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help
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 2:40 am
by transman
i have a problem with my onboard sound it is soundmax i have installed the driver and it is showing it as working but when i go to multimedia in win 98 it dosnt show any audio playback devices can any one help ???
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 3:44 am
by ajzchips
Are you by any chance using WDM drivers on Windows 98 (First Edition)? The First Edition only supports VXD drivers (same as Windows 95), FYI.
not sure
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 4:04 am
by transman
im not sure but i am useing 98 se
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 5:47 am
by ajzchips
Then forget what I mentioned previously. You may have to manually select the playback/record device from a dropdown menu in your Sound Properties. This may be necessary when your soundcard isn't configured as your primary/default playback device (i.e. when you have a modem with wave-out support, etc.)
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:29 am
by transman
welli tried that but its not there it says no audio devices
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 3:38 pm
by ajzchips
Are you installing the drivers that came with the mobo? Are you using generic drivers you downloaded from somewhere?
Why don't you tell us what motherboard you have...
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 4:33 pm
by transman
the board is a atrend atc 7400 and its drivers i have gotten off the net i dont have the drivers that came with the board if you have any sugestions it would be great thanks
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 5:32 pm
by ajzchips
You have a sound chip right next to your second PCI slot (next to the edge of the motherboard). Post everything written on it.
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:36 pm
by transman
smcs lpc47m102 a9931-b7462 bh17251-7
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:01 pm
by ajzchips
Sorry, my fault, that wasn't your sound chip. That's your Super I/O controller chip. If you have AC97 sound, then your chip is most probably a lot smaller, but shouldn't be too far from your I/O chip.
How did you identify it as a SoundMax in the first place? Was this how the Windows Device Manager identified it?
You might have one of the chip models listed here:
http://www.mediatek.com.tw/english/site ... rivers.htm
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:05 pm
by transman
when i did a add hard wear search that is what it came up with and the guy i bought it from who owns a computer store told me thats what it is
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:38 pm
by Rainbow
This board can have either Realtek ALC100 or Analog Devices AD1881 (called SoundMax). What's your BIOS ID string?
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:43 pm
by transman
it is i810-47b27x-atc7400mc-ns
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 7:51 pm
by Rainbow
v1.x boards have BIOS strings like this:
09/10/1999-i810-47B27X-ATC7400MC-NS
ATC7400M Ver:1.0r03
v2.x boards with ALC100:
10/23/2000-i810-47B27X-ATC7400MC-KO
ATC7400M VER:2.1r01
v2.x boards with AD1881:
10/31/2000-i810-AD1881X-ATC7400MC-QT
ATC7400M VER:2.1r01
Don't know which chip was used on v1.x boards - the best way is to find it. According to Atrend, it's "U20 near PCI 1" for v2.x boards, hope that it's same for 1.x boards.
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 9:00 pm
by Denniss
De-install old Sounddrivers and try the Realtek ones from here :
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dla ... tware=True
If they don't work too try Sisoft Sandra or AIDA32 or other tools to identify your Soundchip .
Or try AD1881 drivers from an Atrend mirror site :
ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr/pub/vendor/atr ... 000/SOUND/
>> large size driver
ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr/pub/vendor/atr ... nd/Analog/
>> small size driver
