Multimedia audio controller

my pc uses a VIA VT82335 controller, direct sound AC97 audio
system.

can anyone tell me how to fix the Multimedia audio controller? it keeps saying it doesn't have the needed hardware to install

Which audio drivers are you trying to install?
Have you downloaded the latest ones from:
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=69

Please provide the motherboard make and model.
Thanks,
Bug

I have the same problem. I just reformatted to WinXP my other PC. When I checked my Media Player it says I don't have an audio hardware. I looked into the Device Manager and it has MultiMedia Audio Controller with an exclamation point. I tried to update the drivers but was unsuccessful. The other PC has no Internet connection yet.

hi,
iam sandeep and i also have the same problem ut i don't know what to do lease jhovenn help me

Are you sure you have VIA VT82335 or you have VIA VT8235.
If it is 8235, then download the file via_audio_v390a from viaarena it has the driver you are looking for.

Hello, my roommate did a system recovery without my permission and now I have no sound. Then my friend put WindowsXPpro Service Pack2 on my system and still no sound. Device Manager shows yellow question marks next to "other devices-multimedia audio controller". I have tried several times to install, uninstall, and download software and drivers, including a 2hour download last nite advised by the people at Compaq.....I have a Compaq Presario S4000NX....please advise if there is anything else I can do, I don't want to do another system receovery if possible.

you could try uninstalling service pack 2, then undoing the restore that your roomate did.

Try all of the following one by one and check each time:
1- In device manager where you see the yellow question mark, DELETE the device, shut down and restart you computer and see if windows tell you that you have new hardware and let windows install it. You may need the drivers if windows does not find suitable drivers. you should have the drivers that came in with your hardware.

2- Double click on the speakers icon at the bottom right hand corner of your screen and check to see if any of the sound controls is checked as mute.

3- Go to system properties in the control panel, click on the system restore tab and see if it checked to be turned off and if it is remove the check mark and do system restore at least one day before your friend did his. Windows xp allows you to do system restore from several days before.
GOOD LUCK

I have the same problem. I also have a Compaq running XP that had a hard drive die. I replaced it and ran the restore disk. After that I also had no sound. Checked all the connections and they are good. If I go to the driver page for the AC'97 Audio Controller and click on rollback driver, it will successfully load the driver but only for a while. It seems that I have to do it atleast once a day. I have tried deleting the device and let windows detect it and load the driver and that doesn't change anything. I also have my system on automatic updates and when I click on the updates it will update everything but when it gets to the driver it fails. It doesn't matter if the driver is running at the time it always fails. If the driver is loaded and running and I have sound and I click on the updates, it will fail to update the audio driver and then I have no sound until I click roll back driver. It sure seems that people are having problems with this audio controller after they run a restore on their hard drive. Not sure what else to do other than go get a new sound card for my computer.

I have figured out my problem. I'll let you know what I did to get it to work.
I first got into the BIOS and check the audio settings and it was on automatic setting. I changed that to enabled. I then went to the driver page for the Audio device and clicked on troubleshoot. The driver I had was from Avance Logic and it was called Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA Audio Controller. This time when I clicked on troubleshoot this device it went out to find a controller and returned with one that was different this time. It was Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM). This driver also had a revision date of 2/2005. It loaded the driver and I have gone almost a day without having to roll back the driver which is rare. I have done this procedure many times without any help and the only thing I did different this time was to select enabled instead of automatic setting for the audio in the BIOS. Hopefully that might help someone.

I want to install my audio controller but that doesn't work. Everytime when I try to install Realtalk, it says "It is not digitally signed" I don't know what I should. Can anyone please help me.
Thanks

just say yes

i was going through my add/remove programs. So i saw something i didn't really recognize and i got rid of it didn't look important, called soundmax something. so then i reseted the computer for all the changes to take place and when the computer finished rebooting it said "new hardware found" "If an installation CD came with thise hardware please insert it now." but i didnt have one, because this hardware/driver thing was already installed in the computer when i bought it. They didnt give me any CD. Ok so then since i didnt have a CD i just clicked next, then it gave me to choices "custom install" and "automatic install (recommended)". So i clicked auto, then it started searching for the "Multimedia Audio Controller software". it couldnt find it. Under sound/video, etc.it shows several audio components including Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio Drivers, WDM TVAudio, all listed as working properly. But the Multimedia Audio Controller has an exclamation sign beside it. Can anyone PLEASE HELP ME? thank you ! :( :( :( :(

