[resolved]Help with finding a driver soundmax

.Hybrid · 04-12-2007, 09:47 PM

Hi!

I'm having the exact same problem, exact same motherboard (P4S800). The sound was previously working on this old box while I was running Linux, and even before that when I think it was running XP.

I'm in Australia, and it takes a huge amount of time to download the files from the Asus site, I have 1.5mb connection, yet when I download from the Asus site, it goes at 6kb/s! The file is around 2.5mb. When it finally finishes, I unzip it, and go to the folder. There are two, SE and W2K_XP. In the W2K_XP folder, is the following:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4571/ehij6.png

Clicking on install does nothing. The SE folder looks like so:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6154/eh2dz4.png

Clicking on inst16 brings up the error messages that chris_irwin89 was talking about:

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/6716/eh2ms1dk8.png
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1097/eh2ms2ye4.png
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8418/eh2ms3zj3.png

Heaps more come up afterwards too, that's only the first three. I tried to download the older SoundMax drivers from Asus (18mb) but I kept losing connection from the crappy Asus server.

dai · 04-12-2007, 10:25 PM

use the one from your m/b setup cd

.Hybrid · 04-13-2007, 08:27 AM

It's a very old box, I've since lost any CD's that might have come with it.

dai · 04-13-2007, 12:06 PM

http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/23...-download.html

.Hybrid · 04-13-2007, 07:54 PM

Well, I haven't tried that driver yet, because it's going just as slow as when I downloaded from Asus. In the mean time though, I following these instructions that I found in the topic similar to this one:

Quote:

Press Start > Settings > Control panel > Add hardware > Click next - Windows should be able to find your sound device > Choose install from a list or a specific location > browse to the directory where you saved the downloaded XP driver > click Next (or yes, I can't remember). When the installation has finished - reboot the computer.

And they worked! Thanks for all the help!

dai · 04-14-2007, 11:11 AM

glad you were successful asus site is usually painfully slow

04-12-2007, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
.Hybrid Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 45 OS: XP	[resolved]Help with finding a driver soundmax Hi! I'm having the exact same problem, exact same motherboard (P4S800). The sound was previously working on this old box while I was running Linux, and even before that when I think it was running XP. I'm in Australia, and it takes a huge amount of time to download the files from the Asus site, I have 1.5mb connection, yet when I download from the Asus site, it goes at 6kb/s! The file is around 2.5mb. When it finally finishes, I unzip it, and go to the folder. There are two, SE and W2K_XP. In the W2K_XP folder, is the following: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4571/ehij6.png Clicking on install does nothing. The SE folder looks like so: http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6154/eh2dz4.png Clicking on inst16 brings up the error messages that chris_irwin89 was talking about: http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/6716/eh2ms1dk8.png http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1097/eh2ms2ye4.png http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8418/eh2ms3zj3.png Heaps more come up afterwards too, that's only the first three. I tried to download the older SoundMax drivers from Asus (18mb) but I kept losing connection from the crappy Asus server.

04-12-2007, 10:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Help with finding a driver soundmax use the one from your m/b setup cd __________________

04-13-2007, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
.Hybrid Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 45 OS: XP	Re: Help with finding a driver soundmax It's a very old box, I've since lost any CD's that might have come with it.

04-13-2007, 12:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Help with finding a driver soundmax http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/23...-download.html __________________

04-14-2007, 11:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Help with finding a driver soundmax glad you were successful asus site is usually painfully slow __________________