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September 8th, 2010 15:00
Windows 7 audio drivers
Hi
I brought my Dell XPS m1330 about 18 months ago with windows Vista
I have just upgraded to windows 7 and now have no sound. So what drivers would I need or what sound card would I have?
I really have no idea
Mnay Thanks
for any help
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Jim Coates
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September 8th, 2010 16:00
Your screen name is TMI.
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The info below was posted by someone else. I am pasting it in verbatim..
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Posted by forum member euro888
Like many of you, the Sigmatel driver would not work when I plugged in a headset to use with Skype... After installing the driver below, everything seems to be working fine, including using a headset with Skype.
Old Driver: Sigmatel STAC 92HD 6.10.0.5614 (R171786)
New Driver: IDT 92HD73C1 6.10.0.6217 (R226903)
Here is how I installed the new driver.
> I downloaded the IDT driver from Dells website:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R226903&SystemID=STUDIOXPS13&servicetag=&os=W732&osl=en&deviceid=16518&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&fileid=325315
> It unzipped all the files into C:\DELL\drivers\R226903 ... But when the installed tried to install the new driver, it said I had to uninstall the old driver (and probably the Sigmatel program too).
> Went to the device manager and removed the old driver. I also went to "Programs and Features" and removed what was left of the Sigma Tel Audio program... That also took away the Sigmatel icon from the control panel (kind of scary at the time.)
> I rebooted my M1330 so that the default Win7 audio driver would replace the SigmaTel driver.
> I again used the device manager to look at the audio controller (Under "Sound, Video, and game controllers")
> I right-clicked on the Sound controller, and chose "Update Drivers Software".
> When given a choice, I selected "Browse my computer for driver software".... Then pointed to the C:\DELL\drivers\R226903 directory. Then I clicked the "Next" button.
Windows 7 then spun away and installed the new audio drivers... INCLUDING the new user interface from IDT. It put an icon into my control panel called "IDT Audio Control Panel".
albertramsbotto
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September 9th, 2010 15:00
Thnaks Jim
I tried that and it started to install and then threw up an error that i had to uninstall the Sigmatel driver first. I went to the device manager and under the sound devices was the High definition sound driver and not the Sigmatel driver.
There doesnt appear to be a sigmatel driver anywhere on the system.
I just dont know
Cheers