http://www.ebuyer.com/product/138612/show_...ectype=extended

i bought that PC and taken off Vista and put XP on.

Everything is fine but i cannot seem to find the right sound card driver. the one on the Acer site doesn't work and i've tried dozens of other drivers and no luck.

im out of ideas and pulling my hair out at what i can do next. i need sound !

thanks guys

Hi Bob
Nice machine...I also use ebuyer a lot.....keen prices and fast turnaround.
Your Acer uses an ic on the mainboard for sound so i's the mainboard chipset drivers you need but make sure you get the ones for XP!
Hopefully you will find the XP drivers on the Acer site ...you can look up the details for the mobo and download the XP chipset drivers
Hope this helps
Regards
paws

hi paws,

thanks, it's a nice machine, i like it, seems very good.

Sadly, the drivers on the Acer site do not work (the XP sound driver) and after searching the web downloading various bits and pieces i lost hope for a while.

I then decided to check the motherboard like you suggested, but sadly, there doesn't seem to be any kind of drivers made for this chipset (that aren't Vista) so i've arrived at the conclusion that companies must be pushing Vista so much, they're not focussing on XP drivers as much, if at all now. Sad but true!

In the end i just put an old PCI sound card in, works fine for playing music whilst typing up letters etc.

cheers for the reply,

'Bob

Glad you got it fixed Bob
Its a pity there are no drivers available for your mobo for XP...it might be worth an email to Acer support?
Regards
paws