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Sound Chip Info for Compaq Presario 1230 Laptop

Hi,

Can someone provide me with information about the sound chip/hardware in my Compaq Presario 1230 laptop? What company made the sound chip? If I knew, perhaps I can find the right sound driver.

I have not been able to download a Windows 98se sound driver that "works".

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does NOT have a sound driver (Win9*/ME/XP) for this model laptop! Note: There are other drivers, etc. at hp.com for this model laptop, but no sound driver!!!

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I download drivers ("DRIVERS.ZIP" and "XAUDIO.ZIP") for this model laptop, but nothing "worked" for sound.

I tried a Diagnostic tool, downloaded from hp.com for this model, but all I have learned about the sound hardware is, "Integrated 16 bit sound, revision 4.12, port 220". Note: The sound hardware is not defective.

Thanks in advance, Brad

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This system uses a Cyrix MediaGX processor. The MediaGX processor integrates a sound system.

I don't know why HP would not be providing the driver. The Compaq Presario 1215 uses the same processor and the driver is available for it:

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Yes, this is the Windows 95 driver. It is the only choice available, and it works fine on Windows 98/98SE.

William

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Hi,

Disregard my previous post(s).

I now have sound via "XAUDIO.ZIP" which I already downloaded from

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The problem was the "SETUP.BAT" (faulty).

Thanks to everyone for your help.

Brad

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