Multimedia Audio Controller

The option restore my sound driver wasn't available with this link. I
searched the other things on the page and didn't see the driver I needed. Do
you have anything else I could try?

I don't see where the software/driver recovery program is on my PC as the
instructions are for a Compaq computer and I have an HP. Do you have any
other options? Thanks so much!

I checked the site like you said, and right - everything except an
audio driver.

If you don't have a CD with drivers supplied, or they're not in a
folder on your computer (hidden?), then try this:

Download the freeware system info utility Everest here:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...-Edition.shtml

Install and run it. You should be able to see your sound card listed.
Look in Computer => Summary and then scroll down on the right to
Multimedia. It will give you the name and model, etc. (e.g. VIA
AC'97). Write this down.
There may also be a clickable link (in blue and then green) to the
manufacturer's website where you may find the correct driver.

You can also use Microsoft's built-in system info tool by going to
Start => Run and typing in "msinfo32" {without the quotes}.
Go to Components => Multimedia => Sound Device
Check the specs there too.

Although the page uses both Compaq/HP names and graphics, it clearly states at the
top of the page above figure 1:
<quote>
This document applies to HP desktop PCs that shipped with Windows 95, 98, Me, and XP.
This document explains how to restore an original software program or driver using
the HP application recovery process.
</quote>

Also if you look on the left of the page at the top of the menu it states your HP
model. HP bought out Compaq many years ago and they've been mixing them together in
their help and support.

See if this link helps:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00834921

I accidentally erased my multimedia audio controller while getting rid of
unwanted files I didn't know that file was my sound, now I have no sound I
only get a beep here once in a while. I have tried re installing it several
times through control panel but it says the hareware is not there. What can I
do to get it back or where can I download it. Please someone help me if you
can. My laptop is an Acer (ASPIRE 3000)

Can you help me out? I need the multimedia audio controller. I have a FUJITSU
SIEMENS CELSIUS R610. With a Tyan Computer Corporation S26361-D1357 G
motherboard.

I have a AMD Athlon(tm)XP 2500+ 1.85GHz, 5412MB of Ram. Installed Windows XP
Home and now I have no sound. System Other Devices shows error on multimedia
Audio controller. Can anyone please advise how to solve this problem.

Install the drivers supplied with your motherboard & other hardware, or
those from the PC makers site if a large OEM eg Dell/HP

It is a good thing you didn't tell us what make and model of
computer, or make and model of motherboard this is. Now, we
cannot give you any detailed reply. I am frustrated too.

just rebooted my computer and installed windows xp, like the most posts
i've read, i am also having an yellow question mark next to the multimedia
audio controller and video controller

Find your mother board drivers cd, and install the drivers.
if these cards are seperate ie seperate cards for video and sound, then you
need to find the drivers for them.

I can see Sound and Video entries on the left sidebar here.
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...&advsrch=False

If it was my computer, I'd get a copy of Everest or Sisoftware
Sandra, and list the hardware there. Then, knowing the brand
and model of the various extra items, track down drivers
from there.

Everest Free (up to date versions sold on the lavalys.com web site)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

For built-in sound ("Multimedia Audio Controller"), the Dell link
above is definitely the best source. Those driver downloads tend
to be a bit custom in nature, and there isn't a single Analog
Devices driver that handles everything. So tracking down
built-in sound can be a pain, and using the Dell link is
the easiest alternative.

But for other things that take the form of "add-in" cards,
like if there was an ATI video card in a video card slot,
then going to the ATI site might give you a driver.

Video can also be built-in, but if you can figure out the
make and model of the chipset on the motherboard, then
the chipset maker may have some nice drivers for the
hardware.

Dell may have a lot of the stuff, if you can go through their
list and figure out what file you should be downloading
and using.

For the modem, "PCI modem" doesn't mean anything to us, and
there are a gazillion brands/models of modems out there.
The Dell list may be the best source for that one as well.

Knowing and understanding just what hardware is in the computer,
is still important, as the Dell list may contain more drivers
than there is hardware in your computer. If the computer had some
optional hardware, drivers for it may be in the Dell list. So
the user still needs to know what is inside the computer, to
intelligently select drivers to try.

Since its a Dell its probably a waste of time looking anywhere but Dell

Ask Dell.

Go to their website and then select Support. When prompted, put in
your system's Service Tag (it's on a label on the case somewhere).
You will be presented, at that point, with just about EVERYTHING you
could need in terms of downloads, drivers, and support for your
computer.

i just rebooted my computer and installed windows xp, like the most posts
i've read, i am also having an yellow question mark next to the multimedia
audio controller and video controller (VGA compatible)
My Device instance id is
PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_53321462&REV_A0\3&61AAA01&0&17

is there anything else you guys need to determine the manufacturer? what
should i do??

One of our WinXP SP2 machines is showing this (yellow question mark) in
Device Manager (don't know how this this has gone on, staff member told me
this a.m.). Tried searches on google, but keep getting pointed to for-pay
driver sites, so reinstalled SP2, no change. Upgraded firmware for the
Intel 82801 AC'97 portion -- no change.

Can someone point me to a resource to correct this?