Try system restore from the day before you removed your program. That might help you to bring back the driver.
Go START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/SYSTEM RESTORE AND CHOOSE THE DAY.

my pc uses a VIA VT82335 controller, direct sound AC97 audio
system.

can anyone tell me how to fix the Multimedia audio controller? it keeps saying it doesn't have the needed hardware to install
if you use on board sound from your mobo you need to reinstall the drivers that came with your motherboard installation disc ie sound drivers and you should then have sound again or if you use an installed sound card on start up enter bios setup and disable on board sound exit and save changes this will then stop windows serching for drivers for multimedia audio cntroller this should solve your prob

look down page to dave the rave

look down page

Look I have the same problem.....THere is no sound coming from my computer, but video works.My computer is saying i have no audio device and everything in device manger is good except for the multimedia audio controller which has a question mark. I don't have any cds everything came with the computer. I don't know much about computer technically so I need help. So can anyone please tell me what I need to know to fix the problem and how to find out what I need to know. PLZZZZ

What is your computer or motherboard? Make and model. Generally, you have to go to either the PC maker or the motherboard manufacturer to get the driver for the onboard sound.

How do I find out the manufacturer of my motherboard?

You can search for and download the free utility program CPU-Z. It is a stand alone program that doesn't need to be installed. You just unzip it and double click on the cpuz.exe file. It should tell you the make and model of your motherboard. While you can use this for any PC, you usually want to use it if you have a custom built PC because there is no major PC maker site (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc.) to go to.

Ok I downloaded the CPu-Z.....and for the motherboard it has no manufacturer but for mother board this is what it shows....

Model: SiS-741
Chipset:SiS...741Gx
Southbridge:SiS...LPC Bridge
Sensor: ITE...IT8705

Rev. 03

Click this link: http://www.sis.com/download/

Look down the page to Top Downloads and see the SIS Audio driver. Try to download that one and see if it works.

:cool: hi you should look in device manager under sound video and game controllers to see if you have a sound card installed in one of your pci slots if so you should have an installation disc to install all drivers but i think your sound comes from your motherboard if thats the case go to your sis mobo site and dowmload and install audio device drivers and restart your pc will install all the correct drivers and your done or go to www.realtek.com and download ac.97 audio codec for windows xp or what ever system your using and install. this is what i use for my own mobo just a note here if you do have a sound card and mobo sound is turned on in the bios setup the device drivers will conflict if this is the case reboot your pc press del on mine anyway your pc will have a blue screen no mouse control here use arrow keys esc & return find audio devce and disable save your chages and exit windows will now restart only do this if you dont want your mobo to be your source of sound other wise you must install sound card drivers rember it should be one or the other for your pc to understand which drivers to use on startup hope this helps dave the rave

Thanx guys imma try the downlaod and tell you if it works

hey man i got to thank yall my souund is working again so thanx everyone for helpin me thru it...and dave thanx for the realtek site

Oh yea and i fixed the problem by goin to realtek and and downloadin the ac.97 audio codec

Hi my name is Suzanne, I've having the same problem with my PC, no sound at all. I've tried to download from realtek but I could'nt find the software ac.97 audio codec... at lease not free, could someone help me solving my problem. I just don't know what to do - no sound on my PC - I think I've deleted something I was'nt suppose to

You may be able to recall the driver if you accidentally deleted something. try these steps:
1. right click on the "My computer" icon on the desktop
2. click on properties
3. click on hardware
4. click on device manager
5. scroll down on the list that comes up under device manager to the "sound, video and game controller tab",click it to open up then double click on the codec driver ( it may be called something else, such as vinyl AC97 codec combo driver or something else...)
6. a new window will open and one of the tabs in that window is "driver" click on it and you will get several option such as driver details, update driver, roll back driver.
If you are connected to the Internet you will be able to update the driver with no problems
Try it. Good luck

Firstly, specs:

Windows XP Professional Platform
ASUS P4P800S-X
Integrated Soundmax Audio (currently the issue)
who cares about the memory, or hard disk etc ...

My problem is as everyone else has, Multimedia Audio Controller wont correctly install the driver. I've installed from disk, downloaded from ASUS ...

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?modelname=P4P800S-X&SLanguage=en-us

Tried every which way from roll backs to reinstall. No luck!

