Topic: Soundless in Asus!

[TR]

Another thought  ..more than just sound card drivers etc.

http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/496.htm


Hookstar

[Tabbler]

I've got sound at last!

I installed (for the forst time) XP Pro, and the motherboard CD worked like a dream. Result - full sound capability, and without having to buy a soundcard.

However, I don't like XP much, as it can't seem to run a couple of 'must-have' programs; it also seems to be a bit bloated and, I believe, rather invasive.

So I'm thinking of setting up some sort of dual-boot system. I've got, and know how to use, Partition Magic, so it shouldn't be a problem.

I still HAVE to get the sound working with ME, though!

[Clive]

Glad to hear that you are getting somewhere Tabbler.  Please keep us posted with developments and I'm sure one of our techies will comment when they get here.

[Sandra]

I am really pleased that you got your sound sorted at last,Tabbler (now you can appreciate my sig in all its glory   )
Which "must have" progs wont XP run that ME will ?
Dont believe XP if it just says somethings not certificated or similar as most ME stuff would be ok I would have thought with XP.
I have heard a few people say that they dont like XP and have gone back to 98 or ME (not that many people I know of prefer ME to anything   )
I think that you have to stick with it for a few weeks to give it a fair tryout before rejecting it comletely.

At least we can now assume that the motherboard inc the onboard sound and the memory is ok so that just leaves the original problem of installing the drivers on the ME OS.
It definately sounds similar to the problem I mentioned before in that its not picking the drivers up off the motherboard CD,(my problem was that they couldnt be found on the 98SE cd)
The thing we need to identify now is whether XP found the drivers by itself or from the motherboard CD  
Can you delete them and reboot,that way if it reinstalls them without asking for the motherboard CD it would indicate that the drivers are in XP itself(as is often the case).
If thats the case then they probably wont be on the motherboard CD at all for some reason (Faulty copy possibly? )which would necessitate getting in touch with ASUS   or the supplier that you got the motherboard off.
If it asks for the motherboard CD and reinstalls them from there then it will probably only work by manually trying to get them off the CD again and pointing ME in the right place to find them.
I know you said you have tried that already though  

[Simon]

Glad you got it sorted Tabbler.  When you say XP is 'invasive' and 'bloated' you might find this site useful (I think courtesy of Hookstar, originally).  There's lots of services and / or features you can turn off that you don't need / want to run.

[TR]

Ahh fame at last   thank you Simon

[Tabbler]

Update - Finally managed to get sound on Windows ME. Had to give-up on the onboard audio, though; instead, I got the soundcard from the link supplied by 2 users of this very forum :

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/SpecPage.html?NOV-SC51N

Ordered yesterday at lunchtime; arrived this morning at 8 am! No problems at all with installing *these* drivers!

So not only do I not have to use XP - I can dispose of ME as well, and go back (forward?!) to 98 SE. I only tried ME because it allowed me to load the drivers using the CD menu-system, as opposed to having to do it manually under 98 SE. Of course, it turned out that *both* OS's didn't like the CD, full-stop.... no matter WHAT I tried.

So there you have it!

* Simon repaired url link.

[Simon]

Glad to be of service, Tabbler.  

[Sandra]

Novatechs cheque for your commission will be in the post at the end of next month unfortunately Simon as the order was too late to get it included in with this months back handers to you  

[Simon]

 I don't get as much as Adept gets from Opera!  

[Sandra]

As Opera is free ( the others is heavily subsidised ny the lottery   ) I doubt that he gets any at all Simon  

[Simon]

Well, it's free if you want to put up with an ad banner in your browser.

[Adept]

Well, it's free if you want to put up with an ad banner in your browser.

I don't even notice the banner ads any more. It's probably because I run my screen at a reasonable resolution and can see an area of desktop larger than a postage stamp

[Simon]

 

I've been using Mozilla for a few days, but I'm going off that too.  It's faster then both Opera and IE, but has a number of irritating incompatabilitles.  Like not being able to see our smilies, and not being able to access sevaral websites, designed only for IE.

I wish MS would update IE - that might alleviate the boredom!