Anilrgowda

I just bought a Dell Inspiron desktop 531S. I reformat the hard-disk and re-install Windows XP (sp2).

I used the answers in this posting from this forum:
Inspiron 531 Drivers for XP

The answers is for the model 531. I figured 531 and 531S are closed enough. I installed the chipsed driver (w/NIC driver), video driver. The only problem I have is with Realtek Audio driver.

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Realtek

Realtek most up-to-date driver version is R 1.76. I installed it ok. No error reported. The installation told me to restart the computer. After restart, there is still no sound. I check in Control Panel, the sound application says that there is "no audio device".

I tried to uninstalled R1.76 driver and use an earlier version R1.71 without any success.

BTW, the "High Definition Audio Driver Package - KB888111" is already installed.

Do I miss something like a proper DirectX version ?, or is there a special way to install Realtek audio driver ?

This computer will be used in a radio station and it must have the sound working. I really appreciate any tips from all you experts out there.

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