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Need Multimedia Audio Controller for W7 installation
I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except
I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J |
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KenW wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J You have to know what hardware you have. Maybe looking up that model manual will tell you that. KenW The trail is pretty damn cold. https://www.ebay.com/itm/EMACHINES-T...UAAOSwv-NWax6F Picture showing location of sound chip. https://s33.postimg.cc/65h33ie27/Loo...audio_chip.gif I tried and tried to get a chip ID through Google, but nope. How can they sell so many of those, and all the Google references are gone ? Acer might be the last owner of Emachines. RealTek offers drivers, but you have to classify the chip a bit first, before you'll get the right jumbo driver. The chip is either AC'97 or HDAudio, and you have to know that much about it, before following the path to the driver here. A lot of people are downloading those audio drivers. "PC Audio Codecs" http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...vel=3 &Conn=2 That's assuming it's RealTek. I can't trust a single Ebay picture for this sort of thing. Look in the lower left corner of the motherboard for the square audio chip. There's usually a ring of ceramic coupling caps around the chip, as all the channels are AC coupled. A typical pin count might be 48 pins. Four sides of 12 pins each. Paul |
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Need Multimedia Audio Controller for W7 installation
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:40:30 -0400, Paul
wrote: KenW wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J You have to know what hardware you have. Maybe looking up that model manual will tell you that. KenW The trail is pretty damn cold. https://www.ebay.com/itm/EMACHINES-T...UAAOSwv-NWax6F Picture showing location of sound chip. https://s33.postimg.cc/65h33ie27/Loo...audio_chip.gif I tried and tried to get a chip ID through Google, but nope. How can they sell so many of those, and all the Google references are gone ? Acer might be the last owner of Emachines. RealTek offers drivers, but you have to classify the chip a bit first, before you'll get the right jumbo driver. The chip is either AC'97 or HDAudio, and you have to know that much about it, before following the path to the driver here. A lot of people are downloading those audio drivers. "PC Audio Codecs" http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...vel=3 &Conn=2 That's assuming it's RealTek. I can't trust a single Ebay picture for this sort of thing. Look in the lower left corner of the motherboard for the square audio chip. There's usually a ring of ceramic coupling caps around the chip, as all the channels are AC coupled. A typical pin count might be 48 pins. Four sides of 12 pins each. Paul I see a 1" squa ITE IT8705F 0529-FXS N12AW1 and a: PMC Flash 0528 Pm38F040-703C I think The latter seems to have ur foursidesof12pinseach. Thanks J Thanks Paul J |
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Need Multimedia Audio Controller for W7 installation
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote:
I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J |
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On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Here's a WinXP for you, but are you actually using hardware that is set up that way ? https://support.zen.co.uk/kb/Knowled...-on-Windows-XP Doing that in 2018 would be "unusual". And more importantly, "dangerous" :-/ You need to use that method if: 1) You're using an old ADSL 8Mbit or less modem they were using 15 years ago. It's a modem without a router. You decide to connect it to one computer, directly. Then, the above procedure applies. To make WinXP terminate raw PPPOE protocol directly from a modem, you use the above procedure. 2) You have a more modern ADSL2+ combo modem/router. Normally it runs in routed mode, and you use a web browser to enter username/password inside the router. If you take such hardware and using the web interface you configure it for "bridged" operation, *then* you would use the above procedure, if the modem/router was connected to just one PC. Bridging it runs it in modem only mode, just like (1). Other situations involve putting the username/password into a networking box, not into WinXP. In this example, my center router "terminates" the PPPOE protocol, and thus it needs to know the username/password when it runs a PPPOE session with the ISP. For example, my setup looks like this: 192.168.2.2 RJ11 --- modem/router ----- router ------------------ comp#1 (in bridged (uses username ---- comp#1 mode, using the and password to ---- comp#3 modem part only) authenticate the ---- comp34 PPP session) (thinks they're on a LAN and they don't authenticate) HTH, Paul |
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On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html |
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On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote:
