Sound driver problem on XP

[Marcia]

Hey

It looks to be everywhere! I've been spending hours trying to install a new Realtek driver to my computer, ever since I did a clean installation of windows on my C: partition. Since then I have not had any sound, I need help to figure this out!

Here I have my system specs

Operating System Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600
System Model ) ASUS A7V400-MX 1.03
System Serial Number: 123456789000
Asset Tag: 123456789000
Chassis Serial Number: EVAL
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a
1.67 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. A7V400-MX 1.03
Serial Number: 123456789000
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7V400-MX
ACPI BIOS Revision 1001 03/31/2004
Drives
122.93 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
117.57 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ASUS CD-S500/A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y120P0 [Hard drive] (122.94 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y35C43CE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy
Memory Modules c,d
480 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 41.94 GB 37.61 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.99 GB 79.96 GB free

Network Drives
None detected

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Bus Adapters
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x)

Multimedia
Multimedia Audio Controller
Standard Game Port

Thank you!

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Marcia

Hey

It looks to be everywhere! I've been spending hours trying to install a new Realtek driver to my computer, ever since I did a clean installation of windows on my C: partition. Since then I have not had any sound, I need help to figure this out!

Here I have my system specs

Operating System Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600
System Model ) ASUS A7V400-MX 1.03
System Serial Number: 123456789000
Asset Tag: 123456789000
Chassis Serial Number: EVAL
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a
1.67 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. A7V400-MX 1.03
Serial Number: 123456789000
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7V400-MX
ACPI BIOS Revision 1001 03/31/2004
Drives
122.93 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
117.57 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ASUS CD-S500/A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y120P0 [Hard drive] (122.94 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y35C43CE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy
Memory Modules c,d
480 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 41.94 GB 37.61 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.99 GB 79.96 GB free

Network Drives
None detected

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Bus Adapters
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x)

Multimedia
Multimedia Audio Controller
Standard Game Port

Thank you!

Set a System Restore Point before installing driver just in case

Then go here to ASUS http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...Language=en-us

Top left -Input model to Search - type A7V400-MX / Search info / Audio
your audio is SoundMAX

Hope this helps

[Marcia]

Hey, Barbara!

Thank's a bunch for your help, it sure works now, the sound is excellent!

Marcia