Audio won't start on TP 600

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Originally Posted by MartinS

Hi
Have just upgraded my TP 600 from ME to XP, and then updated all the appropriate drivers/firmware for the OS from the IBM site.
For some reason, the audio won't start (it worked fine under ME), but if you uninstall the drivers and then search for new hardware, it reinstalls itself fine and works, but only until you shut down and restart, at which point it won't start again.
Anyone know why/how to fix this?
Regards
Martin

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Well, I just upgraded my TP600 from W2k to XP, and all the sound stuff worked fine until I made the big mistake and installed some crappy upgrades from IBM support web site. The sound device whatsoever doesn't function anymore, despite all the tricks I've been trying. So I'm going for complete reinstall, since there seems to be no other options anymore.

Rgds, Olli

Welcome to Windrivers Olli

Which ibm upgrades did you install? This information may be very useful to others.

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

Welcome to Windrivers Olli

Which ibm upgrades did you install? This information may be very useful to others.

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My TP 600 type code is 2645-510 according to the sticker and the upgrades were the following (not very old stuff as can be seem from the dates):

- Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management Features for Windows 2004-02-19
- TrackPoint driver for Windows 2000/XP 2003-12-23

After these two the sound device stopped working. Currently, I have no idea why it broke up and how to fix it. The most amazing thing is that it actually worked fine right after the installation, which was actually an upgrade from w2k. Could it be possible that there was be some old driver hanging around from w2k, which got overwritten afterwards?

I also tried following upgrade but it didn't really include anything sound device related: Windows XP Supplement Files 2001-10-18


Rgds, Olli

Hi Olli
Funnily enough, I installed both of those upgrades after I installed XP on my 600, although I not sure if the sound was working before or not - I don't think so, but can't be 100% sure. Anyway, the XP drivers I listed in an earlier post worked for me - install the files and then re-boot - voila, you should now have sound.

http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/86/86338.htm

HTH
Martin

My IBM Thinkpad 600 worked for about 1 year with windows XP.
But after installing a windows update the crystal audio codec and the com 2 didn't work anymore. F* windows updates all the time...
Thanks for the help evrybody, and have much fun listining music and porn movies!

Amando...you know

im having the very same problem with the same drivers + the com2 etc but i cant find the drivers to fix it, can u tell me where to find them or send me them

thanx
jim

Hi Martin,

I'm having exactly the same problem with the same H/W. What driver did you end up using to fix the problem ?

Thanx

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Originally Posted by driver1

Hi Martin,

I'm having exactly the same problem with the same H/W. What driver did you end up using to fix the problem ?

Thanx

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Hi
I installed the attached and all is working perfectly.
Hope this helps you too
Martin

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I can't attach the file, so if you PM me your email address, I will return your message with the drivers attached. Alternatively, you can go to the link in one of my earlier posts, register and download them yourself.
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There is a known issue with the Thinkpad and not enough ports. For some silly reason, they have the sound system taking up a lot of com ports. i have gotten around this issue by disabling the Infared Port. i also check to make sure the serial port and the modem aren't conflicting. This usually works and the sound comes up!