Soundmax Trouble

**dancn_dragn171** · April 19th, 2008, 11:52 AM

I have been having the seemingly common "Driver not found!..." error when trying to install SoundMAX. It was all running fine until I decided to update some drivers and accidently uninstalled it.
I've been through a maze of trying to recover my audio (which I have) by hunting for the SIS 7012 driver.
The audio is now working, except only on the rear speakers. I have a 5.1 surround and have run out of ideas.

The best part as this isn't even my computer and I desperately need to recover SoundMAX.

Can some one please help me?

Here are my specs but I still feel like a noob...

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset SiS 761, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (02/27/07)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

**xpuser357** · April 20th, 2008, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by dancn_dragn171

I have been having the seemingly common "Driver not found!..." error when trying to install SoundMAX. It was all running fine until I decided to update some drivers and accidently uninstalled it.
I've been through a maze of trying to recover my audio (which I have) by hunting for the SIS 7012 driver.
The audio is now working, except only on the rear speakers. I have a 5.1 surround and have run out of ideas.

The best part as this isn't even my computer and I desperately need to recover SoundMAX.

Can some one please help me?

Here are my specs but I still feel like a noob...

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset SiS 761, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (02/27/07)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Did you try the one below??

http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/21...-download.html

**dancn_dragn171** · April 20th, 2008, 11:35 PM

Sorry, I have no idea which one to download, I just know which ones I shouldn't.

Thanks alot for taking the time to help me out btw

**xpuser357** · April 21st, 2008, 07:12 AM

I also tried to download your driver and it kept going somewhere else. SO you go into a LOOP. Very Sorry to lead you astray. I will search more later on today. Hopefully someone will find it for you sooner.

**dancn_dragn171** · April 21st, 2008, 01:10 PM

I wish I knew exactly what to look for

**xpuser357** · April 21st, 2008, 06:16 PM

This one works http://www.sis.com/download/download....php?id=155808

**dancn_dragn171** · April 21st, 2008, 10:27 PM

Thanks xpuser, I actually had downloaded the correct driver (I got it from the SiS website) and my sound does work (as I stated in my original post

...however only the rear speakers work.
I have a logitec 5.1 and the fronts control the volume. All I originally wanted was to have SoundMax provide equal volume to all speakers, not just the fronts. Kinda ironic... And now I'm without SoundMax or front volume...

So in device manager I see....

Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
SiS 7012 Audio Driver <<<<
USB Audio Device
Video Codecs

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This okay, oh emm gee?

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name ECS 761GX-M754 (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 761GX, AMD Hammer
System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DIMM1 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)
DIMM2 [ TRIAL VERSION ]
BIOS Type AMI (02/27/07)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter SAPPHIRE Radeon X1550 Series Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter SAPPHIRE Radeon X1550 Series (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X1550 (RV516)
Monitor Generic Television
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Analog Devices AD1888 @ SiS 7012 Audio Device

Any other info needed? :S :S

**dancn_dragn171** · April 22nd, 2008, 12:32 PM

Did that: checked the advanced audio properties, played around with that a bit and its set on 5.1 surround.

I just don't understand why now the sound system is reversed and why the SoundMax is doing the infinite driver loop.

OH, When running the soundmax install, it asks to overwrite existing files...How do I completely uninstall Soundmax to do a fresh install (If that would help at all?)

**dancn_dragn171** · April 23rd, 2008, 01:26 AM

Urghhh! Its not there

But for some reason it continues to show up in the notification area at each start up explaining that the control panel cannot be used. (I see a red line through the icon)

I've tried installing the Realtek AC97 but upon installing it its brought about its own share of problems. I've been trapped in a loop of failed restarts, having to use the last known good config. I tried installing it to see if Soundmax would install afterward, but to no avail

grrrrrr! So I keep having to revert to the SiS 7012 device.

What am I doing wrong here? Before I going through all this and reinstalling the SIS 7012 driver, I did see Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver. I uninstalled that one believing it was clashing with the SIS 7012. The error noted with the microsoft driver was "A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32)"

Was I making a mistake by uninstalling it?

**dancn_dragn171** · April 23rd, 2008, 02:07 PM

O M G

It WORKED!!!!!! that little droid did it! I mean board driver!!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!! Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now...

Thank you so much Xpuser357 and OMGmissinglink for your expertise and taking the time to help me out; you may have just saved me from a most certain death.

(This is my friends computer and I told him he could trust me with it...)

YAYYYYY!!! I'm so relieved now! THANKS AGAIN!