My system (Gateway MT3715c) was recently invaded by viruses and I had to re-format the system. The audio and video files were among the affected ones. I searched the net for another download but could not get the drivers for Windows XP, only those for vista are available which I downloaded but it's of no use since I'm running XPPro on my system.
If anyone on the forum know how I can get one, kindly help.
Open Device Manager, then right click an unknown ! or ? device, then Properties, then the Details tab, and finally choose Hardware Ids from the dropdown menu. It should show something like this: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_00000100 for the Sigmatel audio device. Post the information for your device and we may be able to find a driver for XP.
You should be able to find the graphics drivers at ati.com.
Thanks for you assistance. I downloaded the file but it still did not work with the system. Moreover this is a graphic file, the audio file is not included. Below is the message displayed.
"Setup did not find a driver compatible with your current hardware or operating system. Setup will exit now".
Leczy, since your laptop shipped with Vista and the support page doesn't offer XP drivers, one solution that usually works is to install the sound driver intended for another Gateway computer that was sold with XP, that uses the same hardware.
The STHDA.INF file inside indicates that it should work with your HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7690 sound hardware. There may be a catch though. If you have XP SP3, it may not install unless we fool it into thinking you have SP2.
Let us know what XP service pack you have, and exactly what errors you see (if any) trying to install this.
"This version of Intel Audio Studio does not support the board detected. For list of boards supported by the upgrade version of Intel Audio Studio, please refer to http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd.
Also the version of service pack 3 on the system is: 5..2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600.
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