Ceative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)

[RodA]

Hi,

I have the above audio board fitted and can't get the audio to work since upgrading from WIN98 to XP. I've tried several drivers without success.

Having looked at other questions & answers on this subject it would appear you need my main board details to help, it is:

MSI INC. ALADDIN5 VER:1.0
Bus Clock: 60 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends, Inc. 0626 07/12/95

I'm using XP Home Edition

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Rod

[RodA]

Sorry, the Processor is:

350 Meg AMD K6 3D

[Platypus]

Welcome to WinDrivers, Rod.

MSI could have numerous motherboards based on the ALI Aladdin 5 chipset.

If the system is the one you're going online with you could use MSI Live Update (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download_center.php), or if you'd like to do it manually, and you don't know the model of board, download and install the Everest Home (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html) program and generate a report.

Then you can either post the results of the report here and we can direct you to the drivers, or enter the board model at the above update site.

[CCT]

The Creative Labs download site:

http://www.soundblaster.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads


At this time it doesn't want to work - but maybe sometime it will.

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers RodA

Jeepers why put xp on a computer that old?

If you insist, you can use the windows 2000 drivers for the ES1373 sound... download them here (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_file_record.php?folder=2&kind=1&name=es1373_wdm.exe)

[RodA]

Hi,

I tried the suggestion from NooNoo, sorry, didn't work.

Here's the information from the Everest Home report:

__________________________________________________
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name OEMCOMPUTER

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD K6-2, 350 MHz
Motherboard Name MSI MS-5169 (3 ISA, 4 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1541 ALADDiN 5
System Memory 320 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (07/15/95)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1371) Sound Card

__________________________________________________ ____

In Device Manager it says the audio board is the one I indicated, not the one shown?

Thanks for any suggestions

Rod

[Platypus]

OK, the MS-5169 doesn't have onboard sound, so maybe we're not going to have success with a driver from MSI.

Through the link from CCT, here (http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?MainCategory=1&nRegionFK=&nCountryFK=&nLanguageFK=&sOSName=Windows+XP&region=1&Product_Name=Sound+Blaster+PCI+128&Product_ID=1864&modelnumber=&driverlang=1033&OS=10&drivertype=0&x=24&y=13) should be a suitable driver pack.

As NooNoo has indicated, XP will be something of a slug on that system.
"Bus Clock: 60 megahertz"
Where did this information come from? The board has 66 - 100 MHz bus...

[RodA]

Many thanks, this did the trick, the sounds now working.

Rod

[xpuser357]

Glad to hear it. I did not think XP would even run on your system You have enough ram. but the processor speed is real slow.:wave: