Using Asus K8V SE deluxe onboard sound

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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:56:41 GMT, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

>Michael Meyers <meyers@shaw-removetoreply-.ca> writes:
>
>[...]
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>> I think you need to physically remove the previous sound card. On reboot,
>> windows should recognize the on board sound chip and prompt for installation of
>> drivers for it. As to why the downloaded drivers don't work, I'm at a loss to
>> explain this. This should install the necessary drivers.
>
>Well Michael, looks like you put your finger on it. And has been
>confirmed by other posters in this thread from conversations on
>PlanetAMD64 forums. Apparently this is something of a known problem.
>
>Yanked the card.. reboot and an SoundMax icon appears on systray.
>
>2 of three question marked items in device manager also went away but
>I still have one
> ? Other Devices
> ? Vido Controller
>
>My vid card is Asus Radeon 9800XT 256mb. I'm not having any trouble
>with it so I'm ignoring this question mark in device manager.

If you uninstall the unknown device via device manager, does it return on
reboot?
If it does, I would try reinstalling the Soundmax drivers one more time.

 

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Michael Meyers <meyers@shaw-removetoreply-.ca> writes:

> If you uninstall the unknown device via device manager, does it
> return on reboot?

Nope, I'm happy to report it disappeared on reboot.

 

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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:32:06 GMT, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

>Michael Meyers <meyers@shaw-removetoreply-.ca> writes:
>
>> If you uninstall the unknown device via device manager, does it
>> return on reboot?
>
>Nope, I'm happy to report it disappeared on reboot.

Well, glad your problem is solved, then.