Onboard Intel Sound Problems.

fade_oNe · 01-28-2006, 07:19 PM

Hi, i just installed windows 2000 onto my computer and i am trying to install soundMAX ac97 drivers for my sound card but ive tried several different versions of soundMAX and everytime it installs then right after it finishes it says "Drivers Not Found Please reboot And Install again". Anyone have any ideas?

Tumbleweed36 · 01-28-2006, 07:40 PM

Hi,

What is in there when you go into Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager? Is there anything for the sound area like a yellow or red mark by sound devices. If so, right click on that area and try update drivers after you have pointed the device toward the drivers.

An alternative, some times with sound drivers, you have to just go in and delete the sound areas and then reboot and let it find the devices again and then reinstall.

What I suspect is that you have partial drivers in there and that is the problem. If it were mine, i would clean it out and start over with the sound area if nothing else works.

Last, and this should be first.....are you sure the sound area is enabled in your BIOS setup menu???????????? That should be the first place you visit to double check that one. If disabled, then enable them and away you should go without doing anything else.

01-28-2006, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
fade_oNe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Onboard Intel Sound Problems. Hi, i just installed windows 2000 onto my computer and i am trying to install soundMAX ac97 drivers for my sound card but ive tried several different versions of soundMAX and everytime it installs then right after it finishes it says "Drivers Not Found Please reboot And Install again". Anyone have any ideas?

01-28-2006, 07:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,638 OS: XP Professional	Hi, What is in there when you go into Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager? Is there anything for the sound area like a yellow or red mark by sound devices. If so, right click on that area and try update drivers after you have pointed the device toward the drivers. An alternative, some times with sound drivers, you have to just go in and delete the sound areas and then reboot and let it find the devices again and then reinstall. What I suspect is that you have partial drivers in there and that is the problem. If it were mine, i would clean it out and start over with the sound area if nothing else works. Last, and this should be first.....are you sure the sound area is enabled in your BIOS setup menu???????????? That should be the first place you visit to double check that one. If disabled, then enable them and away you should go without doing anything else. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.