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[antlers]

New here and want to say thanks.I have a problem on a dell dimesion 4550.I have no sound and can not conect to the internet with a dsl line.I have questions marks next to my ethernet and my multi media audio contrller and pci input device.I know this is driver issues hopefully one of you can help.Let me know what other info you need.I have tried dell support drivers and cannot get it to work.Running xp pro mcafee anti virus.My son did a formatt on the hardrive a while back and i assume this is the problem.Thanks

[antlers]

More info Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4550
System Service Tag: HB9F421 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: HB9F421
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp.
Bus Clock: 400 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A08 09/23/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
29.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
21.47 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD300BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (30.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAD14765083, rev 05.03E05, SMART Status: Healthy 640 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller RAGE 128 PRO Ultra GL AGP (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
CTX 17.7 [Monitor] (17.7"vis)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (3x) Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem


WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
IP Address: 172.195.70.170 / 32
Gateway: 172.195.70.170
Physical Address: 00:53:45:00:00:00
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Root Hub (4x

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 29.99 GB 21.47 GB free

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by antlers

More info Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4550
System Service Tag: HB9F421 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: HB9F421
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp.
Bus Clock: 400 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A08 09/23/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
29.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
21.47 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-240B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD300BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (30.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAD14765083, rev 05.03E05, SMART Status: Healthy 640 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller RAGE 128 PRO Ultra GL AGP (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
CTX 17.7 [Monitor] (17.7"vis)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (3x) Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem


WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
IP Address: 172.195.70.170 / 32
Gateway: 172.195.70.170
Physical Address: 00:53:45:00:00:00
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Root Hub (4x

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 29.99 GB 21.47 GB free

Go here to Dell http://support.euro.dell.com/support...os=WW1&osl=EN#

First install the Chipset driver then Restart your comp

Then check device manager again to see if you need the other drivers.

Audio, if onboard get the ADI 198x

Then the Network driver, if you have 2 ethernet sockets get both drivers.

If you have problems installing, disconnect from the internet and turn off your antivirus.Don't forget to turn back on.

SET A SYSTEM RESTORE POINT BEFORE INSTALLING EACH DRIVER JUST IN CASE

Hope this helps

[antlers]

I do have dsl but its my sons pc so no big deal.I installed the chipset but when i go to install the audio it starts the install then responds with error message no driver found restart pc and try again.Anything else to try.Thanks for the help everyone

[antlers]

Ok i installed a couple of microsoft updates and i have everything working but pci input device.I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no luck.Any ideas.Thanks for your help guys.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by antlers

Ok i installed a couple of microsoft updates and i have everything working but pci input device.I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no luck.Any ideas.Thanks for your help guys.

Did you install the Chipset driver, this should be installed before any other drivers, it tells the target system which INF files to load

Cheers

[antlers]

Info ispci\ven1102&dev_7004subsys_10031102&rev_0014&3b1 caf2b&0&11f0.By the dell way bought 5 years ago.Also Chipset installed first Anymore info needed let me know so it wont be a guessing game.

[kcrepair]

Hello,

I have a Dell Dimension 4550 with a pci sound card by Creative Labs, tricky situation, before I reloaded XP SP2 I got the drivers, when you get prompted to load the Audio Device the driver folder only gives you part of the sound card, the other part of the sound card where you get the PCI Input device error under Device Manager, you must go get the driver from Dell.com here is the URL for anyone interested: http://support.dell.com/support/down...atid=&imp id=

Select the Creative Labs patch upgrade
NOTE: THIS URL IS ONLY FOR THE DIMENSION 4550, IF YOU NEED FOR ANOTHER COMPUTER FOLLOW THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS JUST CHANGE THE MODEL OF PC.

Hope this helps!