So I just have to disable it for the time being and drop in a pci sound card for the time being. Yes I did just try to download the audio driver today again.

If anyone has any alternatives I would gladly try them. I have installed the other drivers, inf, LAN, etc ... but have not flash the BIOS ... I don't see it necessary. I have the work around if thats all I can do for now.

Cheers,
Xgammon

Try going into the BIOS setup and set the AC97 audio to AUTO if it is not already set. This may help.
Good Luck

Okay, I have the same problem. Specs below:

ATI Xpress 200 (RS480)
ATI SB400
ITE 8716

I visited www.ati.com but found no help there. I'm running Windows XP Professional and am using an AMD Athlon 64.

Is this the replacement driver I want?:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

Under "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the Control Panel, in the Volume tab it states plainly "No Audio Device" and the remainder of options are gray/background/inaccessible. In the Audio tab it follows: No Playback Devices, No recording devices, No MIMI Playback Devices; likewise under the Voice tab.

I also have the yellow question marks in my Device Manager next to the "Other Devices" tab and "Multimedia Audio Controller" and "SM Bus
Controller" sub-tabs.

I have the disk for my motherboard but I don't believe the sound was working before XP was installed.

People who have problems should be starting there own threads, instead of stealing demonkids thread

Deathskull
Go to device manager and delete the sound and audio devices tab. Then restart your computer and when it finds new hardware, it wil ask you for the drivers. at this time you should use the motherboard CD for the drivers, they should be there.
Good luck. tell us what happens

Eddy Rassey,

Thank you very much. Your prompt advice was stellar. Everything is working beautifully now.

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Hynesy,

I believe what you mean is: "People who have problems should be starting their own threads instead of stealing Demonkid's."

Removed: redundancy, spelling error, misplacement of comma.
Added: missing apostrophe, missing capitalization.
Untouched: passive-aggressive flavoring.

I feel the addition to an existing thread was justified due to the similarity of the problem. Likewise, the solution. However, I did not want to attempt someone else's solution when it included deleting important files.

I didn't mean to be rude or anything, but people in these forums are extremely helpful and the people that start there own threats get more user specific replies for their problem, and please don't undermine my sentence structure, I feel that what I wrote is clear and doesn't needs to be re-worded.

i dont know if i am doing this all right so excuse me if i am not. i have a problem with my sound. i have sound but it sounds like the chimpmunks. i cannot figure out how to fix it. can anyone help? i think i may have accedentally gotten rid of something that i needed. not sure. remember something about multimedia audio controller. if i did get rid of it i cant find it. i have windows washer installed and i think something may have gotten bleached. ty

click on the volume control icon and check the master volume tabs and see if any are checked and uncheck them
Check your speaker connections at the PC. try a headphone instead of the speakers and see if you get good sound.
You may have to uninstall and re-install your sound devices and drivers

You must install motherboard drivers,,

which install the onboard audio driver,

i have the same problem i was unistalling things i didnt need and accidently uninstalled SOUND MAX and now i have no sound on my computer can anyone in cyberland help me i miss my music

i have the same problem i was unistalling things i didnt need and accidently uninstalled SOUND MAX and now i have no sound on my computer can anyone in cyberland help me i miss my music

Go to your computer's support website and look for drivers/downloads for your model. Look for the SoundMax sound drivers. Download and install them

i dont know wat computer brand i have

Go to your computer's support website and look for drivers/downloads for your model. Look for the SoundMax sound drivers. Download and install them
THAT BLOODY WORKED THANKS HEAPS I HAVE MUSIC AGAIN THANKYOU

That's what we are here for minimaan. Glad you got it sorted

I Have the same problem as many on this thread i.e Multimedia Audio Controller has the big yellow question mark and there is no sound.

