Speaker problems

[Guest]

Whenever I plug in my speakers Windows XP installs a "C-Media AC97 Audio
Device." I then get an error that says "the device was not installed properly
and may not work correctly," which of course it doesn't. I even went out and
bought new speakers and still end up with the same problem. The old speakers
are made by Altec Lansing model # avs300 and the new ones are made by
Logitech model # x-230. Neither of these came with their own drivers and I
haven't been able to find any drivers online. I've also tried manually
installing the new hardware but neither one is on the list. This is really
driving me nuts because if I leave the faulty driver installed my computer
will randomly restart! Any ideas on what I could try to get some sound would
be greatly appreciated!

 

[Ted Zieglar]

An AC97 device is a sound chip built into your motherboard. Windows installs
the driver for that device at startup.

When you correctly install a sound card, the AC97 device is automatically
disabled. In older computers, you had to disable the device manually in the
BIOS.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

External speakers do not normally have drivers to be installed, unless they
require a USB connection.

You sound card (C-Media AC97) drivers are not coorectly installed. Check on
your motherboard driver Cd or download the latest version from the
motherboard manufacturer

 

[Lawrence A. Wong]

Something tells me that C-Media may be a Creative SoundBlaster audio card
(Creative Media?)

If you have a Creative SoundBlaster Audio card on your computer, go to
http://us.creative.com and look in their support section. Find your Audio
card in the listings and download the appropriate drivers.

I would also suggest dowloading the "Uni-pak" which includes all optional
components for the audio card for best quality.

 

[Guest]

Wow, thanks! All it took was a reinstall of the driver from my motherboard CD.