You should have received a CD with drivers. That or go to the
manufacturer and see if they have drivers for these parts. At least you
know they are the sound card and video card. Most people don't even
know what cards are missing drivers.

XP does not support all hardware. Its the responsibility of the hardware
maker to do that. If the hardware is part of the board, then MSI is the
board maker and they may have them. If the sound or video are plug in
cards then you're on your own, but the same thing applies, you have to
get device drivers installed.

Audio drivers are often part of the 'chipset' drivers for the motherboard.
To see if you can fix a device showing a bang, or exclamation point, the
best first try is to uninstall the driver, and restart to load it again
automatically.

Good idea, but there's no driver to uninstall and a reboot had no effect.

I would contact the maker of the motherboard for the chipset drivers.

If you need to identify this device (in order to download
and instal up to date drivers) it may help to run free
diagnostics from www.belarc.com
which identify most hardware devices as well as software.

This worked for me, might be worth a try if u still stuck......
go to 'START' (bottom left of desktop, greenish button)
click on 'Help and Support'
on right hand side of this window, find 'Pick a Task"
(shud b option 3)
click on 'Undo changes to your pc with System Restore' (hopefully yr pc has
this option)...
a calendar window shud appear with dates of programme software changes in
bold script on days........the trick here is to remember which day u deleted
your
audio by accident, choose the day before that and reset the computer -
unfortunately you will lose all programme software loaded after that date,
but u can
easily restore if needed.

If you have sound on everything else, try enabling the MP3 and WMA file
types in Windows Media Player.

You may have to show the Classic Menus.

Show or hide the Classic Menus in Windows Media Player
The Classic Menus (previously known as the menu bar) provide you access to
most of the Player functions. They are hidden by default.

Although many of the functions in the Classic Menus also appear in the
drop-down menus below the Now Playing, Library, Rip, Burn, and Sync tabs,
you might want to show the Classic Menus to access the less frequently used
commands that only appear on the File, View, Play, Tools, and Help menus.

To show the Classic Menus
a.. Do one of the following:

a.. Right-click an empty area of the taskbar (such as the area to the
left of the Now Playing tab) or an empty area to the left or right of the
playback controls, and then click Show Classic Menus.

b.. Press CTRL+M.

To hide the Classic Menus
a.. Do one of the following:

a.. Click the View menu, and then click Classic Menus.

b.. Press CTRL+M.

Enable the file types.
Tools < Options, File type tab.

checked the file types ........ they're all selected........ still no audio
on mp3 or wma..... any other suggestions?

The only other idea I have is to hunt around in the audio configuration in
your sound card settings.

I don't have any idea why only MP3 and WMA files would be affected.

Both types of files are Pulse-code modulation files.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCM

If you have Digital only output selected for SPDIF out, that would explain
your condition.
You should select both Digital and Analog output from SPDIF.

Digital only is AC3 (Dolby Digital) encoding. PCM is not AC3 output.

Your best bet is to visit the Gateway web site and see if they still have
drivers for that PC. If yes, then you should install the audio driver and
then you'll be fine. If not, then you'll need to buy an audio board (fairly
cheap these days).

You need to install the drivers for your sound card. You can't update them
because you need to install them first. Or if you did try to install them
but were unsuccessful, they are probably the wrong drivers. Without exact
error messages and no computer specs, that's as specific as I can be. Read
through this general information about drivers:

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer
(HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model
machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor or System Information for Windows.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

I'm sorry you took my iteration of the advice as a personal affront. It was
not meant so.

If you seriously can't find your drivers on eMachines' website, call their
tech support. I don't know what else to tell you. The source for the
drivers is eMachines.

I reinstalled my home pc to factory date because of problems now i have a
yellow question mark .. saying my multimedia audio device is not installed.
Can you help me please ihave no sounds. Thanks in advance.

You need to load the onboard sound drivers, if they are not on CD that came
with the motherboard, then you need to visit the web site of the MB
manufacturer and download them (or search the net for them).

Have you installed the chipset installation utility for youre board,the
latest
version intel offers isnt always the best,download from "desktop boards" from
thier list..Also,is the integrated sound controller activated in the
BIOS...Also,while
youre at intel,update youre network drivers,intel is at v13.5

The board uses a STAC9227 according to the user manual.

http://download.intel.com/support/mo...d5601101us.pdf

Latest drivers are here. Select WinXP x64 to find downloads.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...ProductID=2377

There are two driver packages. The second one includes support
for Intel Audio Studio (whatever that is).

Audio: IDT* 92XX Driver (19357KB)

Audio: IDT* 92XX Driver (24366KB) "...Includes Intel Audio Studio."

Both packages are Installshield installers. One of them
simply unzips into a folder at the same level as the EXE.
So you can look at the files, to see what is included.
The second one, you cancel the installer after the
files are unzipped, and then you can look at the files.

Both packages have a HDAQFE folder. That contains the
various versions of Microsoft UAA driver. The STAC9227
driver runs on top of UAA, so a working UAA is necessary to
make it work. That is why Intel includes the HDAQFE folder,
so the UAA installer is available.

