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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
Hello !
I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
Louis wrote:
Hello ! I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks Can you disable the device, in the Device Manager ? That might be a workaround. Paul |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:13:53 -0400, Louis
wrote: Hello ! I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your particular application doesn't allow picking which one to use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
kony a exposé le 2008-03-19 :
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:13:53 -0400, Louis wrote: Hello ! I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your particular application doesn't allow picking which one to use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. Thank you both for your replies.. I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. As for leaving both audio cards, it is not my preferred solution since the C-Media driver (at least the one availiable on Asus's site) installs its own and sticky "Mixer" on the tray - even if I install only the drivers using device manager - which could be confusing for the PC's owner. Just for my own knowledge : does it happens often that a "disabled" onboard feature actually stays enabled ? It's the first time I see this.. |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
Louis wrote:
kony a exposé le 2008-03-19 : On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:13:53 -0400, Louis wrote: Hello ! I'm reinstalling XP on an old PC with an ASUS A7V266-E mobo. (Flashed to latest BIOS (1011)). Despite setting the "OnBoard Audio" to "Disable", it keeps finding the C-Media CMI8738 Audio Controller on boot time and asks for it's driver. While "feeding the beast" with the appropriate driver stops it from whining, it also enables the onboard audio jacks, which defeats the purpose. I want to disable it to prevent interfering with a PCI audio card. BTW, changing PnP OS value in BIOS doesn't change anything. Any idea ? Thanks As Paul suggested you should disable it in Device Manager. However, it should not interfere with a PCI audio card even if it isn't disabled. It is quite possible to continually use multiple sound cards in the same system, if your particular application doesn't allow picking which one to use then set that one as the primary or preferred sound device in control panel, sounds & multimedia. Thank you both for your replies.. I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. As for leaving both audio cards, it is not my preferred solution since the C-Media driver (at least the one availiable on Asus's site) installs its own and sticky "Mixer" on the tray - even if I install only the drivers using device manager - which could be confusing for the PC's owner. Just for my own knowledge : does it happens often that a "disabled" onboard feature actually stays enabled ? It's the first time I see this.. In Win2K, I had some trouble with the OS mediated selection of sound devices. I tried a PCI sound card and AC'97 at the same time. I'd select my "preferred" device in Windows, click apply or whatever, and the OS refused to remember my selection. So like yourself, I had to ensure one was disabled, to get satisfactory operation. Maybe WinXP works better for that, but I don't have WinXP here. As for the failure to disable, yes, it has happened before. And I cannot explain why it happens either. Paul |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
"Louis" wrote:
I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. You can keep the mixer from loading through (Start Run type "Msconfig") - enter the "startup" tab and look for the mixer entry. Also, look in the BIOS (integrated peripherals IIRC) to see if you can disable the onboard audio there. Jon |
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XP keep asking for disabled onboard audio drivers
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:03:51 -0400, Paul
wrote: Thank you both for your replies.. I had to disable the onboard audio in the device manager *and* uninstall all programs/drivers related using add/remove programs, otherwise there is an unresponsive "Mixer" button sitting on the task bar upon reboot. As for leaving both audio cards, it is not my preferred solution since the C-Media driver (at least the one availiable on Asus's site) installs its own and sticky "Mixer" on the tray - even if I install only the drivers using device manager - which could be confusing for the PC's owner. You could find the OS setting or shortcut that causes the Taskbar tray app to load and disable it loading to get rid of the icon, but as you mentioned it's for another owner and if they don't need both audio solutions you might as well disable the onboard and uninstall the driver. Just for my own knowledge : does it happens often that a "disabled" onboard feature actually stays enabled ? It's the first time I see this.. What happens is the "driver" is actually a driver PLUS a software frontend to control the sound settings. By disabling it, the driver probably isn't loading anymore but the software portion is still installed until you choose to uninstall it. In Win2K, I had some trouble with the OS mediated selection of sound devices. I tried a PCI sound card and AC'97 at the same time. I'd select my "preferred" device in Windows, click apply or whatever, and the OS refused to remember my selection. So like yourself, I had to ensure one was disabled, to get satisfactory operation. Maybe WinXP works better for that, but I don't have WinXP here. Can't say, I use Win2k a lot and have had multiple systems with two sound cards installed. I would suspect either an old OS installation with some files wrong and it needs reinstalled, or the sound driver itself had some bug. I would wonder if disabling in bios wasn't actually a disabling setting just not devoting resources but then when 2k/XP/etc loads it has that ability... so a bios bug in what is really technically disabling. |
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