Big problem - Soundcard reqiures vista drivers

**djst4nley** · July 7th, 2008, 08:28 AM

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.

**CeeBee** · July 7th, 2008, 09:17 AM

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

**djst4nley** · July 7th, 2008, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by CeeBee

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

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

**geoscomp** · July 7th, 2008, 10:24 AM

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

**NooNoo** · July 7th, 2008, 12:03 PM

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.

**djst4nley** · July 7th, 2008, 02:40 PM

Thanks guys, working perfect. Really appreciate the help.

Bob Dylan here I come!

**NooNoo** · July 7th, 2008, 02:41 PM

Anytime!

**Samuel King** · July 28th, 2008, 07:13 AM

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

**Samuel King** · July 28th, 2008, 07:17 AM

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!