Audio controller driver help

[ibarry]

Hi guys im new to windows 7 from xp and i have bought everything including more memory to upgrade to windows 7.After the upgrade which was succesfully upgraded i had everything working except for the multimedia audio controller. After hours of searching i found a program called driver detective which downloaded the driver. The problem is that in the device manager it says that thiers still another mutimedia audio controller missing after i downloaded one already...basically they were two and i downloaded one and the other i have no idea how to fix. My sound isnt working although in the sound properties it shows the realtec driver installed i turned up all of the volume and thiers no red x on the system tray...i dont know whats the problem please help me...again i upgraded from xp to windows 7 ultimate.

I have a dell demension 4600

[Eric Veteran]

Go to http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/usgen1/DriversHome/NeedProductSelection

and put the service tag number in. It will let you know what audio controller is in your specific computer and direct you to the correct drivers.

[ibarry]

Again I did that but I upgraded to windows 7 ultimate on a Dell demanding 4600 computer ...those drivers on the Dell site are for XP...and the multimedia driver is installed is just that no sound is playing .... And my speakers are good

[Dusco25]

On a clean reinstall (or install) the correct and required sequence is (1) Install Windows (2) Install Intel chipset drivers (3) Install device drivers such as sound, video, etc.

The chipset drivers MUST be installed BEFORE attempting to install sound drivers or they will not load as one of the prime things the chipset drivers do is define (identify) what devices are on the motherboard.

The Analog Devices driver is the only Integrated Audio (on the motherboard) driver listed on the Dell Downloads HERE The Intel Chipset drivers can be downloaded from there too.

If you skipped the chipset drivers, install them, restart the PC and then install the sound drivers. Usually this will work but in a few isolated cases it takes a complete new, correct sequence, install to fix it.

[ibarry]

So what ur saying dusco25 is that after I install the chipset everything should be good right because I have the multimedia driver installed...the volume is just not playing...

*again I'm running windows 7 ultimate

[Dusco25]

  On 27/11/2011 at 02:27, ibarry said:

So what ur saying dusco25 is that after I install the chipset everything should be good right because I have the multimedia driver installed...the volume is just not playing...

*again I'm running windows 7 ultimate

I am just saying it could work.. There could be many factors at play but its mainly a driver issue i would say.. If that does not work then you may have to buy another sound card.. since you are used to just onboard sound you can get a cheap SB for $25-30 and still be better than your onboard sound.. There is a lot of problems with older onboard sound drivers with Windows 7 that I came across working on others PC's..

[lars77]

Dusco25 is right, however the chipset drivers alone won't get your audio working. If you haven't already installed the current chipset drivers you may as well do that now while you're at it.

You mentioned you have the Realtek audio driver installed. Why? The Dell site says that your Dell Dimension 4600 should have ADI 198x integrated audio. Not sure, was it that other program that had you install the wrong driver? Or you specifically know it's a Realtek audio chipset somehow? If you don't actually have a Realtek audio chipset in your computer you'll need to uninstall that before doing anything else.

re: your audio driver, try Windows update & see if it manages to find a compatible/generic audio driver for you. You can also try opening the device in Device Manager & try telling it to search automatically for a driver (though you probably already tried this).

Worst case, you may as well try the XP ADI driver from the Dell website & see how that goes. It is unlikely you'll find a Windows 7 version of the ADI driver, or if you manage to find one it won't be from Dell.

Maybe it's easier to just buy & install a new Sound Blaster? I'd consider all this a reason to upgrade personally ;)

[ibarry]

Thanks larrs77 and Discord....I managed to play with your comments until I came across windows update which somehow installed soundmax..rebooted and went on youtube...next thing I know the song that I wanted was playing ...I don't know how but I think SoundMax was the solution :)

Dusco25*