The "win2k3" folder contains kb901105.exe. kb901105 is suitable
for both Win2k3 and WinXP x64, as noted here. The Intel installer
should be loading one driver from the HDAQFE folder, so the
STAC portion of the driver package can work.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901105

If no amount of installing and uninstalling of
these packages is working, you can try this.

*******
1)Go in safe mode

2)Disable the HD audio device under Sound Video Games
controllers, do not uninstall it here!

3)Disable under the system devices "Microsoft UAA bus driver for high
definition audio", do not uninstall it here!

4)Now uninstall the "Microsoft UAA bus driver for high definition audio"
(via this device manager in safe mode), the HD audio device will then
also be uninstalled automatically

5)Install the latest driver for your motherboard.

Step (5) would mean using one of the two packages from the Intel
site. If you plan on using Intel Audio Studio, you'd
select the second one.
*******

Please report back, what procedure worked or did not work,
so other people can benefit.

ftp://ftp.tyan.com/Audio/AD1981/

Look at the mother board not I couldn't get my R610 audio working until I found the correct driver indicated above. My mother board is the same model you indicated above according to the fujitsu-siemens software tool but on the board it is etched as S2665 which requires the above drive. I just installed it works.

Hi, Mike....having the same problem. You mentioned to, " ... go to the
Windows Update site and letting the site look for drivers you need. It's in
a
list of sections of update, on the left." I could not find the part of the
site that would look for the drivers I needed. Can you tell me where it is
relocated? Thanks.

Hi i hav been here all day in front of this computer tryin to get this sorted
for the sound on this computer pretty much now got it......
But i need a little help i cant find my multimedia audio controller driver
and i hav no idea where the original disks are for this computer as its my
mothers.
Is there anywhere i can get the driver without these disks?

Thats great it helped but im still havin trouble findin it exactly after
runnin the belarc to see what it was i checked the computer mftr.s website
earlier and couldnt find the driver there.
i have an e-machines t2240 and its got the sound onboard and its an intel
corp
and i was looking on the intel corp website and couldnt find it either as
its not specific to wat board i hav mayb im just being stupid.lol. any chance
u can give just tht wee bit extra help in findin it.

[puk284]

I reformatted my computer yesterday, and now im missing my multimedia audio controller and video controller (VGA compatible) drivers. i seem to have lost my cd, and i was wondering if i could download the drivers off the internet.
i'm not sure exactly which drivers i need, but i ran belarc advisor, and had the following results:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-8S661FXM-775
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F3 03/15/2005
Drives Memory Modules c,d
200.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
162.57 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B [CD-ROM drive]
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST3200827A [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 4ND22Q69, rev 3.AAD, SMART Status: Healthy
USB2.0 Flash Disk USB Device (1.04 GB) -- drive 1 992 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 31.45 GB 25.46 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 83.89 GB 72.87 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 0) 84.70 GB 64.24 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 25/04/2009 4:56:00 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Canon MP210 series Printer on USB001
HP LaserJet 6L on LPT1:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
SiS PCI IDE Controller
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller None detected
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (3x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller None detected
Communications Other Devices

SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.2 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: 00:0F:EA:D7:CF:36

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.1
Canon MP210 ser
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (4x)

i'm not sure what that means exactly, so any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated.

If you made no changes - software or hardware - since yesterday, first try a
System Restore back to when things worked (yesterday or the day before).

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

If that doesn't help, then reinstall your sound card drivers. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer
(HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model
machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor or System Information for Windows.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

If a System Restore and installing the drivers doesn't work, your sound card
may have died. If you have a desktop machine, you can replace the sound
card with a new one. They are quite inexpensive. If this is a laptop, it
would need to go back to the laptop mftr. for repairs.

It really depends on what kind of sound solution it is, as
to what the potential issues might be.

To give an example, I have a PCI sound card (fits in that
area on the back of the computer with the slots side by side),
and that card makes intermittent connections to the PCI bus.
If I plug the 1/8" plug into the green jack a bit too hard,
the card shifts just enough in the socket to make a bad
connection. Then Windows can no longer see the card.
I have to reseat it, and tighten up the faceplate screw
again (with the power plug pulled from the computer), before
it will work again. (It is a $7 sound card, so I don't have
great expectations of it.)

Check Device Manager and see if any "unknown" or yellow marked
devices have shown up in its place.

If the sound is integrated into the motherboard (and the green
jack is located in the I/O plate area on the back of the computer),
then if the sound disappears there, it could be the chip that
has died. In a case like that, I might boot an alternate OS
and test the hardware there. I use a Knoppix Linux CD as a bootable
OS, to do a test like that. Linux doesn't make such testing easy,
for a person who is unfamiliar with where the "control knobs"
might be hiding. Everything you try in Linux, costs days and
days of wasted time. (Took three days to get minimal functionality
from a webcam, and it still doesn't work that well. Took a solid
week of work, to get a piece of software equivalent to MCE, to work.)
One fortunate feature of Knoppix, is there is a boot time
announcement that the Knoppix CD attempts to play through the
computer speakers, so if you hear that, you know it is working :-)

Here's your drivers
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...t=xp#anchor_os

See if this helps
http://www.user-guides.co.uk/downloa...p-drivers.html