Re: Updated driver: IDT Hi Def Audio CODEC: Disabled my Audio device !

Go to Dell's web site - this is a known problem with a solution.

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/ There are also other threads here that address this.


"Per Nermo" <nermo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AEF8E38D-D63B-446E-A570-71C264DA36BD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was encouraged today bt WindowsUpdate to install (yesterday's) optional new version (from Sep 2007 ?) of the "IDT High Definition Audio CODEC" (driver), and having done so, after a system Restart, I got the message "No sound device installed" (and the loudspeaker icon was crossed out red in the System Tray).

I then entered the CP - System - Device handler - Sound device - and 'rolled back' to the previous driver version, then OK'd and immediately my Sound Device was back again, fresh and sound (literally).

How is it that we obviously can not trust Microsoft to provide fully tested software pushed by Windows Update ? What is MS intending to do to avoid problems like this ?

OR: What did I do wrong to experience this ? Did I miss a warning that installing this update might remove my Sound Device ?

Does there exist a means to "re-enable" the Sound Device with the updated driver version installed ?

(I'm running Vista (Home Premium) SP 1 (installed on Apr 18 through WindowsUpdate) on a DELL 9400 Inspiron LapTop)

regards,
Per Nermo
Oslo, Norway

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