Audio card for Dell Dimension 8300 compatible with Windows 7?
Hello everybody! Fresh member, and glad to be here !
Lemme start with a problem I am hoping somebody here can help me with :
Last weekend I upgraded my Dell Dimension 8300 to Windows 7. After some work, finally I am left with just one compatibility issue : it came with the SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio card, and I am unable to find drivers for it that work with Windows 7.
I searched online, and found a few others have hit this problem and even suggested solutions, which didn't work for me. I am guessing I will simply have to bite the bullet and buy a replacement audio card?
Problem is, how do I make sure that an Audio card is compatible with both the hardware (Dell Dimension 8300) and the software (Win 7)?
I am not a gamer, so am not looking for the best-of-the-best; just something that allow me to play songs and video.
And yes, the 'integrated' in the existing card's name - does it mean I cannot remove it? or it is integrated with something else (video card)? Will that be an issue?
thanks!
- radhak
Hello everybody! Fresh member, and glad to be here !
Lemme start with a problem I am hoping somebody here can help me with :
Last weekend I upgraded my Dell Dimension 8300 to Windows 7. After some work, finally I am left with just one compatibility issue : it came with the SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio card, and I am unable to find drivers for it that work with Windows 7.
I searched online, and found a few others have hit this problem and even suggested solutions, which didn't work for me. I am guessing I will simply have to bite the bullet and buy a replacement audio card?
Problem is, how do I make sure that an Audio card is compatible with both the hardware (Dell Dimension 8300) and the software (Win 7)?
I am not a gamer, so am not looking for the best-of-the-best; just something that allow me to play songs and video.
And yes, the 'integrated' in the existing card's name - does it mean I cannot remove it? or it is integrated with something else (video card)? Will that be an issue?
thanks!
- radhak