Dell Dimension 4550 Upgrade - No Audio Driver/PCI Input Device

[ZeroManArmy]

I updated my Dell to Win7 last night and I realized that I don't have any sound drivers or cards. I have been Googling for about 3 hours now without any luck. Can any one help me?

 

[zigzag3143]

I updated my Dell to Win7 last night and I realized that I don't have any sound drivers or cards. I have been Googling for about 3 hours now without any luck. Can any one help me?

Have you tried Dell?

If they dont have a win 7 driver an earlier one can be used if it is installed in compatibility mode.

 

[Qdos]

Grab the Vista drivers and use compatibility mode during installation.

 

[ZeroManArmy]

I have tried that. I couldn't install the right ones or I didn't find the right ones

Also which part in compatibility mode? The Extractor or the actual Setup file?

 

[zigzag3143]

I have tried that. I couldn't install the right ones or I didn't find the right ones

Also which part in compatibility mode? The Extractor or the actual Setup file?

Setup file

compat=right click installer>properties>compatibilty>choose OS

 

[ZeroManArmy]

I have tried that. I couldn't install the right ones or I didn't find the right ones

Also which part in compatibility mode? The Extractor or the actual Setup file?

Setup file

compat=right click installer>properties>compatibilty>choose OS

I tried that and no such luck. Unless I have the wrong driver file. Could you link me to one?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Try a post in the sound section of this forum and hope member "Fireberd" answers.

He is something of a Dell sound guru--he has many thousands of posts on Dell forums, mostly with sound issues. Dell PCs can be peculiar.

 

[Jerryw]

Hi Zeromanarmy
There is no win 7 or Vista driver for your Dim 4550 it is to old , there is only win 2000 and XP
drivers, if it does not work in compatible mode for XP your are out of luck !!
You may find a sound card that will work for win7 if you look around .
Good luck

 

[Nightreaper]

Hi Zeromanarmy,

After googling around it seems a pretty common issue, I checked dell support but only found XP drivers , however google has thrown up this site Windows 7 Drivers for SoundMax ADI 198x Fix | Bondy's Blog There where a lot of dell models with that audio chip fitted!

Hope its of some use :sarc:.

Nightreaper.

 

[M1GU31]

Hi Zeromanarmy,

After googling around it seems a pretty common issue, I checked dell support but only found XP drivers , however google has thrown up this site Windows 7 Drivers for SoundMax ADI 198x Fix | Bondy's Blog There where a lot of dell models with that audio chip fitted!

Hope its of some use :sarc:.

Nightreaper.

try installing it under xp compatibility mode worked on my dads pc installing some xp drivers because his machine didn't support drivers for 7 but had drivers for xp and vista

 

[ZeroManArmy]

Hi Zeromanarmy,

After googling around it seems a pretty common issue, I checked dell support but only found XP drivers , however google has thrown up this site Windows 7 Drivers for SoundMax ADI 198x Fix | Bondy's Blog There where a lot of dell models with that audio chip fitted!

Hope its of some use :sarc:.

Nightreaper.

try installing it under xp compatibility mode worked on my dads pc installing some xp drivers because his machine didn't support drivers for 7 but had drivers for xp and vista

I tried that and it didn't work. Unless I am using the wrong driver files.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi Zeromanarmy,

After googling around it seems a pretty common issue, I checked dell support but only found XP drivers , however google has thrown up this site Windows 7 Drivers for SoundMax ADI 198x Fix | Bondy's Blog There where a lot of dell models with that audio chip fitted!

Hope its of some use :sarc:.

Nightreaper.

try installing it under xp compatibility mode worked on my dads pc installing some xp drivers because his machine didn't support drivers for 7 but had drivers for xp and vista

I tried that and it didn't work. Unless I am using the wrong driver files.

If there are only XP drivers they may not be compatible with win 7

 

[ZeroManArmy]

try installing it under xp compatibility mode worked on my dads pc installing some xp drivers because his machine didn't support drivers for 7 but had drivers for xp and vista

I tried that and it didn't work. Unless I am using the wrong driver files.

If there are only XP drivers they may not be compatible with win 7

There has to be a way to get it to work. I can't have no sound!

 

[Nightreaper]

Bit of a cop out but maybe bite the bullet Newegg.com - ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card

Its an excellent soundcard, I have the DS version works great on win 7 64 .

Although I hate to give in so would probably try all drivers i could find for soundmax ADI 198x sound chip :devil:.

Here is a driver for another dell machine Dell Optiplex 960 Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated HD Audio A05 Driver for Windows Vista / Windows Vista64 Free Download - Softpedia
Its a Vista driver if the set up doesn't find a compatible device you could try extracting the files with something like winrar, then using device manager point it to the relevant .inf file and maybe force a driver! it would not be the first time I've used this method on older kit.

 

[zigzag3143]

I tried that and it didn't work. Unless I am using the wrong driver files.

If there are only XP drivers they may not be compatible with win 7

There has to be a way to get it to work. I can't have no sound!

Just checked dell and you are correct XP is the most recent drivers they have. DId you check before upgrading?