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    Gateway 200ARC sound drivers

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by babiesinbondage, Sep 19, 2012.

  1. babiesinbondage

    babiesinbondage Notebook Enthusiast

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    My friend asked me to help him get his sound to work on his laptop.
    When I got it there was a sound driver installed in device manager but in control panel he still couldn't access any volume options and couldn't hear any sounds. I uninstalled it and downloaded the one on the gateway website for that model.
    It warns me that the driver is not signed, and if I ignore the warning it will almost finish installing then blue screen.
    Well, since the driver I downloaded was the Realtek ac97 drivers, I decided to try downloading them from the realtek website, and the same thing happens.
    Some people online have said they got sucess with the soundmax c major driver, but it also ended with a blue screen.
    He said before he lost his driver (had to reinstall O.S. from a virus) it was working, so I don't think the hardware is damaged.
    Any other ideas?

    Running XP Professional
     
    babiesinbondage, Sep 19, 2012
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  2. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Does he have a driver CD that may have come with the Gateway? If yes try that it may have an older working version.
     
    JOSEA, Sep 23, 2012
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