I know this belongs in the sound forum but I need Help & I need it now Please...........
Ive never built a pc that has had onbord sound & if they did I just disabled it & installed a SB or some add on SC
Well I got myself into a Pickle... a friend of mine asked me if I could Install an OS for his Pc wich is a Compaq 7470, It had a virus that filled up his HD.
It had WinME on it & I thought a np Ill just format it & install XP & It'll be a walk in the park 3-4 hours top right ? WRONG !!!
Xp will not install, it gets 3/4 through the install & bluescreens with some warnings wich might as well say yer faked in Chinese tryed 3 times no dice tho, so I decided to install 98v2 for him since his Me CD Couldnt be read by the cdrom (scratched up real bad)
This is the Pc from hell & im not kiddin Its taken me 2 dayes to find a Video driver for his onbord Trident blade 3d MVP4 (63), theres plenty of Trident blade 3d MVP4 drivers out there on the net but just try to find the one that works for this Compaq 7470
(I finaly Found it Thankyou God)
Ok anyways I know Im ranting but its been crazy & now I finaly found the Video Driver & its lookin up, but the Onbord sound is Killin me Now I tryed to install a SB PCI 16 but the dam thing bluescreens.... It will not install the drivers for the SB16 PCI so
I tryed the other 3 PCI Slots, No Dice So I yanked it Out & Proceded to Locate drivers for the Onbord sound
Ive been to Compaqs sight & ya they had a driver but does it work..... NO
Ive been to Drivers.com Sounddrivers.com & a bunch of other places & ive installed & uninstalled about 20 different drivers @ least the file names were differant, but there all suposed to be for the ESS ES1989s allegro onbord audio & many of them even mentioned the fact that they were for the Compaq 7470 Pc but they do not work !!!
Another curiouse thing that I do not understand is that I do not see anything for sound under device manager ?? is that typical for Onbord sound ?
Im freekin lost & ready to smash this Unit into a mud hole........ Ive spent more time on the sound problem than the video & that took 2 dayes
If anyone has some solution Id be eternaly in your debt
The chipset is
North= VIA VT8501
South= VT82C686A
the onbord sound chip has this writen on it
ESS
ES1989s
allegro
The Mobo is a Mitac 5114VU also known as the TWA-Camaro
(Wich remindes me Id Like to drop it from a plane & run it over with a Camaro)
The Unit was sold as Compaq Presario 7470
Ive searched all of this information & come up bone dry for the sound If someone feels Like a challange Please Help
Hoping Larva drops in on this post
Sorry for the rantings but ive been awake 24hours before making this post.... Fealin like a loon !!!!
Thx in advance!!!
Ive never built a pc that has had onbord sound & if they did I just disabled it & installed a SB or some add on SC
Well I got myself into a Pickle... a friend of mine asked me if I could Install an OS for his Pc wich is a Compaq 7470, It had a virus that filled up his HD.
It had WinME on it & I thought a np Ill just format it & install XP & It'll be a walk in the park 3-4 hours top right ? WRONG !!!
Xp will not install, it gets 3/4 through the install & bluescreens with some warnings wich might as well say yer faked in Chinese tryed 3 times no dice tho, so I decided to install 98v2 for him since his Me CD Couldnt be read by the cdrom (scratched up real bad)
This is the Pc from hell & im not kiddin Its taken me 2 dayes to find a Video driver for his onbord Trident blade 3d MVP4 (63), theres plenty of Trident blade 3d MVP4 drivers out there on the net but just try to find the one that works for this Compaq 7470
(I finaly Found it Thankyou God)
Ok anyways I know Im ranting but its been crazy & now I finaly found the Video Driver & its lookin up, but the Onbord sound is Killin me Now I tryed to install a SB PCI 16 but the dam thing bluescreens.... It will not install the drivers for the SB16 PCI so
I tryed the other 3 PCI Slots, No Dice So I yanked it Out & Proceded to Locate drivers for the Onbord sound
Ive been to Compaqs sight & ya they had a driver but does it work..... NO
Ive been to Drivers.com Sounddrivers.com & a bunch of other places & ive installed & uninstalled about 20 different drivers @ least the file names were differant, but there all suposed to be for the ESS ES1989s allegro onbord audio & many of them even mentioned the fact that they were for the Compaq 7470 Pc but they do not work !!!
Another curiouse thing that I do not understand is that I do not see anything for sound under device manager ?? is that typical for Onbord sound ?
Im freekin lost & ready to smash this Unit into a mud hole........ Ive spent more time on the sound problem than the video & that took 2 dayes
If anyone has some solution Id be eternaly in your debt
The chipset is
North= VIA VT8501
South= VT82C686A
the onbord sound chip has this writen on it
ESS
ES1989s
allegro
The Mobo is a Mitac 5114VU also known as the TWA-Camaro
(Wich remindes me Id Like to drop it from a plane & run it over with a Camaro)
The Unit was sold as Compaq Presario 7470
Ive searched all of this information & come up bone dry for the sound If someone feels Like a challange Please Help
Hoping Larva drops in on this post
Sorry for the rantings but ive been awake 24hours before making this post.... Fealin like a loon !!!!
Thx in advance!!!
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