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    Need Audio Driver for Gateway MT6220B

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by OSD, Feb 15, 2009.

  1. OSD

    OSD Newbie

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    I have already posted this question in the Windows OS and Software part of the forum...
    but maybe it's better here...

    OSD

    A friend has the above mentioned computer...
    it came with Vista installed...and, as usual 1 giga of memory...therefore very slow...
    after living with this for a while she decided she'd had enough...
    she has installed her copy of XP...
    all drivers for new OS found...except one...
    no audio driver...so she asked me...
    I searched Gateway...even sent them a mail...
    but the reply was..."we only support with original OS installed...
    but try this page anyway"...it led to a drivers page on Gateway I had already found...
    only drivers for Vista...
    I've tried all the obvious things...
    including a scan with Drivers Genius Pro...
    but have come up with nothing...
    the only other thing I can tell you is that the driver should be Sigmatel...
    any help with this would be greatly apreciated...

    OSD
     
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  2. martee

    martee Notebook Evangelist

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    As to my knowledge there is no XP audio driver for this machine.
    After purchasing my MT6705 ( it's the same MT6000 line) I wanted
    to dual boot Vista with XP, but couldn't find audio driver for
    XP, also. I guess you've got two options, to upgrade the RAM
    to 2GB and install Vista. The RAM is very chip, nowadays. Or try
    this driver
    http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?id=20463&dscr=Gateway%20Conexant%20Audio%20Driver%20Version:%206.14.10.0565&uid=223733308

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    -Gateway M6850FX 15.4"/T9300 2.5Ghz/4GB DDR2 667/
    512MB ATI Radeon HD2600 GDDR3/WD 500GB/Bluetooth/
    Vista Ultimate 64-bit, Win7 64-bit
    -Gateway MT6705 15.4"/Dual Core 1.6Ghz/2GB DDR2/
    Samsung 250GB/Bluetooth/Vista Premium, Solaris
     
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  3. OSD

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    many thanks...
    a mixture of uninstalling what was there...
    and installing the driver which is not supposed to be for this machine...
    worked like a dream...

    once again...
    many thanks..

    OSD
     
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  4. martee

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    glad, I could help. Cheers!

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    -Gateway M6850FX 15.4"/T9300 2.5Ghz/4GB DDR2 667/
    512MB ATI Radeon HD2600 GDDR3/WD 500GB/Bluetooth/
    Vista Ultimate 64-bit, Win7 64-bit
    -Gateway MT6705 15.4"/Dual Core 1.6Ghz/2GB DDR2/
    Samsung 250GB/Bluetooth/Vista Premium, Solaris
     
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