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No sound with "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio"
Using a Thinkpad Z60m, executed vanilla installation from an OEM CD of
Vista Business 32 Bit (this was no upgrade installation!!). This machine usually running XP. From this I know that sound device is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio" AnalogDevices Drivers there work smoothly. Any ideas how I get this thing to work? Thanks in advance rob* |
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No sound with "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio"
Roland Semmebraesl schrieb:
Using a Thinkpad Z60m, executed vanilla installation from an OEM CD of Vista Business 32 Bit (this was no upgrade installation!!). This machine usually running XP. From this I know that sound device is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio" AnalogDevices Drivers there work smoothly. Any ideas how I get this thing to work? Thanks in advance rob* Fogot to mention: Instead of a working SoundMAX device Vista tells me, that there is a digital output device (SPDIF) mapped when looking into sound aplet under system control. The speaker itself has a small red arrow pointing down saying that a High Definition Audio-Device is not connected. |
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No sound with "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio"
Hey there Roland,
According to IBMs support website, the audio driver for the Z60m should be a native driver for Vista. BUT! If you're having that kind of a problem, you can try the XP driver from he http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-62855 I'm going to preface this by saying that this is not a vista supported driver, and of course if it blows up the machine, don't kill me. But I've had to use XP drivers to get hardware working before. Also, if the installer crashes, you might have to run it in compatibility mode for XPSP2. Usually that's a problem with the installer itself and not the driver. Let me know how it goes. Best Regards, Will "Roland Semmebraesl" wrote: Roland Semmebraesl schrieb: Using a Thinkpad Z60m, executed vanilla installation from an OEM CD of Vista Business 32 Bit (this was no upgrade installation!!). This machine usually running XP. From this I know that sound device is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio" AnalogDevices Drivers there work smoothly. Any ideas how I get this thing to work? Thanks in advance rob* Fogot to mention: Instead of a working SoundMAX device Vista tells me, that there is a digital output device (SPDIF) mapped when looking into sound aplet under system control. The speaker itself has a small red arrow pointing down saying that a High Definition Audio-Device is not connected. |
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No sound with "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio"
Hello Will,
thanks for reply. Having (had... mumble maybe I still do have, but don't knowing, yet) that BUT! *:x Ok I did what you did suggest. Loaded the old soundMAX drivers for 2000/XP. Seems to work. At least sound is there, now. After first login I got: "No ADI codec driver is installed" Googled somewhat. Another guy had similar result with his Thinkpad X41. He went into Device Manager, opened up the SoundMax Integrated Audio device and let Windows search for an updated driver online. The check at my Z60m opposed to the mentioned poster told me, that drivers are up to date. I rebooted the system - tried relogin. Viola no error message anymore. For those reading this and want the source of the X41 post: http://sbreck.blogspot.com/2007/01/v...41-tablet.html Some MS bashing This is poor what Microsoft is doing. They provide an upsizing tool and it says no problem at all. It is poor from IBM/Lenovo, too to state out, that sound device is supported by Vista itself (source: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...IGR-61506.html) I am really angry about MS and their Hotline. During the phone call they cutted the line with a strange voice message from their inhouse telephone system while I was speaking with the service guy. Very unpolite. Looking at their website I found if sending them an e-mail for getting help for their own crappy Vista product, this costs 72 Euro (at the moment around 130 USD). This is nearly the price of a Vista Business OEM Licence. Hey folks @MS this is a great business strategy you are following. I hope that customers will throw your products completely out of their business over time. I predict you will following the Novell way. This is no correct business behaviour. If you sell a product - if OEM or not does not matter - and it does not fully function, and customers having significant troubles with it, then you have to provide free help to your customers. Otherwise you may not get money for this. Some MS bashing/ Anyways. Until now I did not find unwanted side effects. But I did not activate this VistaBusiness licence, yet. I will not doing so for some time. Found he http://www.winpage.info/pages/Vista/...hp?printpage=1 that it is possible to renew the testing period up to 120 days. For this you have to open up a command window as administrator and running there the command: slmgr.vbs -rearm The writer of this post says, that this procedure can be repeated three times. William Anderson schrieb: Hey there Roland, According to IBMs support website, the audio driver for the Z60m should be a native driver for Vista. BUT! If you're having that kind of a problem, you can try the XP driver from he http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-62855 I'm going to preface this by saying that this is not a vista supported driver, and of course if it blows up the machine, don't kill me. But I've had to use XP drivers to get hardware working before. Also, if the installer crashes, you might have to run it in compatibility mode for XPSP2. Usually that's a problem with the installer itself and not the driver. Let me know how it goes. Best Regards, Will "Roland Semmebraesl" wrote: Roland Semmebraesl schrieb: Using a Thinkpad Z60m, executed vanilla installation from an OEM CD of Vista Business 32 Bit (this was no upgrade installation!!). This machine usually running XP. From this I know that sound device is "SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio" AnalogDevices Drivers there work smoothly. Any ideas how I get this thing to work? Thanks in advance rob* Fogot to mention: Instead of a working SoundMAX device Vista tells me, that there is a digital output device (SPDIF) mapped when looking into sound aplet under system control. The speaker itself has a small red arrow pointing down saying that a High Definition Audio-Device is not connected. |