On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104,Â* and all is fine except I have no audio.Â* Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller.Â* Anyone tell me where I can find/download same?Â* I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers,Â* However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it.Â* Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web.Â* All else seems fine.Â*Â* I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info.Â*Â* I intend to go toÂ* a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick
wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104,* and all is fine except I have no audio.* Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller.* Anyone tell me where I can find/download same?* I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers,* However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it.* Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web.* All else seems fine.** I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info.** I intend to go to* a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:03:30 -0400, Paul
wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul Hi Paul: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), and it came with a sticker identifier stating the router's wifi name and password. In the past when I installed W7, W8, or W10, I have had to supply both of those to the installed OS. On this XP installation, Device Manager shows the internet drivers are installed, but when I try Internet Explorer, it hangs because it cannot find the internet. Ergo I figger I have to use the Control Panel's Network Setup and/or Network Connection to supply the aforementioned names, like I did before, but have forgotten how. This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection Having said all that then - what do I need to do? I'll write it down this time! Thanks again J |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:03:30 -0400, Paul wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul Hi Paul: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), and it came with a sticker identifier stating the router's wifi name and password. In the past when I installed W7, W8, or W10, I have had to supply both of those to the installed OS. On this XP installation, Device Manager shows the internet drivers are installed, but when I try Internet Explorer, it hangs because it cannot find the internet. Ergo I figger I have to use the Control Panel's Network Setup and/or Network Connection to supply the aforementioned names, like I did before, but have forgotten how. This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection Having said all that then - what do I need to do? I'll write it down this time! Thanks again J OK, I see a problem with my answer. My answer assumed a wired connection to the router, and we were just solving the broadband authentication. Your questions amounts to "how do I connect the wifi on my desktop to the router". And the connection could be using WPA2 and using some sort of key. That's another step involving authentication. At some point, this process was called "Wireless Zero Config" and WZC took the place of the custom dialogs provided with the actual Wifi driver for the OS. 1) You need a Wifi driver to start. Check in Device Manager and see if the WIfi device is present and it has no yellow marks or anything. 2) Verify that WZC service is running. https://kb.netgear.com/20021/Enablin...-on-Windows-XP 3) Follow the rest of the instructions to actually use the Networking panel (now that WZC is running and the Networking panel can see wifi stuff). Here's another example, where they work on using a secure method for the setup. Notice how unlike the Netgear article, they click Properties and do a bit more work. A passphrase is used to protect the connection. This is a passphrase you set on the router when setting up the Wifi. Or, the ISP put a long string of random crap on some sort of label for you to use - that's if you don't remember writing the passPhrase on a PostIT note earlier on when setting up the router. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials...ep-by-Step.htm Just a guess, as I have *no Wifi here at all* to test with. All I can do is read web pages :-) Oh, and remember the odd keyword. Keywords are my breadcrumbs. Paul |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:02:37 -0400, Paul
wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:03:30 -0400, Paul wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. I reviewed the downloads and there was only one LAN driver there which I downloaded and have been trying to use. J Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul Hi Paul: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), and it came with a sticker identifier stating the router's wifi name and password. In the past when I installed W7, W8, or W10, I have had to supply both of those to the installed OS. On this XP installation, Device Manager shows the internet drivers are installed, but when I try Internet Explorer, it hangs because it cannot find the internet. Ergo I figger I have to use the Control Panel's Network Setup and/or Network Connection to supply the aforementioned names, like I did before, but have forgotten how. This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection Having said all that then - what do I need to do? I'll write it down this time! Thanks again J OK, I see a problem with my answer. My answer assumed a wired connection to the router, and we were just solving the broadband authentication. Your questions amounts to "how do I connect the wifi on my desktop to the router". And the connection could be using WPA2 and using some sort of key. That's another step involving authentication. At some point, this process was called "Wireless Zero Config" and WZC took the place of the custom dialogs provided with the actual Wifi driver for the OS. 1) You need a Wifi driver to start. Check in Device Manager and see if the WIfi device is present and it has no yellow marks or anything. 