audio driver problems

[david244us]

VIA Vinyl AC'97, anyone ever have problems with xp and this sound driver compatibility issues, like not passing winxp logo bla bla bla stuff lol, I have an exclamation at the moment on my onboard sound driver with xp running, any help with this would be great thanks

[nihil]

That sounds like an onboard AC97 chipset?

Yes I have, and I have never managed to resolve it, neither has anyone else that I know. In my opinion it isn't even worth the effort............. just get an independent audio card, they are cheap and generally much better than onboard chipsets.

EDIT:

I suppose the first thing you ought to try is getting the latest drivers for it. Go to your Computer/MoBo supplier first, and if that doesn't work, try the latest "combo" generic driver from Via.

[david244us]

thanks nihil, was curious, never had this problem before but everytime I install the driver from my motherboard disk or a downloaded driver I get the same errors and think it causes bsod sometimes?

[cgkanchi]

Try using Windows Update to get the latest drivers for the audio chip. You might have better results, since Windows Update only shows WHQL certified drivers.

Cheers,
cgkanchi

[nihil]

Hmmm,

If you cannot find a driver solution, you might try this:

1. Disable onboard sound in BIOS and remove the driver in your hardware manager, then reboot.

2. Power down and reboot into setup and re-enable the onboard sound...... see if Windows detects the chipset and finds a driver for it.

Incidentally, I have come across this problem in Windows 2000 as well, so it is not just an XP "thing"

[david244us]

hi all thanks for all the help, I fixed it, I was getting blue screens left and right and even when i used windows update it would tell me that the driver wasn't logo tested or whatever, which i thought was wierd, but anyway the problem for my bsod's was I needed to upgrade my chipset drivers, now sound is working, and no more bsod's