No audio

I got VUNDO"D! Oh yeah, got me good! :*** Anyway, your "Read & Run Me First" sent him packing. Now I have no audio. Under "other devices" Multimedia audio controller has biiiig yellow question mark. Can't rollback, re-install, or update driver. Is it a driver problem? HELP! :banghead Have downloaded Everest - What info do you need and how do I get it to you?

 

:confused It's a rebuild... I believe. The tower says it's a Gateway. ( "Personally, I think it's General Motors" ) Okay, here goes the attachment. Hoo-ah.

 

Thanks! However, I don't want to screw this up. Computers are not my forte. Do I run these? Save them to a file? Any help would be appreciated... :tired You'll have to excuse me - been plowin' snow off and on for the last 36 hours.:tired

 

Run them in the order Halo has said and all should be OK.

 

Well, chipset INF seemed to go fine. Rebooted. AC'97 Audio Cont....WinZip extractor to folder C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\wdm3516b_cadenza...Then nothing. Am I missing something?
( other than computer skills )

 

Oh and I went to "the wizard" to install driver 'cause I got a "found new hardware" message. Although the location specified in my last post was already in the "browse" window, I get a...
The location you specified does not contain any device information files

 

Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys...(#!@*!Holidays)... I opened Setup.exe, SOUNDMAX Installshield ran, then I get a circle red X window titled "Severe" - Driver not found! Reboot your system and run setup again. Every time I start up I get a "new hardware found" balloon but nothing seems to work.:confused

 

Are you using this sound driver?
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...&OSFullName=Windows* XP Home Edition&lang=eng


Follow the steps below....

1. Right click My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager
2. Click the little plus sign next to the category of the driver you want to install/update
3. Right click the device and select "Update Driver"
4. The "Hardware Update Wizard" will open; click the bottom circle and click "Next"
(this window may be called the "New Hardware Wizard" but everything else is the same)
5. In the next window that opens, select the bottom circle for "....a specific location"
6. The next window that opens, select the top circle, and the 2nd box for "include this location in the search" and click the "Browse" button (the green box in the screen shot) and a "Browse for folder" window will open.
(see screenshot)
7. When the "Browse" window closes, the location you selected in step 6 will appear in the location bar (purple box in screen shot); click "Next".
8. At this point, the driver should install. When it's done, click finish. It's usually a good idea to restart the PC at this point.


http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2731/screenshot1sl7.jpg

 

If you still receive the message after trying the driver update...Uninstall the old driver then install the new one...

Go to add/remove programs and look for SoundMAX...Select and click to remove>>select "remove all' at prompt...After removal you will need to reboot.

After reboot you may recieve notice of 'found new hardware'....Do not let windows find the driver for you...cancel out and then double-click on setup.exe in the SoundMAX install package...

 

I'm Ba'ack, and this time... so is the audio. Thanks Halo, BILLMCC66, dlb, and a_cup for your help and patience with the "ol'blue". Nothing seemed to work. Through the hardware wizard nothing that highlighted "Browse" would work.:hammer No "setup.exe" would work from the unzipped file.:banghead It's amazing how this piece o' crap can "Found New Hardware" but won't tell me, THE ADMINISTRATOR, where it is hiding. 'Bout ready to give up when I found a folder (C:unzipped) and I thought :confused " no, it couldn't be this easy" "click"... installation began... MUSIC!:dood Thanks again. I learned alot from you geeks.:major