I have Dell OptiPlex GX1 PC but my windows XP does not install its sound card.?

Question

Whenever i install windows 2000, the sound/speaker works. But with Windows XP no sound and it says no sound device found. How can i install my sound card drivers for Windows XP?

Answer 1

Go to the web site of the manufacturer of the sound card and download an XP compatible driver.

Answer 2

All the Dell Optiplex's that I ever worked on, all boot up with FULL sound, because they were biuilt to boot in Linux!!!

For the best time call: http://pclinuxos.com

Otherwise, if you are nearby, I might move my stack of ten of them to get al lthe XP drivers... Oh! Wait! XP never had a driver for that Sound Card!!! You see, none of the lock-in vendors even give a crap about your 'old' equipment!!! They made the chip, sold the system drivers, for Win98, ME, and, maybe Win2k, and moved on!

So, you either run Linux, or you install a modern PCI sound card and the drivers that come with it! Make sure you turn off the sound chip on-board, if you attempt to install a sound card!

Me? I run Linux on anything, and everything!
http://ipcop.org is on my homebuilt 233 Mhz Firewall/router!

Answer 3

I have a Dell GX150 system and run xp without any problems. As far as I'm concerned your problem is your installation disk..... It's not normal that an XP installation take 2 days!!

Answer 4

According to Dell's site your computer has the Crystal Semiconductors (Cirrus Logic) CS4236 sound chip.

I couldn't find ANY drivers for XP anywhere though. Newest operating system I could supported was Windows 2000.....

The link below lists the Spec sheet for your copmputer

Answer 5

open your comp up get some numbers off your card then download a driver for xp

Answer 6

right click my computer icon click on propeties
click on hardware tab
click on device manager
click on the

+

next to sound /video /game/controllers
right click the audio sound device not the audio codece... and click remove
right click the legacy audio devices
click remove then
restart windows xp and windows xp will install the sound then

windows xp sound / microphone setup

right click my computer icon click on propeties
click on hardware tab
click on device manager
click on the

+

next to sound /video /game/controllers

check to see if there is any yellow makes over the sound driver
if no click off device manager

windows xp settings, sound
make sure your speaker conncetion is in the speaker port
on your sound card ..if you have a SPEAKER box with power set it to on or if your spearks have a power & volume on set too on and turn up the volume on them

click on start / control panel
sound speech,and audio devices, icon
click on change the speaker settings,tab
a sound and audio devices properties box will pop up

volume ,tab
device volume bar , set too high
untick, mute

ckick on advanced,tab
a volume control box will pop up
untick any box that has tick in the mute
click on the volume control box red X too close the
volume control box

speaker settings
click on speaker volume ,tab
left, set the volume level too high
right,set the volume level too high
clikc ok

click on advanced, tab

speakers,tab
speaker setup, set the tab,too desktop stereo speakers

click on perfomance tab,
hardware acceleration, bar,set too, full
sample rate conversion quality bar, set too , best
click ok


now on the click on audio tab,

sound playback, default device , set tab for your sound card
sound recording ,default device, set tab for your sound card

now click on voice tab
voice playback,default device,set tab for your sound card
voice,recording,default device,set tab for your sound card
click on apply & ok

now in the control panel click on the sound and audio devices,icon
tick the box , place volume icon in the taskbar
click apply & ok
close off the control panel


now click on the
volume icon in the taskbar
volume control box will pop up
on the top click on options
then on properties

at the top in mixer device box
click on the tab, set the device for your sound card

in show following volume controls box list

1:tick, volume control
2:tick, wave
3:tick, sw synth
4:tick, front
5:tick, subwoofer
6:tick, center
7:tick, rear
8:tick, cd player
9:tick, line in
10:tick, microphone
11:tick, pc speakers
click on ok

now on the vloume control box
make sure no box has a tick in mute box


1:volume, control, move the bar too the top
2:wave, move the bar too the top
3:sw synth, move the bar too the top
4:front, move the bar too the top
5:subwoofer, move the bar too the top
6:center, move the bar too the top
7:rear, move the bar too the top
8:cd player, move the bar too the top
9:line in, move the bar too the top
10:microphone, move the bar 2 steps up
11:pc spearkers, move the bar too the top


if you only have 2 speakers and not a set of 12 speakers
on the volume control box click on options properties

in show the following volume controls box list
you can untick

1:front
2:subwoofwooer
3:center
4:rear
then click on ok



for windows xp settings, microphone settings
click on start /control panel
sound speech,and audio deices, icon
sound effect manager ,icon
click on speaker configuration ,tab
place a dot in
2 channel mode for stereo speaker output
click on ok close off control panel
restart the computer
restart the computer for windows xp too save the settings
then try your sound

Answer 7

i think your sound card is not support. change it