Big problem - Soundcard reqiures vista drivers

Hey everyone.

Purchased this sexy desktop PC from Dell (Inspiron Desktop 530) came and worked great. However it had Vista on it which I personally really dislike. I formatted and gave it a fresh XP install, however now the sound doesn't work. Upon looking at the Dell drivers website under Inspiron Desktop 530 I download the drivers for my sound card, however it says something along the liens of "this must be run under Windows Vista"

Any idea? I know I don't!

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks, Stan.

Looks like you downloaded the Vista drivers, not XP drivers...

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Originally Posted by CeeBee

Looks like you downloaded the Vista drivers, not XP drivers...

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Yeh the dell website dosnt have any xp drivers. Even under selecting OS:XP the drivers are still the same (vista)

try the realtek one on this page:
http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=211836

XP Sound drivers from Dell

There is a drop down box - it's default is Vista, but XP is there too... sound drivers are under the audio section. Creative X-Fi or Realtek, depending on whether you paid for the posh sound or not.

Thanks guys, working perfect. Really appreciate the help.

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Anytime!

i installed a windows vista on my samsung desktop computer, and there is no sound playing. instead the device manager reads multimedia audio controller!

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Originally Posted by Samuel King

i installed a windows vista on my samsung desktop computer, and there is no sound playing. instead the device manager reads multimedia audio controller!

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Welcome to WinDrivers, Samuel.

What is the model number of your system?