Ive used CPU-Z

and get

Windows XP Media center edition professional

Motherboard

Manufacturer FIC
Model eXentia
Chipset Intel i865P/PE/G.1848P

Ive looked in driver guide and am struggling to know what to look for.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Did you try FIC tech support? they have drivers at this site, you may be able to find yours:
http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard/doc/driver_via.aspx

You are using integrated sound, You will need to install motherboard drivers which also install the integrated sound drivers,
gl,

First You Go To The Device Manager List And Right Click On Multimedia Audio Controller Click On Update Driver And Then Click The Manually Choose A Program Go To The Audio Codecs And Just Choose One Of The Audios That Make Sense The Most It Practically Is Common Sense From Then On See If That Works Because Thats How I Got Mines Working=]] Good Luck Everyone =]]

hey urm...im not much of a nerd but i am 16 years old and my dad knows nothing about computers so i need help and please keep it simple xD. Anyway as you may know i got a exclamation mark ( ! ) on my multimedia controller thing, i got no CD's , but im using sound card ( off board ) divice manager said no drivers can be found, and on dos i have disabled on-board sound. I have just formated my drive. Am i missing some thing PLZ can you give me a link to the right drivers or some thing simple :(. oh and im using win 2k ;) .

i dont much like forums becuse of their slow replys so plz just replay using my e-mail adress bwhitten62@hotmail.com

16 year-olds don't have much patients... You will have to find drivers for your PCI sound card. Before you can do that, you have to know what make and model sound card your sound card is

well hello every one i´m new here(from finland so my grammar isn´t great) i have same kind of problems with my soundcard drivers what have been on this thread. i bought my schools old comp about 3-5 years old not exatly sure and i can´t find its sound card anywhere, with aida32 and everest sys info programs i found out little info about it:

Win XP
motherboard: Asus P4M533-VM
soundcard (or something like that): Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-1]

can any one give a little help for newbie of comps
( i´ll add full report if needed tomorrow when i´m at school with internet connection, currently i don´t have internet in my home until end of next month so i can´t use windows update for now)

(when i looked with google about my soundcard i found following driver
Intelr82801DB-DBM-DAAC97AudioController
could this be right one because the name doesn´t match)

Maleokore
The motherboard you listed does not show up anywere in Asus listings of motherboards. Check once again, you might have p4s533-vm model and for this you will find the driver here:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

to find the model number Asus says:

Rebooting your system

Hit the "Pause/Break" key when you see ASUS xxxx ACPI BIOS Revision"

For example：A7N8X-VM represents the motherboard model

Thanks for info i´ll try that. Here is full sys info just in case what i got with aida32 and everest something programs, they gave me exatly same info:

Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11
Computer Name TT-XPHOME
User Name Käyttäjä
Logon Domain TT-XPHOME

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 1816 MHz (4.5 x 404)
Motherboard Name Asus P4B533-VM (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Video)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845G
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (05/07/02)
Communication Port Tietoliikenneportti (COM1)
Communication Port Tietoliikenneportti (COM2)
Communication Port ECP-tulostinportti (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Monitor HP D8902 (MY03302668)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-1]

Storage
Floppy Drive Levykeasema
Disk Drive Kingston DataTraveler II USB Device
Disk Drive MAXTOR 6L040J2 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive _NEC NR-7900A (24x/10x/40x CD-RW)
Optical Drive E-IDE CD-ROM 52X/AKH (52x CD-ROM)

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 24999 MB (13994 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 13170 MB (13078 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standardi 101/102-näppäiminen tai Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 -yhteensopiva hiiri

Network
Primary IP Address 127.0.0.1
Primary MAC Address 00-01-02-1A-97-82
Network Adapter 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)

Peripherals
USB Device USB-massamuistilaite

some info is in finish but i don´t know how to translate them to english because my xp is finish language version, i wiched aida32s language to english and got this hope you can get some info about it.
it still says that "Motherboard Name Asus P4B533-VM (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Video)"
(building report says for audio stuf only 6-CH SW AUDIO in motherboard, i don´t know if that helps))

well i checked that link you gave and is that audio driver this one
Version 028 2002/12/01 update
OS Win2K / WinXP
Description C-Media 9738 Audio Driver for Win2K/XP
C-Media 9738 Audio Driver for Win2K/XP Build 028
File Size 3.23 (MBytes)

Edited by Moderator: Removed quote. There`s no need to quote the post directly above your own, unless you`re only replying to a specific section, in which case you would only quote that section. ;)

Download the driver from here (ftp://202.65.194.211/pc/audio/WDM_A399.zip) and install it. Should work fine after that.

thanks for link i´ll try that first

Edited by Moderator: Removed quote. There`s no need to quote the post directly above your own, unless you`re only replying to a specific section, in which case you would only quote that section. ;)

to moderator: thanks for correcting me, i don´t have much experience on forums (my first time)

Maleokore
Here is the Asus drivers download site for your motherboard P4B533-VM
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us