Audio drivers for Self built PC

Hi,

I am desperate for some help... I formatted my son's OLD computer, and when I say Old, I mean very old.

I am by no means a computer expert, but I got everything working, except the audio drivers. I remember this happened to me the last time I did this, but it was about 2 years ago and for the life of me I can't remember.

The details are:
Operating System new – server roles System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 16/01/2012 21:09:21 KOBIAN KOBKM266 7.2
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz AMD Duron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: KOBIAN KOBKM266 7.2
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01
Drives new – drive encryption Memory Modules c,d
42.13 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
36.22 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A [Optical drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST360021A [Hard drive] (60.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 3HR01272, rev 3.05, SMART Status: Healthy 736 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 512 MB
Slot '1' has 256 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Slot '3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes new – volume encryption

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 42.13 GB 36.22 GB free


Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
ATC MITAC=A17E [Monitor] (17.1"vis, September 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x) None discovered

This the the information I got from Belarc.

Perhaps I am just looking in the wrong place, or perhaps I am not understanding what I read...
Please help!
The reason I had to reformat the whole thing is that I tried to install Net Nanny and then it all went wrong from there!

 

If the audio adapter is integrated on to the motherboard, you need to get it's driver from the motherboard manufacturer's website. You will need to know the model-number of the motherboard. That information is not shown in your Belarc system info so you'll have to open up the PC and look on the motherboard for the make & model. I've often had to do that for people who've brought me their custom-built PC to sort out which needs some or all of the drivers re-installing.

If, however, the audio adapter is not integrated (ie it's a separate audio card in a PCI slot) you need to get it's driver from the card manufacturer's website.

 

Are there any yellow exclamation marks in Device Manager?

 

Here is a link to Everest Home Edition (CLEAN FreeWare)

Alternate link;
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Download, install, and run Everest Home Edition on this machine. Once it's finished loading and running, click the + sign next to;

Motherboard. Click on Chipset. Post the information listed (on the right) after South Bridge exactly as it is listed. (example; South Bridge: Intel 82801GB ICH7)

Multimedia. Post the information listed (on the right) under PCI / PnP Audio exactly as it is listed.

 

Firstly, thank you to everybody who are here to help, I really appreciate it!

OK... in answer tot he following questions..
There are no Triangles with exclamation marks on the Device Manager, just big yellow question marks

Then I downloaded Everest Home and this is the results: -

Device Description
South Bridge: VIA VT8233/8235

Mutlimedia -Device Description Type
VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller PCI

@Pip, I don't know where to look on the Motherboard... I have opened up the machine, there are 2 numbers/letters,
One of them being KOBKM266 7.2

Thanks in advance!

Beanz

 

How many devices have question marks and what are they?

Try this driver for your audio.

http://majorgeeks.com/VIA_AC97_Vinyl_Audio_driver_d4505.html

Edit: Please attach the Everest report as a txt file.

 

Hi,

There is actually only one device with a Question Mark -

Other devices has a Yellow Question Mark and as 'part' of Other devices is the Multimedia Audio Controller - this has a question Mark and I see now on closer inspection that it has a yellow exclamation mark too. I hope what I just said makes some sense, I dont know how else to really put it.

Apologies for not attaching the Everest report as a txt file.. so here goes.. my first attempt ...

I'll try the driver and let you know..

Thank you very much for your help!

 

That driver should work. For your reference here a two manuals for your motherboard.

http://www.mercury-pc.com/download/uploaded/drivers/KOBKM266FDSMx(7.2A).pdf

http://www.mercury-pc.com/download/uploaded/drivers/KOB_KM266_FDSMx12B.pdf

Here is a link to your motherboard from Mercury PC but the links for downloads seems to be dead.

http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-detail.php?productid=62#

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The driver you suggested works! Thank you very much!

Also, thank you for the manuals, I really appreciate it!:-D

 

Your welcome and thank you for the feedback.