AC97 Drivers for Pavillion 6730

[Robert Sieger]

I have a Pavillion 6730 that I had to reformat with WIN 98SE, I do not have the recovery CD (I am doing this for a friend) and the WIN 98SE cd does not have the drivers. The HP set does not seem to have them available for download either. I am pulling what little I have left of my hair out! Can anyone help?

[Jim Mallett]

Follow this link, you'll see AC97 under Audio. It's listed for Win9x thru WinXP, I've used it on Win2000. You should be all set.

http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/more_new_drivers.htm

Jim

[Robert Sieger]

Jim,

Thanks! I did try that one already and it still does not work. Perhaps I intalled the driver wrong?

[Robert Sieger]

Jim - I unistalled all of the Audio drivers and reinstalled the VIA drivers and I recieved a message that the VIA chipset was not found.

[Jim Mallett]

Is he using the onboard sound or has he installed another sound card (ie: soundblaster)? Make sure if he's using a 3rd party card that you identify it and track down it's drivers.

I'm out of town right now so I don't have all my resources with me but I know a search on Yahoo (or any) for Windows 98 AC97 will come back with a bunch of hits. Maybe an older version of the driver will work for you? I know that link I sent was for a fairly recent version. This link has an older version of it:
http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/496.htm

What steps are you taking for the install? Is the device showing as "Unknown" in the Device Manager? (Control Panel > System > Hardware)

If you can't resolve this this week I'll look into more when I get home this weekend.

Jim

[Jim Mallett]

Sorry, just saw that last reply:

Here are the product specs for that machine:
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?reg=&lc=en&cc=&prodId=hppavilion20888&docName=bph05747&cat=prodinfo

It lists it as an AMC97 rather than the AC97, don't know if there are any major differences.

I found an HP link for it, but it lists AC97:
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareDownloadIndex.jhtml?lc=en&softitem=pv300en&sw_lang=en

Here is a link for the 6830 which carries the same audio:
http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/86/86995.htm

I can't find much on an AMC97 search.

Jim

[Robert Sieger]

OK, now I am really going crazy! I uninstall the sound card (through: Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager) and when I reboot Windows automatically pulls the drivers for Crystal WDM Codec and requires files that are located on the "disk WHQL" which I don't have! For example it requires files like: PW4026.cat, which when browsing i cannot find. I am a novice with enough knowledge to make me helpful and a danger at the smae time! Perhaps I am doing something wrong? If you want, please e-mail some steps to help resolve this: rsieger@comcast.net. Thank you so much for your help.

[tony boloni]

I thought you were a big ecom manager. Can't you figure this s*** out? How's the house, oh i forgot you lost it.