I see you installed something new from soporific, what was it?
I have outlined what would likely be the normal procedure in this situation
and the procedure when installing an un-official compilation. Perhaps it
might be beneficial for you to outline what you have already done. You
should also note that unless you follow the procedures and updates/patch
process being used in unofficial patchings by the creator of the patch, your
results will likely NOT reflect the same success.
That type of process requires one be prepared to re-install an image should
the testing fail or corrupt one's system.
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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| In message , MEB
| writes
| Try using Safe Mode to remove ALL old drivers [any sound or problem
| devices].
|
| Look at the installation files in the folder from which you installed the
| purported driver [look at the inf{s}], make note of registry entries
created
| and where files were placed and names.
| Run regedit, search for the RealTek entries and remove - search the INF
| folder for the Realtek INF{s} and delete - remove all files that were
| installed as shown by the install INFs.
|
| Thanks; this is the sort of help I was after, of course.
|
| However, I don't think it is the driver as such that is faulty; the odd
| behaviour seems to happen at some point during the loading process -
| and, I get something not dissimilar when attempting to load something
| entirely different (a microscope, which is in effect a webcam). I don't
| think it is the driver(s) as such, nor the rundll32 file.
|
| LOCATE a better driver... check to ensure the card is properly seated,
| install the new driver....
|
| When using an unofficial updater its usually best to install devices
| [except USB/Firewire] and applications PRIOR to installing/updating with
the
| compilation.
| []
| I have no option in this case anyway, as the hardware is the mobo's
| built-in sound hardware. (And I don't _think_ there was a link to
| disable it.) If I remove (the software/driver) from Device Manager and
| reboot, it does the found new hardware bit, but then crashes
| irretrievably while trying to load the drivers (which I've located from
| the motherboard's website). If I do it without rebooting, it still
| crashes, but I can get control back (I just accept a few error boxes and
| it is back as it was, just still with no sound).
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