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    Went from vista to XP Pro on my 1721, now can't find audio drivers (and a couple others) that work

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by timberwolfz28, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. timberwolfz28

    timberwolfz28 Newbie

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    I have downloaded the sigmatel drivers from several locations, including right from sigmatel. nothing works. I get errors ranging from "can't read from setup file" to "there is already an instance of setup running"

    I have installed and uninstalled and rebooted a million times to no avail. I ran Dell 32 bit diagnostic and the hardware is fine. Just no working drivers. Any help?

    Also, in the device manager, it shows I am missing drivers for "PCI Bus" and "BCM2045"

    Would love help on getting those taken care of as well.

    Thanks in advance! :)
     
    timberwolfz28, Jan 14, 2008
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  2. vengance_01

    vengance_01 Notebook Deity

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    The BCM device I believe is the bluetooth if I am not mistaken.
     
    vengance_01, Jan 14, 2008
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  3. timberwolfz28

    timberwolfz28 Newbie

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    I think you're right.

    update: I got the drivers installed, but it is still giving me an error with the "Sigmatel High Definition Audio Codec"

    the error says a device attached to the system is not functioning properly. But dell diagnostics say other wise.

    Grrr... I thought I was getting closer to fixing this. While I now have drivers... I still have no sound :(
     
    timberwolfz28, Jan 14, 2008
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    timberwolfz28 Newbie

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    new update: all problems solved! now I can finally go to bed :)

    night all!
     
    timberwolfz28, Jan 14, 2008
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    Hi,

    Kindly provide the details how u fixed ur problem. thnks
     
    funkyidol, Apr 26, 2008
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