recognizing sound drivers

does anybody know how to get xp to accept my sound drivers? they are
installed and correct but windows doesn't enable them. i also had an
exclamation mark on plug and play in system devices (device mgr.) that i
inadvertally deleted and had the message that windows cannot configure my
audio devices. this all happen with a fresh install on a formatted hard
drive. any ideas????

Did you install the mobo drivers from the CD that came with your mobo??
peter
"walt k" <walt k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> does anybody know how to get xp to accept my sound drivers? they are
> installed and correct but windows doesn't enable them. i also had an
> exclamation mark on plug and play in system devices (device mgr.) that i
> inadvertally deleted and had the message that windows cannot configure my
> audio devices. this all happen with a fresh install on a formatted hard
> drive. any ideas????

walt k schrieb:
> does anybody know how to get xp to accept my sound drivers? they are
> installed and correct but windows doesn't enable them. i also had an
> exclamation mark on plug and play in system devices (device mgr.) that i
> inadvertally deleted and had the message that windows cannot configure my
> audio devices. this all happen with a fresh install on a formatted hard
> drive. any ideas????

If you have an HD Audio device, you need to install Hotfix KB888111
first to enable support in the OS for these devices.

Usually, this hotfix ships with the correct drivers. If not, google for
it. You may extract the drivers from another vendor just to get the hotfix.