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Originally Posted by jpilot09
I have a dimension 8200 and i just put a Sound Blaster live! 5.1 digital (dell) into my computer and under device manager it comes up as a Multimedia Audio Controller with a question mark over it. when i turn on my computer i get a Found New Hardware wizard saying that i need to install the driver of the sound card i have gone through it and have downloaded the driver it unzips and when its trying to set up the instillation it cant find the Sound blaster card. Im guessing because the card name under device manager is called the Multimedia Audio Controller. how do i get it to work?
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Install this way, by right clicking the Multimedia Audio Controller and pointing XP to the driver, you will need the path to where you unzipped the files
1. Expand "Sound, video and game controllers"
2. Right-click the the yellow flagged device ( or audio device Realtek, Soundmax C-Media etc ) and choose Update Driver
3. In Windows XP SP2, the Update Wizard will prompt to connect to the Windows Update
4. Select "No, not this time" and click Next
5. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and click Next.
6. Select "Search for the best driver in theses locations" and check "Include this location in the search"
7. Click Browse and select the location of downloaded driver
8. Click OK and click Next
9. Wait while the Wizard installs the software
10. Click Finish.
Set a System Restore Point before installing drivers just in case
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore / select Create a restore point and follow instructions