Birthday Computer

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Got a fancy new monitor to go with everything, plugged it in, and it runs just fine. Next on the agenda is to get an AV on it, Firefox with NoScript, Aces High, and what not. Unfortunately, there is one slight problem: There is no sound. Apparently, there is no sound device installed, so I can't hear a single thing. Would I need to get a set of drivers from the manufacturer's website, or could I put in a sound card? Also, could I switch the sound card that is on this computer, a XP-era Audigy ZS Platinum over to the Windows 7 machine, or is it far too old?

Your motherboard probably came with onboard sound and a cd-rom for driver installation. Install all the drivers if they're marked for windows 7. If not, go to manufacturer website and download w7 drivers from there.

[Enker]

What if I have no idea what motherboard it is? Is it possible to find out just by looking at the insides of the computer, or from the boot/setup menu?

Edit: I think it is a Dell XPS 600, as the sales tag says XPS 600.

What I copied down from the Setup Menu was: Dell DxG051     Bios ver: A11
I'm looking at the Dell website, and I have no idea which driver I would want.

[gyrene81]

Enker, use your service tag number to get the proper driver list. Win7 should have picked up that sound card...have you checked to see if it's not fully recognized or ???

Go to control panel/system and security/system then find device manager on the left side...that will bring up a window with all your hardware listed, look for a yellow question mark next to the something like "multimedia audio device"...that will tell you that your sound card doesn't have the proper drivers installed.

[Enker]

Well, I found the required driver, downloaded it from Dell, and guess what happens. It isn't properly digitally signed. I re-download and try again several times. Still not properly signed. I then go to Realtek and get it straight from there. Not properly digitally signed. I then see that the speaker icon that was complaining about the lack of device no longer has the red X. I plug it in, and I can hear the computer beep! It finally works, just in time for FSO tonight. These 64-bit security methods are a bit of a PITA, but it works! Thanks you guys.