Re: Audio help!

Maybe you are not screwed.

You need to install the Sony Motherboard driver for the Audio chip.
You want this one:
SigmaTel® High Definition Audio Device Driver

The everything for Microsoft Media Center 2005 OS. ( Windows XP Pro SP2)
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNFE550G&UpdateType=Everything&SelectOS=16

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"Erin" <Erin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good evening. I'm new here and also not great with computers, so forgive
me
if i'm asking something that most would consider so simple. Alright here's
my
story:

I bought a Sony VAIO VGN-FE550G back last February (2006) and was
extremely
happy with it. About 6 months in, things started going downhill FAST. My
CD-Drive went out completely but I didn't think anything about it because
I
never used it. I had to reformat it probably close to 4 times in the last
8
months but always used the System Restore, so everything was always as it
was
in the beginning. It started messing up beyond just restoring it, so I
bought
a brand new hard drive and cd-drive. I just installed the two yesterday
and
got Windows up and running. The computer was originally bought with XP
Media
Center but honestly, I didn't use anything on it except your basic
Internet
Explorer so the whole Media Center thing didn't matter to me. Keeping this
in
mind yesterday, I installed XP Pro. I just figured it'd be better because
I
wouldn't have to worry about all of those annoying programs coming
pre-installed with Media Center. Everything was working fine until I
realized
a MAJOR problem: My audio wasn't working. It would play the basic system
sounds but no music or audio from videos. I went to the Volume Control and
it
tells me I have no mixer device. I looked it up online and tried a few
different "solutions" but nothing fixed it. I finally called Sony and they
told me, quite rudely might I add, that I screwed it all up by not
reinstalling MCE and that I should contact Microsoft hoping for a generic
driver for Pro because otherwise, i'm screwed.

So after all of my rambling and telling my entire life story it seems
(hehe), do any of you know of a generic driver or a quick fix for my
problem?
Any tips would be so great!

Thanks a ton!


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