no sound

**olafj** · June 9th, 2006, 10:01 PM

unable to install sound card (multimedia audio controller) error message = error occured durind installation.......data invallid
system xp pro
sound hercules [email protected]

**Irish Shark** · June 10th, 2006, 12:03 AM

Which one?

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 12:49 AM

game theater xp 7.1

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 01:22 AM

this info might help
[ Unknown / Multimedia Audio Controller ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Multimedia Audio Controller
Hardware ID PCI\VEN_1013&DEV_6003&SUBSYS_00511681&REV_01
Location Information PCI bus 0, device 14, function 0
PCI Device Hercules Game Theater XP 7.1 Audio Accelerator

Device Resources:
IRQ 10
Memory D8800000-D88FFFFF
Memory D9000000-D9000FFF

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PCI / PnP Audio

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device Description Type
Hercules Game Theater XP 7.1 Audio Accelerator PCI

**CCT** · June 10th, 2006, 02:38 AM

http://tinyurl.com/kemhl

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 03:08 AM

yep on board sound is turned of ,prob occured after reinstall of xp pro

**CCT** · June 10th, 2006, 07:20 AM

Did you reinstall any necessary chipset drivers after the XP re-install?

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 07:30 AM

you mean like the via 4 in 1 type? yep
any others i should try

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 07:35 AM

ive done the everest report,what information would be of greatest help?

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 07:51 AM

North Bridge: VIA VT8367 Apollo KT333 ]

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge VIA VT8367 Apollo KT333
Revision 00
Package Type 552 Pin BGA
Package Size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Process Technology 0.22 um
Core Voltage 2.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 4

Memory Controller:
Bank Interleave 4-way

Memory Timings:
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 7T
Command Rate (CR) 2T
Write Recovery Time (tWR) 3T

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #3 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)

AGP Controller:
AGP Version 2.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 Titanium 200T(DH)
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Not Supported
Side Band Addressing Supported, Disabled

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.
Product Information http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets
Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

[ South Bridge: VIA VT8233(A) ]

South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge VIA VT8233(A)
Revision 00
Package Type 376 Pin BGA

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.
Product Information http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets
Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

hope this info helps.went to the via site ,but couldnt work out which of the
xp audio drivers to d/l

**CCT** · June 10th, 2006, 07:55 AM

Helpfull things to identify here are:

mobo manufacturer and model
northbridge
southbridge
sound on board
graphics on board
graphics card
sound card
modem
network
what you have done recently or just before the failure (which you identified already)

As you can see from this site:

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&OSID=1

there are a LOT of drivers for via chipsets under Win XP available.

Same for others like Intel, etc. So information is important.

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 08:05 AM

Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 08/23/2002-VT8367/VT8233A-A7V333
Motherboard Name Asus A7V333

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge VIA VT8367 Apollo KT333
Revision 00
Package Type 552 Pin BGA
Package Size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Process Technology 0.22 um
Core Voltage 2.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 4
South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge VIA VT8233(A)
Revision 00
Package Type 376 Pin BGA

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.

[ Display adapters / NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
Driver Date 14/09/2001
Driver Version 2.1.8.3
Driver Provider NVIDIA
INF File nv4_disp.inf
Hardware ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0201&SUBSYS_2861107D&REV_A3
Location Information PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0
PCI Device Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 Titanium 200T(DH) Video Adapter

Network adapters:
Direct Parallel 5.1.2535.0
Lite-On Communications Compatable PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI) #2 4.56.16.0
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI) #2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
SMC EZ Connect USB/Ethernet Series Converter 2.4.2001.719
SMC EZ Connect USB/Ethernet Series Converter - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (L2TP) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPPOE) 5.1.2535.0
WAN Miniport (PPTP)

**CCT** · June 10th, 2006, 08:19 AM

So now you look at the chipsets and can go to that site I posted above and get the specific drivers for your mobo northbrige KT333 chipset and audio codec for the southbridge VT8233A chipset.

I would also suggest removing the new sound card completely and enabling onboard audio again so you start from scratch.

It might not even hurt to do an XP repair too.

Then, when everythuing is running well as 'stock', start again to disable onboard sound, reboot, shut down, install new card, boot and install.

**Irish Shark** · June 10th, 2006, 10:44 AM

Here is the registry cleaner to uninstall all remnants of the Crystal based card (your new one). And here is the latest driver for the card including the sound bank. Good luck.

**olafj** · June 10th, 2006, 11:07 PM

ok first of all id like to thank all of you for helping me out here ,
i downloaded and tried to install the necessary driver for the nth bridge ,no probs
did the same for the sth bridge but the installer came up with an error "unable to find the necessary h/w...... could not continue .....
dont know why ,what have i missed ??????