Sound Drivers

melonabusar2 · 04-15-2006, 09:17 PM

Hi. How exactly do I find out what type of sound card I have to know what type of drivers to dl?

shdwsclan · 05-01-2006, 12:48 AM

You have to look inside your computer.
If you have a physical sound card, then you have to remove it...and look for a stamping on the silicon that either has make and model....or just model....or some other numbering or id....which you will have to google to get a full ID.....

If its built into your motherboard.....its a good chance its AC97...but you can always find your motherboard stamping or manufacturer....and then get a driver from them....

If the driver is out-of-print....which is a rarity....
driverguide should have them...registration is free but you get spammed so use an email address that you do have access to but you dont care about....like a hotmail...
Beware of scammers that want you to pay large sums of money for drivers out of print....

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melonabusar2 Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 44	Sound Drivers Hi. How exactly do I find out what type of sound card I have to know what type of drivers to dl?

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05-01-2006, 12:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
shdwsclan Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 337	You have to look inside your computer. If you have a physical sound card, then you have to remove it...and look for a stamping on the silicon that either has make and model....or just model....or some other numbering or id....which you will have to google to get a full ID..... If its built into your motherboard.....its a good chance its AC97...but you can always find your motherboard stamping or manufacturer....and then get a driver from them.... If the driver is out-of-print....which is a rarity.... driverguide should have them...registration is free but you get spammed so use an email address that you do have access to but you dont care about....like a hotmail... Beware of scammers that want you to pay large sums of money for drivers out of print....