Re: Optional Hardware Update C-Media AC97 Audio Device

Great news. Just to see if the driver MS update wanted to install on my
"server" computer would work, I tried the same update you used. It also
trashed the sound on the computer by creating a bad device name. Put my
sound back in service exactly the same way I said below.

Glad I could help.


"Marge C." <MargeC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9702B517-1C40-49E9-8E24-F649D3162FD8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thank you for the reply. I had no trouble going back to my previous driver
> and all is well. My sound is working well so likely I don't even need
> another
> driver. If it ain't broke don't fix it and so on............
>
> Marge
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>> To attempt to fix the problem, Right click on My Computer, left click on
>> Manage, left click on Device Manager. Scroll down to the Sound, video
>> and
>> game controllers area. You will probably see a yellow exclamation mark on
>> the Sound device. Right click on it and then left click on Properties
>> and
>> then the driver tab. Click on Roll Back Driver. This should put your
>> old
>> driver back in place. Once that is done and the "yellow exclamation"
>> goes
>> away, go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices Properties, click on
>> Volume (if not already the default page) and click on Place volume icon
>> in
>> the taskbar. Click Apply then click again to turn the item back on and
>> click apply again. This should solve your problems.
>>
>> Don't download device drivers from Microsoft in the future. This is one
>> area where they really fall short in providing proper support.
>>
>> Let us know if this helps.
>>
>>
>> "Mr. T" <Mr. T@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2A471D88-FCBA-4A58-B2F9-6DE9AA28D2B8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > After downloading and, apparently, unsuccessfully installing the
>> > optional
>> > hardware update C-Media AC97 Audio Device and rebooting the computer,
>> > the
>> > Sound Properties icon in the taskbar disappears and there is no longer
>> > any
>> > sound. In the Device Manager, the device appears but it has a yellow
>> > icon
>> > with an exclamation point in the center. And, under Properties for this
>> > device, it says: "This device cannot start. (Code 10). It doesn't
>> > appear
>> > there's any conflicts since, under the Resources tab, it says the
>> > device
>> > isn't "using any resources because it has a problem." The drivers
>> > appear
>> > to
>> > be installed but when I run the Add Hardware wizard, it won't
>> > automatically
>> > detect the device and I cannot find the device when trying to manually
>> > install it. The sound device that was previously installed, of which
>> > worked
>> > properly, was Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller.
>> >
>> > The system is running Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002 with
>> > Service
>> > Pack 2.
>> >
>> > If anyone can assist in this problem it would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your time and attention.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>



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