sigmatel c-major audio

[sweny77]

I have a dell latitude laptop D610 and I absolutly cannot get my audio to work after i installed windows 7. I have went everywhere and checked every forum i could find and i cannot find any solutions. i have installed and uninstalled and restarted my comp dozens of time with no results. so i was wondering if anyone had any clue how i might fix if so please help. thank you

 

[torrentg]

Give me a few minutes. I can probably find something for you. In the meantime, find the hardware id of the audio device by using the device manager. Right click it, choose properties. Details tab. Change property dropdown to hardware ids. Copy and paste what's there.

 

[torrentg]

Does this do anything for you? Run it in Vista compatibility mode if it refuses to install. If not, give me the info I asked.

SIGMATEL Audio AC97 for ICH4 6.14.01.3900 free driver download

 

[sweny77]

hardware id

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&SUBSYS_01821028&REV_03
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&SUBSYS_01821028
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&CC_040100
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&CC_0401

this is the hardware id i found

 

[torrentg]

This should do well for you.

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R90698.EXE

If it doesn't install simply by running, you should install with device manager after it extracts, using the .inf.

Right click audio device, update driver software, browse, let me pick, have disk, browse.

 

[sweny77]

still no luck says device not present restart system and try again did it five times still no luck

 

[torrentg]

Open the. inf.
Find a line with this: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E
if there is anything after that, starting with the &, delete it.

For example,
if it's like this: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&SUBSYS_01821028
make it this: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E instead

Save .inf. Install manually like before.

 

[sweny77]

says also driver may be missing or corrupted also ive got that message several times

 

[sweny77]

sorry i cannot find the .inf file nor the pci....... stuff im supposed to change do u think u could guide me through it?

 

[jabau]

I used the drivers that Dell has on their site for Windows XP, it worked fine on my D610 with Windows 7: http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R99254.EXE

The device is identified by Dell as a SIGMATEL STAC 975X AC97.

 

[sweny77]

i tried those driver also and they did not work i used to use them when i reformatted with xp and they worked but no dice with win 7

 

[sweny77]

i tried that several times that driver only worked for me when i installed xp hasnt worked since i installed win 7

 

[torrentg]

Alright Sweny. I must be having a brain slowdown. I had a better look at the .inf for what I previously gave you and that is not designed for your hardware. Completely my error (and also resource I used to get it.)

Let me give this a little better attention. I know how important it is to you to get this working.

I will download what Jabau gave you right now to see if I can figure out why it will not install for you. I'll post back with my findings or whatnot in an edit to this post in a little bit.

EDIT -

Sweny. I see no reason at all why Jabau's driver does not work for you. It is correct and contains this line in the .inf which is for your device.

"%STAC97.DvDscInt%=STAC97, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_266E&SUBSYS_01821028"

Run the .exe so it extracts to C:\Dell

Install with device manager after it extracts, using the .inf.

Right click audio device, update driver software, browse, let me pick, have disk, browse.

When at browse step, navigate to C:\dell\drivers\R99254\WDM
and choose Stac97.inf

Thanks Jabau. +1 rep

 

[sweny77]

well i tried that is the same driver ive been using with no luck ive dl'd it 10 times each time i try to install it says file is corrupt or missing

 

[jabau]

well i tried that is the same driver ive been using with no luck ive dl'd it 10 times each time i try to install it says file is corrupt or missing

Maybe your download is getting corrupted, here is a zipped up copy of the driver files, taken from my D610. If when you extract this it ends up corrupted then there is a good chance that something is wrong with your connection that is damaging the files you download.

 

[sweny77]

Well first of all I'd like to thank you guys for all the help but it looks like I'm gonna have to start all over and reinstall win 7 and try again

 

[northshore906]

dell d610 sigmatel audio

I had this same problem on my dell latitude d610.

Here is what worked for me. I downloaded the driver from the dell website.
http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R99254.EXE

right clicked on the download, clicked properties, under compatibility I chose run this program in compatibility mode for windows XP service pack 3, clicked ok. Then followed the dialogs.

No guarantees but it solved my sound problem.

 

[sal4]

Just registered to thank you all!
These worked for me !

Does this do anything for you? Run it in Vista compatibility mode if it refuses to install. If not, give me the info I asked.

SIGMATEL Audio AC97 for ICH4 6.14.01.3900 free driver download

I have a Sony PCG 8N2M

 

[slikyDog]

VEN_8086_DEV_266E
It might be too late...but I was having this same problem with a Windows 7 32 bit IBM ThinkCenter A51 machine.
Sound not working and no driver for the sound card (multimedia audio).
The VENDOR was 8086 and DEVICE of 266E and I kept trying all kinds of drivers but none worked. Kept giving me code 10 can't start in device manager.

The solution was to download the AC'97 driver from the www.realtek.tw/downloads webpage.
1) http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/
2) AC'97 Audio Codes (Software)
3) click on the "I accept" button and click on next
4) Choose your operating system:
I chose this:
Vista/Win7 (32/64 bits) Driver only (ZIP file)
5) I downloaded this file:
6305_Vista_Win7_PG537.zip (29.6MB)
6) I unzipped the file and installed it and now it is working.
7) Rebooted just to be sure and still worked.