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Thank you Rock,Freddie,Captain Roberts,Peter Foldes and Peter
Thanks for your input guys.
I still feel agrieved as I was quite happy with the drivers I had under XP and it is Vista that disabled them. I bought an Xmod but my 5.1 speakers dont have a 3.5mm line in socket so on top of £50 for the Xmod I am looking for £40 - £50 for replacement speakers. Whatever MS did with Vista has also disabled the control software for my on board sound chip so I cannot reliably default to that option. One final point, do a simple google search for Vista sound drivers and you will be amazed how few pop up as available. Most of the search results are problems and cries for help. If you also search for Vista compatible soundware, there is not alot out there that gaurantees compatibility. MS with all there research resources should have been able to build in forward compatibility for such a basic home user needs like soundcards but especially UNIVERSAL serial bus controllers Thanks for listening Graeme |
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Thank you Rock,Freddie,Captain Roberts,Peter Foldes and Peter
GraemeMarshall,
Is it possible to find an adapter plug to convert your previous connection to 3.5mm? Take a look to determine whether such gizmo is available. Just a thought. -- freddy "GraemeMarshall" wrote: Thanks for your input guys. I still feel agrieved as I was quite happy with the drivers I had under XP and it is Vista that disabled them. I bought an Xmod but my 5.1 speakers dont have a 3.5mm line in socket so on top of £50 for the Xmod I am looking for £40 - £50 for replacement speakers. Whatever MS did with Vista has also disabled the control software for my on board sound chip so I cannot reliably default to that option. One final point, do a simple google search for Vista sound drivers and you will be amazed how few pop up as available. Most of the search results are problems and cries for help. If you also search for Vista compatible soundware, there is not alot out there that gaurantees compatibility. MS with all there research resources should have been able to build in forward compatibility for such a basic home user needs like soundcards but especially UNIVERSAL serial bus controllers Thanks for listening Graeme |
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Thank you Rock,Freddie,Captain Roberts,Peter Foldes and Peter
Cheers freddy
looking at logitech game console adapter -- better still, kids might buy me altec lansing 5.1 speakers for fathers day ! thanks Graeme "freddy" wrote: GraemeMarshall, Is it possible to find an adapter plug to convert your previous connection to 3.5mm? Take a look to determine whether such gizmo is available. Just a thought. -- freddy "GraemeMarshall" wrote: Thanks for your input guys. I still feel agrieved as I was quite happy with the drivers I had under XP and it is Vista that disabled them. I bought an Xmod but my 5.1 speakers dont have a 3.5mm line in socket so on top of £50 for the Xmod I am looking for £40 - £50 for replacement speakers. Whatever MS did with Vista has also disabled the control software for my on board sound chip so I cannot reliably default to that option. One final point, do a simple google search for Vista sound drivers and you will be amazed how few pop up as available. Most of the search results are problems and cries for help. If you also search for Vista compatible soundware, there is not alot out there that gaurantees compatibility. MS with all there research resources should have been able to build in forward compatibility for such a basic home user needs like soundcards but especially UNIVERSAL serial bus controllers Thanks for listening Graeme |