cmi8330 XP

[foxyloxy]

Right now my computer does not recognize my sound card CM18330. I have been to windowsxp-drivers.com and have found many downloads for the driver, however, when I try to open a sys. or drv. file it does not know what to do and asks me to find something to open it with. Help, what do I do? (I'm running XP)

[TripleRLtd]

Right now my computer does not recognize my sound card CM18330. I have been to windowsxp-drivers.com and have found many downloads for the driver, however, when I try to open a sys. or drv. file it does not know what to do and asks me to find something to open it with. Help, what do I do? (I'm running XP)

Hi and welcome to WinDrivers Foxy!
It really helps us to know the specs of your PC.
Make, model number, motherboard, etc.
With what you are giving I am wondering if this is onboard sound versus a separate card.
How old is the computer and did sound work before?
Or, did you just put in a new sound card?
Either way, you are now in the right place for drivers and troubleshooting.
Also, I am not sure what you mean by "when I try to open a sys. or drv. file it does not know what to do" .
Is the file extension (that's the xxxxx.doc or xxxxx.zip thingy) for your download xxxx.exe or xxxx.zip?
More info always helps and we will get to the bottom of this.

[DocPC]

Open device manager. See if there are any ? or ! in sound, video, and game controllers. If so, right click and choose properties. Update driver. Point it to the file you have downloaded. See if it is the correct one.

[TripleRLtd]

Open device manager. See if there are any ? or ! in sound, video, and game controllers. If so, right click and choose properties. Update driver. Point it to the file you have downloaded. See if it is the correct one.

First she would have to unpack the download Doc, right?

[DocPC]

First she would have to unpack the download Doc, right?

If we are seeing a .sys, .drv, .inf, it's already open. Check the first post.

[TripleRLtd]

If we are seeing a .sys, .drv, .inf, it's already open. Check the first post.

But is it (and I did read it):

asks me to find something to open it with

Listen, lets just wait for foxy:
I prefer not to be in your hall of Infamy

[foxyloxy]

Open device manager. See if there are any ? or ! in sound, video, and game controllers. If so, right click and choose properties. Update driver. Point it to the file you have downloaded. See if it is the correct one.

I opened device manager. my sound and game controllers were ok, listed things like Audio Codecs, Video Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video, Uni-Modem Half-Duples. There was another part of that list that said Other Devices which had a ? and 4 ?'s below it.

[TripleRLtd]

I opened device manager. my sound and game controllers were ok, listed things like Audio Codecs, Video Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video, Uni-Modem Half-Duples. There was another part of that list that said Other Devices which had a ? and 4 ?'s below it.

Those codec are actually MicroSoft ones for sound.
The ones with ?'s are what we need to "fix".
What do they say?
If not a name, answer my previous post.

[foxyloxy]

Hi and welcome to WinDrivers Foxy!
It really helps us to know the specs of your PC.
Make, model number, motherboard, etc.
With what you are giving I am wondering if this is onboard sound versus a separate card.
How old is the computer and did sound work before?
Or, did you just put in a new sound card?
Either way, you are now in the right place for drivers and troubleshooting.
Also, I am not sure what you mean by "when I try to open a sys. or drv. file it does not know what to do" .
Is the file extension (that's the xxxxx.doc or xxxxx.zip thingy) for your download xxxx.exe or xxxx.zip?
More info always helps and we will get to the bottom of this.

It was a hand-me down, I don't really know much about it, I'm no computer wiz. The sound worked before but someone just cleaned it all up and put this darn xp on it. It's a built-in sound card, I guess that means it's not a card. I went to the following site to try to find a driver it http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/companies/19/222.htm. I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to use. All of them bring me to DriverGuide.com. i logged in, downloaded one of the zip files. Once it was on my computer it gave me 3 files --- an inf. and to sys. files the info one was fine and told me how to download it, the othjer 2 (.sys) nmy computer couldn't open because it didn't know what to open it with. All I want is sound!!

[TripleRLtd]

It was a hand-me down, I don't really know much about it, I'm no computer wiz. The sound worked before but someone just cleaned it all up and put this darn xp on it. It's a built-in sound card, I guess that means it's not a card. I went to the following site to try to find a driver it http://www.windowsxp-drivers.com/companies/19/222.htm. I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to use. All of them bring me to DriverGuide.com. i logged in, downloaded one of the zip files. Once it was on my computer it gave me 3 files --- an inf. and to sys. files the info one was fine and told me how to download it, the othjer 2 (.sys) nmy computer couldn't open because it didn't know what to open it with. All I want is sound!!

Alright!!
Now we are getting somewhere.
Is this a name brand PC?
If so, give us the maker and model number.
Also, as Doc says, go to Control Panel/System/hardware/Device Managere and tell us what you see under Sound.

[DocPC]

Or other devices......do what I said earlier and point the Unknwon devices to the download.

[TripleRLtd]

Or other devices......do what I said earlier and point the Unknwon devices to the download.

YES!!!
Right click and choose update driver and point to your downloaded *.inf file.

[foxyloxy]

Or other devices......do what I said earlier and point the Unknwon devices to the download.

When I right-click and go to update driver, I want the wizard to install from a list or specific location and include in my search the file where my .zip is which I put in My Documents. In the folder it shows a zipped folder with 4 things inside, a .txt, an inf., an 2 - .sys. When it tried to update the device, it still said it couldn't find anything. I f someone has checked out the site a wrote earlier, which one should I be downloading from the list?

[foxyloxy]

Alright!!
Now we are getting somewhere.
Is this a name brand PC?
If so, give us the maker and model number.
Also, as Doc says, go to Control Panel/System/hardware/Device Managere and tell us what you see under Sound.

Should there be a logo on it? I'm sorry, I really have no clue. It says Micro A/I Systems. Home-made??

[TripleRLtd]

Should there be a logo on it? I'm sorry, I really have no clue. It says Micro A/I Systems. Home-made??

That is ok.
Sounds like a compatible IBM clone.
So, now go to those quesion marks and right click and choose "update driver" and when it asks for the location, point it to your downloaded driver.
If it does not recoginize it as an appropriate driver, then you have downloaded the wrong one.
Let us know.
Doc can take it from here!!!