sound

[Raksha]

ok guys,

my laptop got fixed yesterday but i have no sound.
It's a dell inspiron 9400 laptop.
It's a dell laptop and i already tried to install the drivers offered. None of them is working!!!

[Omen]

Did you really install or did you just unpack them?

[Raksha]

i downloaded, unpacked and tried to install them.

[Omen]

What means "tried"?
Is the setup failing?

[Raksha]

it says:"no supported device found"
Setup kann nicht initialisiert werden

[Vash]

What operating system?

I see that there must be two different versions of Inspiron 9400. One version got a Creative Audigy sound card and the other got a SIGMATEL STAC sound card. Did you try both drivers?

[Raksha]

i tried all drivers offered for my laptop.

I work with windows XP professional

[Ironhide]

Did you already let Windows search a driver on its own? I do not now if they improved that system in XP, I just know it exists even there and it works perfectly in Win 7 - maybe it's worth a try.

[Vash]

Where did you get the drivers from?

@ Ironhide
WinXP doesn't support drivers via Windows Update like Vista/7.

[Raksha]

the dell support drivers list. I got the link in google. (already searched for solutions for the problem...)
I got no drivers CD with the laptop

[Vash]

Try this link: http://support.euro.dell.com/support/do ... id=&impid=

Download everything in "Audio" and try to install them. If their setup fails, try to install them manually via the WinXP hardware manager.

[Raksha]

that are exactly the drivers i tried to install.

What do you mean installng them manually?

[Vash]

Rechtsklick auf Arbeitsplatz -> Eigenschaften -> Hardware -> Geräte Manager

Jetzt Rechtsklick auf das nicht erkannte Gerät mit dem gelben Fragenzeichen -> Treiber aktualisieren/installieren -> "Software von einer Liste..." auswählen -> "Nicht suchen, sondern den zu...." wählen -> Ordner mit den Treibern auswählen.

Probier am Besten alle Ordner durch, von dem was Du runtergeladen hast.

[Raksha]

i will try it at home.

Thanks Vash

edit: none of the downloaded drivers gets accepted.

"The file you opened gives no information about the hardware"

[Raksha]

solved

::LOCKED:: ??