1984 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hey all. Decided to put xp on my laptop, reformatted, installed an old version of xp and installed. Everything went perfect, installed all my favorite proggies, updated my xp (using an old version), all is good. One problem. No sound on the laptop. I have tried EVERYTHING! Went to toshiba, intel, conexant, etc. looking for drivers and nothing has worked. I did a lot of reading on the web and many many people have had the same problem with other laptops, and mine in particular with the laptop not recognizing sound systems after upgrading to xp from vista. Has anyone else had this problem, or success in fixing it? I am at my wits end, and prepared to put the vista system back on it and spend the time reorganizing everything even though its a pain. One weird thing is the sound card and modem are intertwined somehow. One quick unrelated question. Any programs that anyone suggests, or any easy way to partition the harddrive prior to a reinstall? I would like to keep the system files on a separate partition from my personal files. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 after upgrading to xp from vista. I don't think Microsoft would appreciate you seeing it that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldog9 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Did you try installing the M$ UAA crap? The internet - Where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 2, 2008 Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2008 Whats the model number of your laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Did you try installing the M$ UAA crap? Tried that and it didnt work. I did see that on another site, but didn't seem to work for me. As for model of my Toshiba, its a P100 PSPADC-MA605C. The specs are in my signature, and i know the audio is conexant. I got it from Futureshop. Stupid drivers. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Tried that and it didnt work. I did see that on another site, but didn't seem to work for me. As for model of my Toshiba, its a P100 PSPADC-MA605C. The specs are in my signature, and i know the audio is conexant. I got it from Futureshop. Stupid drivers. lol Hi 1984, So where do you stand as far as WinXP Home? Pro? SP1? SP2? SP3? I am a "newbie" to all this sound card stuff and such.I learn by trying doing research related to specific problems like yours. It has been interesting.Talldog is right about you need the MS UAA .This is either the KB835221 (for SP1) or the newer KB888111 (for SP1 or SP2). To install the Microsoft UAA driver before the audio driver. Uninstall your current audio driver, then install the UAA driver, then install the audio driver. The new driver may be the Conexant one listed at Talldog's link. SP3 I am still looking into. P.S. Latest I found so far. Once XP SP3 is released, the HD audio hotfix (KB888111) would be installable on XP SP3. Strange solution but seems to work for Toshiba conexant as well.He says not a UAA problem but codecs. http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...5&SiteID=17 davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 3, 2008 Moderators Share Posted July 3, 2008 Maybe try this Google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ill check some of those sites out andavari, i did browse through and try about a dozen different downloads and such to no avail. But i will keep trying. Gotta work 48 hours minimum from now till sunday so i wont have a lot of time to do it till at least monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 k this drove me nuts, i tried like a gazillion drivers, went on forum after forum attempting fixes and finally went back to vista home premium. toshiba has the sound drivers in a file in the c drive, which i shall save if/when i ever attempt an xp install again. for the moment, i am vistified again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 If you can't get any help from the manufacturer or by googling then I would suggest this. For computer problems of any kind I would recommend this forum. It has sub forums for Operating Systems Windows 95/98/ME, Windows XP Home and Professional, Windows NT/2000/2003, Windows Vista, Linux & Unix, Apple/DOS/PDA/Other. Hardware Internal Hardware, External Hardware, System Building and Upgrading. Software Business Applications, Games, All other Applications, Tips and Tricks, Graphics Design and Photo Editing, Audio and Video, Programming. Internet & Networking Web Browsing/Email and Other Internet Applications, Networking, Web Site Development. Security AntiVirus, Firewall and Privacy Products and Protection Methods, Windows Defender, Am I infected? What do I do? Breaking Virus & Security News, Security Updates, HijackThis Logs and Malware Removal, Spyware and Malware Removal Guides and Reading Room. Bleeping Computer Applications and Guides Tutorials, Windows Startup Programs Database, Mini guides and how-tos - Simple answers to common questions. General Topics General Chat, Introductions, New User Orientation, The Speak Easy, Forum Games, News, Photo Albums, Images, and Videos, Bleeping Computer Announcements, Comments, & Suggestions, Tests and Scribbles. I've been a member there for 18 months and its very good but they don't like you mensioning CCleaner I've been told off for doing that. They don't promote any type of registry editing. I have to PM each individual with the CCleaner and Recuva info. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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