velvetman
New member
Thanks for the help, darreno and momalle,
I'm a little reluctant to try fixing this problem again because I don't want to have to go through another format, especially now that I have all my programs and updates installed and everything else is running fine.
I tried to create a system image, but because of my dual boot with XP on separate drives, it'll only let me create an image of both drives (80 GB) and I don't have enough space.
I have enough space on an external 500GB drive, but it won't let me use that because it's formatted to FAT32 (if I recall, I had to do that to use it on my Linux laptop...can't really remember now). I tried to use the W7 built-in partition software, but it doesn't give me the option to partition that drive (it's greyed out).
Anyway, I think you might be right about the problem not being with the sound driver. If I had to guess (I don't know a whole lot about this stuff), I'd say it's the mobo. Nothing seems to work in W7 on that thing. None of the Vista drivers would install for it (all crashed mid-setup with no error messages). I managed to get a separate ULi LAN driver to install, that's the only way I've got the onboard LAN working, but the onboard sound doesn't work and the Vista Realtek drivers I tried all crashed too. That board just doesn't seem to want to work in W7.
I've just been leaving my computer on as much as possible and uninstalling the sound driver before restarting and then reinstalling after restart. That's been working, but it's a pain.
I'm a little reluctant to try fixing this problem again because I don't want to have to go through another format, especially now that I have all my programs and updates installed and everything else is running fine.
I tried to create a system image, but because of my dual boot with XP on separate drives, it'll only let me create an image of both drives (80 GB) and I don't have enough space.
I have enough space on an external 500GB drive, but it won't let me use that because it's formatted to FAT32 (if I recall, I had to do that to use it on my Linux laptop...can't really remember now). I tried to use the W7 built-in partition software, but it doesn't give me the option to partition that drive (it's greyed out).
Anyway, I think you might be right about the problem not being with the sound driver. If I had to guess (I don't know a whole lot about this stuff), I'd say it's the mobo. Nothing seems to work in W7 on that thing. None of the Vista drivers would install for it (all crashed mid-setup with no error messages). I managed to get a separate ULi LAN driver to install, that's the only way I've got the onboard LAN working, but the onboard sound doesn't work and the Vista Realtek drivers I tried all crashed too. That board just doesn't seem to want to work in W7.
I've just been leaving my computer on as much as possible and uninstalling the sound driver before restarting and then reinstalling after restart. That's been working, but it's a pain.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 RC1AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+2GB OCZ DDR PC3200NVidia GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- PC MUTT
- OS
- Windows 7 RC1
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
- Motherboard
- ASRock 939Dual SATA-2
- Memory
- 2GB OCZ DDR PC3200
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Flatron W2242T 22-inch LCD widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- 80GB IDE Seagate HDD -- Windows 7
80GB IDE Western Digital HDD -- Windows XP SP3
500GB Western Digital external HDD x2
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless Wave
- Internet Speed
- High-speed cable
