Help! Which driver?

-TangleFoot-

Did you install any drivers before coming here?

imsi

I don't think so. TBH I can't remember, I've been doing this for so long now.

-TangleFoot-

Try uninstalling everything under Sound, video and game controllers, then restart the machine.

imsi

I'm trying to get the sigma driver from the DEll site just now but it needs additional software which is taking ages to install

imsi

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Try uninstalling everything under Sound, video and game controllers, then restart the machine.

How do I do that? On a problem device its an option with a right click. No such option on a functioning device.

-TangleFoot-

If the option to uninstall a device isn't available, ignore it and move to the next one. Has installing the driver made any improvement?

imsi

The dell download manager is playing up on me now. I'm gonna call it a day, I was up til 3 this morning with this. I'll try again tomorrrow evening.
Thanks for all your efforts

-TangleFoot-

imsi wrote: »

The dell download manager is playing up on me now.

You don't have to use the download manager; your browser is perfectly capable of handling file transfers by itself.

dogmaryxx

Googled following
>
go to Dell (drivers & downloads), enter model etc and download "SIGMATEL - Driver" under the audio drivers.
-then go to device manager (control panel, system, hardware) on the computer and uninstall the IDT driver.
-extract the sigmatel program you just downloaded and run the setup.exe.
-the computer should then identify your hardware automatically without installing hardware and run just like before. <