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Sound problem
Hi,
My system was crashing all the time (using WinME) so I have just upgraded to WinMX Pro. The intallation went quite well but now I can't get any sound and in control panel it says that no sound device is intalled (the sound worked fine on the previous set up under WinME). I had a new motherboard installed six or so months ago and as I am a complete hardware novice I can not find out if it has sound on board. The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X. When I look for the spec on their website, under audio it says: ADI 1980 6-channel CODEC S/PDIF out interface. Does this means that the sound card is part of the motherboard? If not, how do I find out the make and model of my sound card? Or is there a generic sound driver that I can download? I am suprised that if a sound device is intalled on my system (which it must be) that Win MX did not detect it during installation. Any information would be greatly received. Regards, Sonars UK |
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"Sonars_UK" wrote in message
news:4B0Cc.268$VG3.255@newsfe2-win... " My system was crashing all the time (using WinME) so I have just upgraded to WinMX Pro. " WinMX is a filesharing program. Are you sure you don't mean Windows XP Pro? Anyway, you can download all the drivers for the A7V8X-X he http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...elName=A7V8X-X |
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Yep, Sorry. I did mean WinXP Pro.
"Cuzman" wrote in message ... "Sonars_UK" wrote in message news:4B0Cc.268$VG3.255@newsfe2-win... " My system was crashing all the time (using WinME) so I have just upgraded to WinMX Pro. " WinMX is a filesharing program. Are you sure you don't mean Windows XP Pro? Anyway, you can download all the drivers for the A7V8X-X he http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...elName=A7V8X-X |
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:26:13 +0100, "Sonars_UK"
wrote: Hi, My system was crashing all the time (using WinME) so I have just upgraded to WinMX Pro. The intallation went quite well but now I can't get any sound and in control panel it says that no sound device is intalled (the sound worked fine on the previous set up under WinME). I had a new motherboard installed six or so months ago and as I am a complete hardware novice I can not find out if it has sound on board. The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X. When I look for the spec on their website, under audio it says: ADI 1980 6-channel CODEC S/PDIF out interface. Does this means that the sound card is part of the motherboard? If not, how do I find out the make and model of my sound card? Or is there a generic sound driver that I can download? I am suprised that if a sound device is intalled on my system (which it must be) that Win MX did not detect it during installation. Any information would be greatly received. Regards, Sonars UK My comp originally came with Win98SE installed. Sound card was integral to the ASUS MB. I later upgraded to ME and had no problems with sound. Later yet I swapped harddrives and did a clean install of ME. No sound! I had to reinstall the sound drivers from the MB CD. You might try that. FWIW YMMV DFB For email remove "_no_spam_" |
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:26:13 +0100, "Sonars_UK"
wrote: Hi, My system was crashing all the time (using WinME) so I have just upgraded to WinMX Pro. Upgraded or did a clean install (of WinXP)? It would be a bad idea to upgrade an OS that's already quite crashy... even though WinME is not the greatest, it is stable enough (within the limits of it's design) that it's not going to crash enough that it would prompt an upgrade... whatever the problem was, might easily still be present, just masked by the different OS. The intallation went quite well but now I can't get any sound and in control panel it says that no sound device is intalled (the sound worked fine on the previous set up under WinME). Well, yes, you need new drivers for EVERYTHING. Just beause WInXP may have drivers "built-in" for some of your devices, doesn't necessarily mean you should be using those drivers instead of the full-featured, modern driver from the board maker or chipset manufacturer. In other words, download a full set of Win2K/XP drivers from Asus and check on newer versions from the chipset manufacturer, including the Via 4in1. I had a new motherboard installed six or so months ago and as I am a complete hardware novice I can not find out if it has sound on board. The motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X. When I look for the spec on their website, under audio it says: ADI 1980 6-channel CODEC S/PDIF out interface. The sound is a feature of the Via southbridge, IIRC, but what you mention, the "ADI 1980", is the analog codec for that. Asus should have the driver for download or IF they consider WinXP to provide suitable support, it should be mentioned. Does this means that the sound card is part of the motherboard? If not, how do I find out the make and model of my sound card? Or is there a generic sound driver that I can download? I am suprised that if a sound device is intalled on my system (which it must be) that Win MX did not detect it during installation. yes, sound is built into board, not a card but an integrated feature. It is evidenced by audio ports on the rear I/O shield or a dongle instead of ports on a card at the case slot bracket (though the dongles for some audio features like digital I/O may still use a slot bracket plate), but typically Asus now uses a stack of three audio ports in a row for their integrated-audio boards, which may now be ALL of their boards, i don't recall seeing any that don't have audio but then I haven't looked for any either... bottom line is that if you didn't add a sound card yourself (or someone else who built the system, didn't) then it has to be integrated onto the motherbaord. It is surprising that WinXP didn't detect it. Check the bios and/or jumers for settings, though the settings should already be at least partially correct else you wouldn't have had sound in WinME. |
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