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Vostro 1500 "no audio device" in Windows XP
I purchased a Vostro 1500 with Vista and added XP Pro in a dual boot configuration. Everything works well except I have not been able to get the Sigma sound card to work. I have downloaded the appropriate driver (R158235) according to the Dell website, installed it and still no sound device detected by XP.
Any ideas???
Jim Coates
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January 18th, 2008 12:00
a. Install Dell Notebook System Software (click the + sign next to System Utilities). Restart.
b. Next and very important, install the Intel Mobile Chipset driver (click the + sign next to Chipset). Restart.
c. Finally install the Sigmatel R158235 audio driver (click the + sign next to Audio).
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There seems to be a glitch in the installation process with the v1500. These are the tricks used by other owners to complete the installation:
"You have to uninstall an unknown PCI device in Device manager first , then install the driver normally"
"Hi, thanks for the tip !!, the key was remove the device with the warning."
"Another thing I did, and I don't know if is important, was installed a xp fix that comes with the R158235."
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This tip is from forum member satcom1973:
"When I go to Device Manager, I see under Sound, video and game controllers everything looks good except SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC. There is a yellow circle with a black exclamation point in it, indicating some sort of conflict. Also under OTHER DEVICES is a conflict with Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus. Also under OTHER DEVICES is 3 other conflicts called Base System Device.
I finally got this thing resolved. The trick, at least for me was removing the 3 Base System Device objects. Those ended up being the Ricoh Chipset drivers.
Once I removed those, I ran the install for the Audio. Please note that I did not reboot after installing the 3 Base System Device objects and the install of the audio driver. Only after the audio driver completed did I reboot. After the reboot I was able to then install the drivers for the Ricoh chipset devices."
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Jim
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March 14th, 2008 01:00
jimco,
I finally followed your directions and my sigmatel audio drivers finally installed. I had to get rid of the pci audio device in the device manager before the driver would install correctly. Thanks very much for your help.
Ross