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How do I install sound device on my PC?

My PC turns off when i try to install the sound drivers.?

  • I have a Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor & a Trigem 478 motherboard with Intel chip set. When installing Windows XP the sound & network drivers wont install. and when i try to install that the network drivers installation goes well. But when i try to install the sound drivers, my PC shuts down suddenly. When it restarts, it says "windows has recovered from a serious error". so i disabled the sound devise & installed the driver. After installing the drivers it asked to re-enable the devise. but when doing so, again the PC restarts. this happens frequently & now i cant enable my sound devises. Please give me a solution fast. My sound devise is AC97. Thanks

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    Are you sure they are the correct drivers?? The best way is to go to the motherboard manufacturer's website, search for the drivers there, usually around Tech. Support / downloads, you have to know if it is XP home or Pro, 32 bit or 64 bit Operating System. what type of sound card, realtek or what ever AC97 is not a sound card make, just a year of manufacturer. If it is a zip file save to a folder, download winrar ir win7 zip to unzip, once you extract you look for a setup.ini or setup.exe file the it should install ok, for it to crash there is an incompatibility so your using the incorrect drivers??

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If your audio is built-in, you can download the driver from the motherboard's manufacturer site.If you cant find the driver, you can try driverfinder program which will automatically search for latest driver of your computer.

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If your audio is built-in, you can download the driver from the motherboard's manufacturer site.If you cant find the driver, you can try driverfinder program which will automatically search for latest driver of your computer.

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Are you sure they are the correct drivers?? The best way is to go to the motherboard manufacturer's website, search for the drivers there, usually around Tech. Support / downloads, you have to know if it is XP home or Pro, 32 bit or 64 bit Operating System. what type of sound card, realtek or what ever AC97 is not a sound card make, just a year of manufacturer. If it is a zip file save to a folder, download winrar ir win7 zip to unzip, once you extract you look for a setup.ini or setup.exe file the it should install ok, for it to crash there is an incompatibility so your using the incorrect drivers??

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I would tell you to visit Trigem's website for support, but they've either bought the Averatec brand or Averatec bought them out; either way, it's a website for Averatec now, with no trace of Trigem's motherboards on it. I'd recommend just buying a cheap PCI or USB audio adapter in your situation, and leaving the integrated AC97 audio disabled.

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I would tell you to visit Trigem's website for support, but they've either bought the Averatec brand or Averatec bought them out; either way, it's a website for Averatec now, with no trace of Trigem's motherboards on it. I'd recommend just buying a cheap PCI or USB audio adapter in your situation, and leaving the integrated AC97 audio disabled.

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You should try Driver Genius. It's good to manage drivers on yr pc. Free download --> http://bit.ly/UzZIkM

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