mobile AMD XP-M 2600+ - problem with sound

[Henry]

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!

 

[Quaoar]

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

 

[theyak]

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.

 

[kony]

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.com/support/download/drv/CAT127.asp?c=ap

 

[CBFalconer]

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.

 

[kony]

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.

 

[Henry]

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.com/support/download/drv/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.

 

[kony]

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.

 

[Youra nama]

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

 

[kony]

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.

 

[Youra nama]

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

well that in fact is the problem (as the orginal poster) there are no
drivers for one OS but another is OK
just used my experiance for an example, ps not a problem its known
"issue"

now since its a propritary(hardware) laptop you now have to get packard
bell to get from their supplier or write drivers for your non-original OS

good luck
ps this is reason 1 why i no like laptops(apple/sun too), propritary
hardware
other reason is the rat's nest of wire

 

[kony]

well that in fact is the problem (as the orginal poster) there are no
drivers for one OS but another is OK
just used my experiance for an example, ps not a problem its known
"issue"

now since its a propritary(hardware) laptop you now have to get packard
bell to get from their supplier or write drivers for your non-original OS

good luck
ps this is reason 1 why i no like laptops(apple/sun too), propritary
hardware
other reason is the rat's nest of wire

Even proprietary hardware usually uses common chips. Those
same chips (and working drivers) are often available from a
variety of sources including other manufacturers of similar
gear or the chip manufacturer itself... which in this case
(Soundmax) is ADI.