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What am I doing wrong?

Discussion in 'Device Drivers' started by dhasdell, Oct 12, 2004.

  1. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    Following the usual advice to "make sure you have the latest drivers installed" I have downloaded Realtek ALC650 AC97 Drivers v A3.64 . It's saved as an exe file, 10.5Mb, as stated on the page, but when I try to run it there's just a flicker of a DOS window, then nothing.
    What am I doing wrong?
    dhasdell, Oct 12, 2004
    #1

  2. Nic TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,926

    Open up a dos window, then execute the file again. Any error messages will remain on the screen. You may find the the file is corrupt.
    Nic, Oct 12, 2004
    #2

  3. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    Thanks - tired that, but get a message to the effect that there's not enough memory.
    dhasdell, Oct 12, 2004
    #3

  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Open & extract it with WinRAR.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Oct 12, 2004
    #4

  5. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    It shows as an exe - not a zip or any other extension.
    dhasdell, Oct 12, 2004
    #5

  6. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    Oh! Well, that got me a whole lot of new files and stuff. Now I just have to find what to do with it. Thanks for pointing me the right way.
    dhasdell, Oct 12, 2004
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  7. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    Are you sure you downloaded the drivers for Windows?
    Nodsu, Oct 12, 2004
    #7

  8. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    Think so - I got the ones which the page said were for XP. The WinRAR let me unzip it all. I'd assumed that as an exe file it would just run like most installers do.
    dhasdell, Oct 13, 2004
    #8

  9. mrchu Newcomer, in training Posts: 66

    you should be able to right click, press extract here, go to the hardware and devices screen and search for the driver in the location you just extracted to.
    mrchu, Oct 13, 2004
    #9

  10. dhasdell Newcomer, in training Posts: 21

    Thanks - fingers crossed then.
    dhasdell, Oct 13, 2004
    #10
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