sound driver issues

Can someone point me to the correct news group to post this problem, please?

My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the machine
installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.

We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.

It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able to
get this information (device instance ID):

PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_810D1043&REV_A0\3&267 A616A&0&17

A long search of the web lead me to a driver named SiS 7012.

Attempting to install this driver gives me the following errors:
UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices
-536870397

when I click OK through this message I get:

Sis 7012 PCI Audio Driver Setup - InstallShield Wizard
Fail to install audio driver for Windows XP.
Setup will Exit.



Any ideas?
Thank you.

"mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:mamdnbhW0utJFaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..

> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the
machine
> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>
> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>
> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able
to
> get this information (device instance ID):

ASUS P4 motherboards with sound on board usually
had SoundMAX software drivers on the setup CD.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Hi Don,
The only disk we could find with drivers had no drivers for WinXP or WinXP
Pro. So that leaves us with trying to find the correct drivers somewhere
online.
Mark


"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:f1a3ve$6kd$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:mamdnbhW0utJFaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
>> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the
> machine
>> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>>
>> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>>
>> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able
> to
>> get this information (device instance ID):
>
> ASUS P4 motherboards with sound on board usually
> had SoundMAX software drivers on the setup CD.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx
peter
"mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> Hi Don,
> The only disk we could find with drivers had no drivers for WinXP or WinXP
> Pro. So that leaves us with trying to find the correct drivers somewhere
> online.
> Mark
>
>
> "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
> news:f1a3ve$6kd$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>> news:mamdnbhW0utJFaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>>> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the
>> machine
>>> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>>>
>>> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>>>
>>> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able
>> to
>>> get this information (device instance ID):
>>
>> ASUS P4 motherboards with sound on board usually
>> had SoundMAX software drivers on the setup CD.
>>
>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>
>>
>

peter wrote:
> http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx
> peter

P4S800D-X = Soundmax AD1888
http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx...07&modelmenu=1

This would be the officially listed download, from the download listing.

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mis...8/WDM_3665.zip

smwdmSIS.inf has:

%*WDM_AC97AUD.DeviceDesc%=WDM_ODMA188, pci\ven_1039&dev_7012&subsys_810D1043

But there also appears to be something with a later revision number.

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/..._5410_WHQL.zip

and it also has the same line in the smwdmSIS.inf file, in SMAXWDM folder.

%*WDM_AC97AUD.DeviceDesc%=WDM_A188, pci\ven_1039&dev_7012&subsys_810D1043

The 5410 file is a 23MB download or so.

HTH,
Paul

> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:PrednY02j_8_CaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Hi Don,
>> The only disk we could find with drivers had no drivers for WinXP or WinXP
>> Pro. So that leaves us with trying to find the correct drivers somewhere
>> online.
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
>> news:f1a3ve$6kd$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>>> news:mamdnbhW0utJFaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>
>>>> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the
>>> machine
>>>> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>>>>
>>>> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>>>>
>>>> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able
>>> to
>>>> get this information (device instance ID):
>>> ASUS P4 motherboards with sound on board usually
>>> had SoundMAX software drivers on the setup CD.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don Phillipson
>>> Carlsbad Springs
>>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>>
>>>
>
>

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
This problem has been annoying me for 3 weeks now. It's working!!

Mark :-)

"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:f1aa6q$qe4$1@aioe.org...
> peter wrote:
>> http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx
>> peter
>
> P4S800D-X = Soundmax AD1888
> http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx...07&modelmenu=1
>
> This would be the officially listed download, from the download listing.
>
> http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mis...8/WDM_3665.zip
>
> smwdmSIS.inf has:
>
> %*WDM_AC97AUD.DeviceDesc%=WDM_ODMA188,
> pci\ven_1039&dev_7012&subsys_810D1043
>
> But there also appears to be something with a later revision number.
>
> ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/misc/..._5410_WHQL.zip
>
> and it also has the same line in the smwdmSIS.inf file, in SMAXWDM folder.
>
> %*WDM_AC97AUD.DeviceDesc%=WDM_A188,
> pci\ven_1039&dev_7012&subsys_810D1043
>
> The 5410 file is a 23MB download or so.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
>
>> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>> news:PrednY02j_8_CaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Hi Don,
>>> The only disk we could find with drivers had no drivers for WinXP or
>>> WinXP Pro. So that leaves us with trying to find the correct drivers
>>> somewhere online.
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:f1a3ve$6kd$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>>> "mark" <no_spam_briantracy@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>>>> news:mamdnbhW0utJFaXbnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>>
>>>>> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the
>>>> machine
>>>>> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>>>>>
>>>>> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am
>>>>> able
>>>> to
>>>>> get this information (device instance ID):
>>>> ASUS P4 motherboards with sound on board usually
>>>> had SoundMAX software drivers on the setup CD.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Don Phillipson
>>>> Carlsbad Springs
>>>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>>>
>>>>
>>

On 2 May, 08:49, "mark" <no_spam_briantr...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Can someone point me to the correct news group to post this problem, please?
>
> My friend has an ASUS P4S80DX motherboard. The person who built the machine
> installed an unauthorized version of Windows Media Center.
>
> We have since installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
>
> It does not have drivers for the sound. In the device manager I am able to
> get this information (device instance ID):
>
> PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_810D1043&REV_A0\3&267 A616A&0&17
>
> A long search of the web lead me to a driver named SiS 7012.
>
> Attempting to install this driver gives me the following errors:
> UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices
> -536870397
>
> when I click OK through this message I get:
>
> Sis 7012 PCI Audio Driver Setup - InstallShield Wizard
> Fail to install audio driver for Windows XP.
> Setup will Exit.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thank you.

why not just go to the Asus web site and download the drivers for the
system board?