Solve : PCMCIA sound cards?

1.	Solve : PCMCIA sound cards?
Answer» It's possible that the onboard sound has been disabled. Restart the computer, when you see the bios screen, hit either F1, F2 or delete.. This will allow you to enter the cmos setup.. You'll have to SEARCH around for the sound configuration and check to see if the onboard sound has been disabled, and enable it (saving you settings properly before exiting) However, if it was working with Windows 98 and you have not changed anything in the bios since then, I suspect that the bios setting is not the problem.. So what happened when you tried to install the other two drivers ? Go back into device manager and look at the Resources tab of the audio driver with the error. Does it indicate any "conflicts" ?F2 for mine. I did that first thing but had no idea where to look to see if it was on or off. There is Main, System Devices, Security, Power, Boot and Exit. In System devices under Audio : PnPOS 1st DMA channel: DMA1 2nd DMA channel: DMA0 Is what is indicated. When I hit F6 to change it there is: DISABLED, ENABLED SB I/O address 220h WSS I/O address 530h AdLib I/O address 388h Interrupt: IRQ 5 1st DMA channel DMA 1 2nd DMA channel DMA 0 Auto 1st DMA channel DMA 1 2nd DMA channel DMA 0 Well I'll be...it works now. I just enabled it and REBOOTED and it's working. I don't believe it.hmm, I wonder how it got disabled... Sorry about giving the "go ahead" on that sound card. Maybe you can cancel the order.. I guess when you did the installation, all the drivers necessary were included. Dell didn't list anything for XP so I assumed there weren't drivers for your setup.. I need to keep a more open mind... After all, Intel DID have a driver.. Glad it's working for you now..My secretary will be in touch with you, with my bill Quote from: EEVIAC on April 11, 2010, 01:35:01 AM hmm, I wonder how it got disabled... Sorry about giving the "go ahead" on that sound card. Maybe you can cancel the order.. I guess when you did the installation, all the drivers necessary were included. Dell didn't list anything for XP so I assumed there weren't drivers for your setup.. I need to keep a more open mind... After all, Intel DID have a driver.. Glad it's working for you now.. My secretary will be in touch with you, with my bill Quote from: 69Z28 on April 10, 2010, 02:47:31 PM EEVICA... My last OS was 98 and everything worked except the lone USB 1.0 port. Good sound as well. I may be over THINKING or trying to do something that may not work but I am giving it a try anyway. I bought this off ebay. Maybe I can at least have USB ports with XP on this laptop. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300415959655&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT I haven't bought the sound card yet. I was wondering if it was an option if I couldn't get it the normal way. What I did buy is in the link above for USB ports. It's a pcmcia card that I should be able to just put in the slot and up load from a CD that comes with it. Did you check it out to see if I could use it? I THINK I can, we'll see. I want to go wireless if I can. So far everything else is working correctly now, maybe I can do that as well. Thanks for your help. Have a couple of brews on me. Sure, get a wireless PCMCIA card...Get one that support WPA encryption. Not sure if all wireless cards do. You don't want to use WEP on your system. Make sure you install the XP WPA patch as well. OTHERWISE WPA won't work. I'm sure the USB card you ordered will work fine.. As I said, initially I figured there were not any chipset drivers available for your computer, because DELL didn't list any for your OS, but this is obviously not the case.. All the necessary drivers seem to be installed already.. This pretty much cracks the mystery of why the pcmcia network adapter is working. The chipset drivers to enable networking ARE installed and working, after all..Gotta go now. Again thanks for the help. I bumped you up to 43. I'll keep you posted when I get the USB card in if your interested. GaryQuote from: 69Z28 on April 11, 2010, 02:01:12 AM I bumped you up to 43. thx Regards

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It's possible that the onboard sound has been disabled. Restart the computer, when you see the bios screen, hit either F1, F2 or delete.. This will allow you to enter the cmos setup.. You'll have to SEARCH around for the sound configuration and check to see if the onboard sound has been disabled, and enable it (saving you settings properly before exiting) However, if it was working with Windows 98 and you have not changed anything in the bios since then, I suspect that the bios setting is not the problem..

So what happened when you tried to install the other two drivers ?

Go back into device manager and look at the Resources tab of the audio driver with the error. Does it indicate any "conflicts" ?F2 for mine. I did that first thing but had no idea where to look to see if it was on or off. There is Main, System Devices, Security, Power, Boot and Exit.

In System devices under Audio : PnPOS
1st DMA channel: DMA1
2nd DMA channel: DMA0

Is what is indicated. When I hit F6 to change it there is:

DISABLED,

ENABLED
SB I/O address 220h
WSS I/O address 530h
AdLib I/O address 388h
Interrupt: IRQ 5
1st DMA channel DMA 1
2nd DMA channel DMA 0

Auto
1st DMA channel DMA 1
2nd DMA channel DMA 0 Well I'll be...it works now. I just enabled it and REBOOTED and it's working.

I don't believe it.hmm, I wonder how it got disabled...

Sorry about giving the "go ahead" on that sound card. Maybe you can cancel the order..

I guess when you did the installation, all the drivers necessary were included. Dell didn't list anything for XP so I assumed there weren't drivers for your setup.. I need to keep a more open mind... After all, Intel DID have a driver..

Glad it's working for you now..My secretary will be in touch with you, with my bill Quote from: EEVIAC on April 11, 2010, 01:35:01 AM

hmm, I wonder how it got disabled...

Sorry about giving the "go ahead" on that sound card. Maybe you can cancel the order..

I guess when you did the installation, all the drivers necessary were included. Dell didn't list anything for XP so I assumed there weren't drivers for your setup.. I need to keep a more open mind... After all, Intel DID have a driver..

Glad it's working for you now.. My secretary will be in touch with you, with my bill

Quote from: 69Z28 on April 10, 2010, 02:47:31 PM

EEVICA...

My last OS was 98 and everything worked except the lone USB 1.0 port. Good sound as well. I may be over THINKING or trying to do something that may not work but I am giving it a try anyway. I bought this off ebay. Maybe I can at least have USB ports with XP on this laptop.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300415959655&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I haven't bought the sound card yet. I was wondering if it was an option if I couldn't get it the normal way. What I did buy is in the link above for USB ports. It's a pcmcia card that I should be able to just put in the slot and up load from a CD that comes with it. Did you check it out to see if I could use it? I THINK I can, we'll see.

I want to go wireless if I can. So far everything else is working correctly now, maybe I can do that as well.

Thanks for your help. Have a couple of brews on me.

Sure, get a wireless PCMCIA card...Get one that support WPA encryption. Not sure if all wireless cards do. You don't want to use WEP on your system. Make sure you install the XP WPA patch as well. OTHERWISE WPA won't work. I'm sure the USB card you ordered will work fine..

As I said, initially I figured there were not any chipset drivers available for your computer, because DELL didn't list any for your OS, but this is obviously not the case.. All the necessary drivers seem to be installed already..

This pretty much cracks the mystery of why the pcmcia network adapter is working. The chipset drivers to enable networking ARE installed and working, after all..Gotta go now. Again thanks for the help. I bumped you up to 43. I'll keep you posted when I get the USB card in if your interested.

GaryQuote from: 69Z28 on April 11, 2010, 02:01:12 AM

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