missing multimedia audio controller

[mikesteven]

I had to install a new hard drive in a friends computer. Everything works
fine except he is missing the multimedia audio controller. I am trying to
tell him over the phone how to load the driver. Can you tell me where on the
windows xp pro cd to navigate to so the driver will be loaded through device
manager? I had him try the I386 folder but it wasn't there.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Paul]

I had to install a new hard drive in a friends computer. Everything works
fine except he is missing the multimedia audio controller. I am trying to
tell him over the phone how to load the driver. Can you tell me where on the
windows xp pro cd to navigate to so the driver will be loaded through device
manager? I had him try the I386 folder but it wasn't there.

Thanks,
Mike

Could you mention the make and model number of computer ?

Or if the machine was built from parts (home brew), what
is the motherboard make and model ?

The machine could have sound on the motherboard (with
audio connectors in the I/O plate area). Or there
could be a separate sound card in the PCI slot area.
Then, you'd need to mention the PCI Sound card
brand and model.

No OS ships with every driver you could ever need.
For example, when I used the WinXP CD to install
on this computer, there was no sound driver for me.
So I had yellow marks to deal with too.

Paul

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Friday, January 16, 2009 7:23:09 PM, and on a
whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard:

Could you mention the make and model number of computer ?

Or if the machine was built from parts (home brew), what
is the motherboard make and model ?

The machine could have sound on the motherboard (with
audio connectors in the I/O plate area). Or there
could be a separate sound card in the PCI slot area.
Then, you'd need to mention the PCI Sound card
brand and model.

No OS ships with every driver you could ever need.
For example, when I used the WinXP CD to install
on this computer, there was no sound driver for me.
So I had yellow marks to deal with too.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Actually that isn't correct. OS X ships with the drivers needed for any
Apple computer that will run it. I'm not one for supporting Apple and
their proprietary methods. But at least for this issue, it works.

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[Paul]

The date and time was Friday, January 16, 2009 7:23:09 PM, and on a
whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard:


Hi Paul,

Actually that isn't correct. OS X ships with the drivers needed for any
Apple computer that will run it. I'm not one for supporting Apple and
their proprietary methods. But at least for this issue, it works.

Yeah, until you add third party hardware. I have one Mac with
six PCI slots and they're all full. The latest Mac is only
two out of four slots full, but that is because the box is hard
to get into (one of those sandwich-style cases, like a
Dell). Some of that third party stuff is pretty
twitchy. One SCSI card won't dual boot into the older
OS9 or MacOSX without a driver change (and I've forgotten
the details about what to do for that one).

To make matters worse, with the subscription style of
the OS, for one of my cards (ATI video), they only
offered a driver upgrade if I wanted to spend another
$150.00 for the next OS release. No thanks.

So, if you don't do anything with the box, and just
use it as it arrives on your doorstep, you're right.
But everything I've ever bought from them was upgraded,
in some cases with better processors, one got a
$1000 video card and so on. It isn't quite as
seamless, once you take the lid off.

Paul

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:05:48 AM, and on a
whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard:

Yeah, until you add third party hardware. I have one Mac with
six PCI slots and they're all full. The latest Mac is only
two out of four slots full, but that is because the box is hard
to get into (one of those sandwich-style cases, like a
Dell). Some of that third party stuff is pretty
twitchy. One SCSI card won't dual boot into the older
OS9 or MacOSX without a driver change (and I've forgotten
the details about what to do for that one).

To make matters worse, with the subscription style of
the OS, for one of my cards (ATI video), they only
offered a driver upgrade if I wanted to spend another
$150.00 for the next OS release. No thanks.

So, if you don't do anything with the box, and just
use it as it arrives on your doorstep, you're right.
But everything I've ever bought from them was upgraded,
in some cases with better processors, one got a
$1000 video card and so on. It isn't quite as
seamless, once you take the lid off.

Paul

Well, 3rd party hardware would not be expected to be included. Your
comment was misleading. But most Apple users (all home users I know)
don't do what you did, so OS X has everything needed when an update
comes out.

Terry R.

 

[Kelly]

Can't find the OP, sorry.

However, you need to visit the manufacturer of your system, it is rather
painless and free.

Use as an example: gateway support
Click on Drivers - if you can't give the serial # make and model select the
option for them to do it for you. From there you will be pointed to all of
your drivers. Download and install.

Good luck!

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[M.I.5¾]

The date and time was Friday, January 16, 2009 7:23:09 PM, and on a whim,
Paul pounded out on the keyboard:


Hi Paul,

Actually that isn't correct. OS X ships with the drivers needed for any
Apple computer that will run it. I'm not one for supporting Apple and
their proprietary methods. But at least for this issue, it works.

I think you got confused. OS in this case just refers to 'Operating System'
(in this case Windows XP). No one was discussing junk made by Apple.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Monday, January 19, 2009 2:29:05 AM, and on a
whim, M.I.5¾ pounded out on the keyboard:

I think you got confused. OS in this case just refers to 'Operating System'
(in this case Windows XP). No one was discussing junk made by Apple.

No confusion. I guess you don't know that OS X IS an operating system.

Class dismissed,


Terry R.

 

[M.I.5¾]

The date and time was Monday, January 19, 2009 2:29:05 AM, and on a whim,
M.I.5¾ pounded out on the keyboard:


No confusion. I guess you don't know that OS X IS an operating system.

I did. But as it is *not* Windows XP, discussion of it does not belong
here.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Monday, January 19, 2009 11:59:51 PM, and on a
whim, M.I.5¾ pounded out on the keyboard:

I did. But as it is *not* Windows XP, discussion of it does not belong
here.

When someone makes a comment like, "No OS...", it needs to be clarified,
REGARDLESS of which group it's in. The comment was wrong. He did NOT
say, NO WINDOWS OS.


Terry R.

 

[ENCRYPTR]

i have a dell dimension 2400 with windows xp home edition with sp2 and sp3
upgrades, i too am missing the drivers for my multimedia audio controller

when going to driver details it says i have no info to axcess, the sound
device is connected to my I/O board,

the device instance id is

PCE\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS01601028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&FD

 

[Malke]

i have a dell dimension 2400 with windows xp home edition with sp2 and sp3
upgrades, i too am missing the drivers for my multimedia audio controller

when going to driver details it says i have no info to axcess, the sound
device is connected to my I/O board,

the device instance id is

PCE\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS01601028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&FD

Go to Dell's website and download the audio drivers for your specific model
machine. Save them somewhere you will find them, then double-click on the
file to install the drivers.

Malke