mobile AMD XP-M 2600+ - problem with sound

Hi,
I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a mobile AMD
Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for obvious reasons) and
installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I have no sound.
Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is installed, but "SoundMAX
Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI Device.
I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o success.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
Cheers!

Henry wrote:
> Hi,
> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a
> mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for
> obvious reasons) and installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I
> have no sound. Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is
> installed, but "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I
> miss a PCI Device.
> I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o
> success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
> Cheers!

Well, you need Win2k drivers and you don't have them. I never
understand the "obvious reasons" for downgrading an XP system, and then
wondering why there are no drivers available.


Q

In article <Xns95E27D3411001hooonkhotmailcom@195.34.132.18>,
hooonk@NOSPAMhotmail.com says...
> Hi,
> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a mobile AMD
> Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for obvious reasons) and
> installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I have no sound.
> Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is installed, but "SoundMAX
> Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI Device.
> I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o success.
> Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
> Cheers!
>


There is no reason for running 2000 instead of xp. They're the same
thing. Especially from a "for obvious reasons" point of view.

Use your restore disc. Keep your patches applied to xp. Get an antivirus
and keep it up to date. Get a firewall and keep it up to date.

You have to do all of that in 2k or xp. You might as well make it easy
on yourself.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:19:24 GMT, Henry
<hooonk@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a mobile AMD
>Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for obvious reasons) and
>installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I have no sound.
>Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is installed, but "SoundMAX
>Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI Device.
>I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o success.
>Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
>Cheers!


You're probably barking up the wrong tree here, this is not
an AMD issue nor necessarily a Win2K issue, you just need to
install the driver, most likely. If simply installing the
driver alone doens't resolve it then you you might try
removing those entries from Device Manager and rebooting.

Here are some Packard Bell drivers, maybe the one you need
is there or maybe not. Google searching for "ADI Soundmax"
is another way to seek drivers.
http://support.packardbell-europe.c...CAT127.asp?c=ap

Quaoar wrote:
> Henry wrote:
>
>> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a
>> mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for
>> obvious reasons) and installed a W2k SP4 with all available
>> updates I have no sound. Hardwaresettings read that the
>> Audio-Controller is installed, but "SoundMAX Integrated Digital
>> Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI Device.
>> I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o
>> success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
>
> Well, you need Win2k drivers and you don't have them. I never
> understand the "obvious reasons" for downgrading an XP system,
> and then wondering why there are no drivers available.

I guess you never read the EULA, nor noticed the ridiculous call in
to Bill operations needed.

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:58:52 -0700, "Quaoar"
<quaoar@tenthplanet.net> wrote:

>Henry wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a
>> mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for
>> obvious reasons) and installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I
>> have no sound. Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is
>> installed, but "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I
>> miss a PCI Device.
>> I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but w/o
>> success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
>> Cheers!
>
>Well, you need Win2k drivers and you don't have them. I never
>understand the "obvious reasons" for downgrading an XP system, and then
>wondering why there are no drivers available.


Because WinXP only supplies aged and limited feature
drivers? Really, of all the reasons to use XP (or not),
drivers aren't one of them. I'd actually rather XP DIDN'T
install any drivers, leaving hardware IDs clean till the
proper full feature and modern driver is installed.

The obvious reasons to avoid XP include things like,

not wanting to gamble on how long MS will support the online
activation... some day they will make it hard if not
impossible to activate, i predict.

Not wanting any additional overhead. Really, what doe WinXP
have that someone serious about (any particular job) would
need? For the most part it just uses more memory and
changes the GUI to new shaded colors. Maybe system restore,
an incomplete way to backup a system that also eats up HDD
space and slows the system down?

Not agreeing to their EULA. Every time it's updated, it
gets more offensive. Since they have the PC OS monopoly (no
mainstream commercial alternative for a PC), many have to
swallow a lot of the EULA that they wouldn't otherwise, but
less is better.

> Here are some Packard Bell drivers, maybe the one you need
> is there or maybe not. Google searching for "ADI Soundmax"
> is another way to seek drivers.
> http://support.packardbell-europe.c...rv/CAT127.asp?c
> =ap

Thanks,
I tried this site, but there were no proper drivers. Get this: In order to
access internet I needed the Ethernet driver, which I found there, but it
didn't work, so after googling a while I found a driver for the same
chipset, but for W98 - and this one does fine with W2k... weird...
h.

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:23:20 GMT, Henry
<hooonk@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>> Here are some Packard Bell drivers, maybe the one you need
>> is there or maybe not. Google searching for "ADI Soundmax"
>> is another way to seek drivers.
>> http://support.packardbell-europe.c...rv/CAT127.asp?c
>> =ap
>
>Thanks,
>I tried this site, but there were no proper drivers. Get this: In order to
>access internet I needed the Ethernet driver, which I found there, but it
>didn't work, so after googling a while I found a driver for the same
>chipset, but for W98 - and this one does fine with W2k... weird...
>h.

With ethernet it's often easiest to just go to the
respective ethernet chip manufacturer (via markings on the
chip face itself, ID it), for example Realtek, and get their
newest driver. That strategy works for many but not all
devices, and ADI (Soundmax) website might have a driver for
audio.

Henry <hooonk@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns95E27D3411001hooonkhotmailcom@195.34.132.18:

> Hi,
> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a mobile
> AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for obvious
> reasons) and installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I have no
> sound. Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is installed,
> but "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI
> Device. I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but
> w/o success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
> Cheers!
>

not a cpu related is OS/support related
i am running a amd mobile in a dualie board under win 98(temporary) and
win98 has NO sound
everytime i boot a linux liveCD/DVD i get sound

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:32:43 GMT, Youra nama <fake@mail.com>
wrote:

>Henry <hooonk@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
>news:Xns95E27D3411001hooonkhotmailcom@195.34.132.18:
>
>> Hi,
>> I just got a PackardBell Easynote C3300 which seems to run on a mobile
>> AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+. Since I got rid of Windows XP (for obvious
>> reasons) and installed a W2k SP4 with all available updates I have no
>> sound. Hardwaresettings read that the Audio-Controller is installed,
>> but "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio" not. In addition I miss a PCI
>> Device. I googled and tried all kind of tools from the AMD site, but
>> w/o success. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
>> Cheers!
>>
>
>not a cpu related is OS/support related
> i am running a amd mobile in a dualie board under win 98(temporary) and
>win98 has NO sound
> everytime i boot a linux liveCD/DVD i get sound

Did you install the driver?
It would be good to start a new thread for this issue rather
than posting under the current thread.