HP Pavilion 515n sound card driver???

[TheHawg]

I reformatted my daughter's Pavilion 515n computer and performed a clean install of Windows xp. I lost the sound. This computer has on board sound as well as a separate sound card with one speaker jack. I need the driver for the separate sound card, I think. The Hardware utility shows the on board sound as working but the card has no driver. I tried disabling the sound card and enabling the on board sound in the bios, but it didn't work.
If I can't find a driver, I will open it up, remove the card, see if that works, if not buy another sound card.
Does anyone know what type sound card this is, and how to get a driver for it.
Thanks,
TheHawg

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers Hawg

here are the hp updates for xp (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?product=307585&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228) I suggest you start with the bios update - but you do so at your own risk.

you have the trigem glendale (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=307585&os=228&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&docname=bph07813) with AD1981A sound.

A quick look at intel produces this driver (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=N&ProductID=785&DwnldID=5582) for your sound.

Why HP never put the sound driver on their site is beyond me!

As far as the separate sound card goes - have a look at the top right hand side, does it have a reference starting CT or SB ? If not, list the numbers/letters on the bigger chips.

[confus-ed]

Why HP never put the sound driver on their site is beyond me!

As far as the separate sound card goes - have a look at the top right hand side, does it have a reference starting CT or SB ? If not, list the numbers/letters on the bigger chips.

So I wrote an answer, & while I'm off checking , if HP were stupid enough to put two sc's in this particular model, Noo sneaks hers in before me ! :p , but they don't anyway, so this card must has been added by someone & most likely it will be a 'soundblaster by creative' & have numbers like Noo references.

[bluesky11355]

Please go to the following web site and download the on-board
sound driver. Save the zip file into your C drive and unzip it.
Then Double click "setup.exe" to install the sound driver.

http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/audio/540a/Vinyl_AudioCodec_V540a.zip

John

[hudsonsmith]

Please go to the following web site and download the on-board
sound driver. Save the zip file into your C drive and unzip it.
Then Double click "setup.exe" to install the sound driver.

http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/audio/540a/Vinyl_AudioCodec_V540a.zip

John
Can you explain why you are suggesting the VIA codec for a board with an Intel 845 chipset and ADI 1981A codec?

[bluesky11355]

Can you explain why you are suggesting the VIA codec for a board with an Intel 845 chipset and ADI 1981A codec?

I got this information from internet. Some one with the same
situation downlowd this driver and it works fine. I used the
same driver for my Pavilion 515n and the speaker works great.
If you cannot find the original driver, this is a good alternative.

Thanks!

-John

[hudsonsmith]

Thanks for the info. Finding drivers for ac97 codecs is a constant challenge.