Hi I recently reformatted my Dell Dimension 4600 Windows Xp desktop, and found that there was a missing multimedia audio driver (with a yellow exclamation mark by it). So i went onto the dell website and downloaded the ADI 198x driver recommended for my system. It worked fine for a bit until i turn the sound up loud or load other programs whilst playing music, and it goes scratchy and skips. I am not sure what to do now, do I have the wrong driver? I dont know what motherboard I have, but here are my belerc stats.
My radio jacks are in the top of the tower (by the keyboard and mouse)
Please Please Please help. I really miss my music, and I am at a loss at what to do. You seem like you are the right person to come to.
Jack
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4600
System Service Tag: 20B2S0J (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 20B2S0J
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp. 02Y832
Serial Number: ..CN4811134K06PT.
Bus Clock: 533 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A02 05/07/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
279.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
168.84 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
_NEC CD-RW NR-9300A [CD-ROM drive]
SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
IC35L120AVV207-0 [Hard drive] (120.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNVD02G4CKGVMT, rev V24OA66A, SMART Status: Healthy
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 USB Device [Hard drive] (254 MB) -- drive 2
WD 1600JB External USB Device [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 1
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 [Display adapter]
DELL E771p [Monitor] (14.9"vis, s/n 93CUR1BTB0WH, November 2001)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (4x) SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
BCM V.92 56K Voicemodem
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: 00:0D:18:01:22:6A
Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) #2
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
primary Auto IP Address: 130.88.46.100 / 24
Gateway: 130.88.46.250
Dhcp Server: 10.99.32.3
Physical Address: 00:07:E9:7E
2:20
Networking Dns Servers: 130.88.203.7
130.88.13.7
130.88.200.6
130.88.94.110
Generic Bluetooth Radio
Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator
Logitech QuickCam Chat
Easy Internet Keyboard
Logitech-compatible Mouse PS/2
Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical (IntelliPoint)
Generic USB Hub
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Root Hub (5x)