W3J Audio Drivers for Vista RC1

Hi All,

I did a format/clean install of Vista RC1 last night and it's very stable and fast, but it doesn't have any compatible audio drivers available. Is anyone else in the same boat?

the ASUS website has sound drivers for XP but when I try to install them the process halts and says they're not compatible.

Is there an ASUS site with Vista drivers? I couldn't seem to find any reference to it anywhere.

Thanks in advance!

-Matt

 

tried the same thing dude with my W3J. Asus drivers cd doesn't do anything. Vista doesn't support it. I mean i guess vista is cool, but its not THAT much better than XP unless i don't know how to use it. Mac UI is MUCH BETTER lol

 

Soundmax (chip in W3J) is terrible with drivers. It is really a shame, Realtek is much better.

Did you try windows update?

Here is also a page which may help:
http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/104
Go to SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio section.

Good luck!

 

wow...how did you manage to install vista on w3j? I get into a reboot loop when i try to load installation during boot.....heard it's a bios problem....but you had it up?

 

yeah it boots fine, my gpu is detected so is my chipset etc etc... i just get no sound. Do you have Bios 207?

 

Yes i am on bios 207. This is weird as quite a few others who are also facing this reboot loop problem after pressing a keyboard key when it prompts "Press any key to load CD or DVD"...

Anyone has a solution to this?

 

Hey y'all, first post ! I have been reading the forums for a while though.

I think I'm going to install Vista RCI on my W3J tonight and was wondering if the other drivers for xp on the ASUS website for the W3J would work, if I could just install them through windows update, or if I needed to download the drivers somewhere else. If the latter is the case, I can find them myself. Sorry if this is a little off topic. Thanks.

That is weird though DJ_LuV, I dunno if I've read about that happening anywhere else. If I come across anything I'll let you know.

 

i tried using the drivers off the w3j cd, it didn't work for me...

 

i couldn't get the sound drivers from that site to install. Device manager doesnt even see my Soundmax chip. The only thing listed is 'High Definition AUdio Device'....

 

Here is the same occurance.....
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=76120

 

my sound driver app crashes everytime i try to boot it in Vista

 

All I can say is...this is why Vista's still in beta

This just helps me solidify my decision to stick with XP for the next year or so, while Vista gets all it's quirks and growing pains worked out.

Still, this does bum me out. I was considering trying out Vista RC1 on my W3J when it arrives, but if it's going to bunk the sound drivers...well, not worth it for me. If anyone DOES find a solution to this though, I want to hear it! I am very excited about the new security featuers of Vista, as well as some of the nice eye candy.

 

But this is not a Beta. Its release candidate. This means feature complete and almost out he door I thought.

 

so has anyone with a w3j gotten sound to work completely?

 

umm... i just downloaded the drivers straight from the ASUS site and they worked fine

 

Candidate, yes. Final version, no. It's still Beta, until it hits store shelves with a pricetag on it.

This makes me less bummed! I might actually have to grab me a cheapo 2nd HDD and a HDD caddy after all, and try running a dualboot Linux/Vista setup as an alternate setup to my primary drive for home use.

Hmm...possibilities...

 

I already have XP\Ubuntu Dual Boot. Can I add Vista to this?

 

yeah, i installed vista on my w3j - easy as pie - but whats the point - i got bored after five minutes and went back to my old hard drive with xp.
Mac os x86 on the other hand - that would be amazing!!!
Has anyone here done it on a w3j - got graphics and sound working? Anyone have an image handy?? i'm sick of xp not using the two cores for ANYTHING!!!!

 

my sister has a mac book with a t2400 and she gets 70fps encoding on handbrake dvd encoder. I have a t2500 and i get 30fps.