Need help installing my onboard sound.

[cooliscool]

This is odd. I went to via's site to get drivers, they had them. The instructions puzzled me:

(1) Copy all the files to a directory,
e.g. "D:\VIADRIVERS\ComboAudio311b\".
(2) Create a directory, e.g. "D:\VIA_Repositories\", if there is
none.
(3) Open Component Database Manager under Microsoft Windows
Embedded Studio.
(4) Click on the "Repository" and then "Repository Roots..." buttons.
Type in the complete path of the repositories directory,
for example "D:\VIA_Repositories\". Click on the "Add" button
and answer "Yes".
(5) Click on the "Database", "Import...", and then "..." buttons.
Navigate to directory "D:\VIADRIVERS\ComboAudio311b\" and
then choose the .SLD file. Next, pull down "Repository root"
drop-down and select "D:\VIA_Repositories\". Click on the
"Import" and then "Close" buttons to close the dialog.
(6) Close the "Component Database Manager".
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WTF is a Component Database Manager under Microsoft Windows Embedded Studio? lain2:

thanks for any help. :thumbsup:

 

[Redah]

Erm...

This is how I do it like 5x per day on different PCs:

Download: http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/audio/ComboAudio_a1u320b.zip

I have NO clue what readme file you've been reading, or if you've been smoking too much weed, but their readme file goes like this:

Uncompress the zip folder and Type
D:> SETUP.EXE (where D equals the location of the setup file)

That readme can be found at http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/audio/Combo_Audio_320b_U-README.TXT

Have a nice day, and if you ever become a millionaire... don't forget about me.

 

[vileP]

I don't know why Via would have these instruction, but it sounds like they want to put an entry of the location of your drivers into the registry. Whenever XP, or other Windows, detects a change in hardware, it first goes to the registry to look for locations for where drivers might be, and then ask you for a location for drivers.

As for :

WTF is a Component Database Manager under Microsoft Windows Embedded Studio?

The only thing that I can think that can be a component database is the registr.y

 

[t0rek]

That is really strange, try to get another compatible drivers