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    New UAA Driver for W3 Series

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by John Ratsey, Dec 31, 2005.

  1. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Asus has posted a new UAA driver for the W3 series.

    KB888111 2005/12/28 update
    OS Win2K / WinXP
    Description UAA bus driver and Audio driver
    Universal Audio Architecture bus driver and Audio driver for WinXP/2K
    File Size 51.27 (MBytes)

    The reason for the big download is 24 languages all in one Zip file. The file is at http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W3A/UAA_XP_2K_051228.zip (also //dlsvr02, //dlsvr03 and //dlsvr04). I found the download speed to be very slow.

    Maybe it is an illusion, but my audio when playing a DVD seems to be louder after installing this software: I can get the volume to a level which is causing the speakers to distort and I don't remember being able to do this before.

    The archive contains 3 files (Lang.exe, Silent.ini and Lang.ini) in the root directory and 3 versions of KB888111 in each of the language folders. More details of KB888111 can be read at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888111 .
    Perhaps someone would like to do a more subject before and after test? If this update fixes the audio volume problem then many people will be happy.

    John
     
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  2. Dec1mal

    Dec1mal Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you for this.

    Did you get this off Asus Live Update? Mine doesn't seem to be working, I'm sure there are loads of updates for my W3V but I don't know where to get them.
    When I click on Live Update nothing happens, what should I do?

    I apprechiate your help in advance :)
     
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    Just go on the ASUS site for the W3V updates. The ASUS Live Update Utility didn't work for me either, so I uninstalled it. There were tons when I went to update my drivers. I hope this works. If it does, then I wasted some money buying the Turtle Beach USB Adapter to heighten the volume because it was annoying me and then I wouldn't need it anymore. Oh well, all I know is that the Turble Beach Audio Advantage Micro USB adapter works to raise the volume real high but only wen I use earphones or speakers. Works like a charm. I guess I'll install the new audio drivers to see how they work.
     
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    I'm giving this a bump. Has anyone else tried the new UAA driver? I have the impression that my W3A's audio is significantly louder since I installed it.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 3, 2006
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