analog Devices 198x Integrated Audio Driver --- Uh Oh!!! I was hoping for a RealTek... As that would have had a driver. AD only provides drivers for a fairly short time. They also don't have driver downloads from their web site. They make electronics for engineers to use. SoundMax was a "lark" for them, not something they took as seriously as other companies. So the deal is: Say company X uses 198x chip in 2010. Then you'll see valid drivers for the year 2010 and 2011 on the company X website. Now, if company Y makes a motherboard with the 198x chip, AD will provide them support for a couple years. Maybe that company, their web site has valid drivers in the year 2012 and 2013. By combining the web sites of three or four companies, you can kinda piece together a selection of drivers. Until no motherboard maker uses that chip any more. See how crappy that is ? When fighting with that, don't forget to ask "Windows Update" for the driver. Consider every possibility on sources. Go to Device Manager and try to use the options there, and see what it can dig up. AD are not RealTek. The audio in this PC is Analog Devices, so I have some first hand experience. I think the copy of Win8.1 I have on this PC, has working audio, and I didn't have to fight with it. It might have been an in-box driver. As an example, back in the day, I stopped using the Asus version of the driver, and grabbed a Dell driver :-) If you're gonna do it the hard way, you have to "shop around". Maybe HP has one. And so on. Paul |
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Dell GX 520 Question
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r97809 is the one I downloaded (from that site) and installed. It did not work. Thanks JW http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/...driverId=66TNR https://downloads.dell.com/audio/R228257.exe Yours is probably a 1981. Whereas that driver is not really 198x, it's for 1984. %HdAudioFunctionDriver.ADICodec.DeviceDesc3% = HD_1984, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1984&subsys_10280220 %HdAudioFunctionDriver.ADICodec.DeviceDesc4% = HD_1984A, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_194A&subsys_1028026D Here is another. This one is 1983 and 1984. Still no 1981. http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/...driverid=8R56M https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER966...01_R297329.exe %HdAudioFunctionDriver.ADICodec.DeviceDesc1% = HD_1983, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1983&subsys_102801C4 %HdAudioFunctionDriver.ADICodec.DeviceDesc3% = HD_1984, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1984&subsys_10280211 %HdAudioFunctionDriver.ADICodec.DeviceDesc4% = HD_1984A, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_194A&subsys_1028026D That's why this is roulette. If I use Device Manager and properties here, mine is HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B and not covered by either of those. So while the driver proudly proclaims "198x", the range of X just isn't large enough for real people to use. Lenovo has one for a 1986 for Win7. https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/t...4aud02us17.exe ******* And you can see the folks here, are going through all the same gyrations. This is what Analog Device owners do with their spare time... :-( I could shovel through that crap for the next week, trying to cobble together a solution. http://en.community.dell.com/support...513/t/19298775 It would really help to know the VEN and DEV, before spending more roulette wheel time on it. Paul |
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