2) Verify that WZC service is running. https://kb.netgear.com/20021/Enablin...-on-Windows-XP 3) Follow the rest of the instructions to actually use the Networking panel (now that WZC is running and the Networking panel can see wifi stuff). Here's another example, where they work on using a secure method for the setup. Notice how unlike the Netgear article, they click Properties and do a bit more work. A passphrase is used to protect the connection. This is a passphrase you set on the router when setting up the Wifi. Or, the ISP put a long string of random crap on some sort of label for you to use - that's if you don't remember writing the passPhrase on a PostIT note earlier on when setting up the router. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials...ep-by-Step.htm Just a guess, as I have *no Wifi here at all* to test with. All I can do is read web pages :-) Oh, and remember the odd keyword. Keywords are my breadcrumbs. Paul |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:02:37 -0400, Paul
wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:03:30 -0400, Paul wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul Hi Paul: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), and it came with a sticker identifier stating the router's wifi name and password. In the past when I installed W7, W8, or W10, I have had to supply both of those to the installed OS. On this XP installation, Device Manager shows the internet drivers are installed, but when I try Internet Explorer, it hangs because it cannot find the internet. Ergo I figger I have to use the Control Panel's Network Setup and/or Network Connection to supply the aforementioned names, like I did before, but have forgotten how. This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection Having said all that then - what do I need to do? I'll write it down this time! Thanks again J OK, I see a problem with my answer. My answer assumed a wired connection to the router, and we were just solving the broadband authentication. Your questions amounts to "how do I connect the wifi on my desktop to the router". I don't and realy don't think so because my T3104 is hardwired using cat5 cable. I mean my question to be "how do I connect the cat5 on my desktop to the router" because that's what it is. My emachine has no wireless. Am I confused? Yep. Thanks J And the connection could be using WPA2 and using some sort of key. That's another step involving authentication. At some point, this process was called "Wireless Zero Config" and WZC took the place of the custom dialogs provided with the actual Wifi driver for the OS. 1) You need a Wifi driver to start. Check in Device Manager and see if the WIfi device is present and it has no yellow marks or anything. 2) Verify that WZC service is running. https://kb.netgear.com/20021/Enablin...-on-Windows-XP 3) Follow the rest of the instructions to actually use the Networking panel (now that WZC is running and the Networking panel can see wifi stuff). Here's another example, where they work on using a secure method for the setup. Notice how unlike the Netgear article, they click Properties and do a bit more work. A passphrase is used to protect the connection. This is a passphrase you set on the router when setting up the Wifi. Or, the ISP put a long string of random crap on some sort of label for you to use - that's if you don't remember writing the passPhrase on a PostIT note earlier on when setting up the router. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials...ep-by-Step.htm Just a guess, as I have *no Wifi here at all* to test with. All I can do is read web pages :-) Oh, and remember the odd keyword. Keywords are my breadcrumbs. Paul |
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Need Multimedia Audio Controller for W7 installation
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:02:37 -0400, Paul wrote:
wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:03:30 -0400, Paul wrote: wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:58:31 +0100, Patrick wrote: On 16/08/2018 01:55, Patrick wrote: On 15/08/2018 22:41, wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:59:10 -0400, wrote: I installed W7 on the antique emachines T3104, and all is fine except I have no audio. Device Manager says it needs drivers for Multimedia Audio Controller. Anyone tell me where I can find/download same? I sure can't find it. Thanks J Hi Well I found the site with the downloads I wanted: http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html This emachine T3104 ran fine then - had both internet and audio once I installed the drivers, However it was horrendously slow, so I decided to try XP on it. Now I have reached the point where I can't connect to the web. All else seems fine. I have tried and tried to install/reinstall the connection, but I can't find the place wherein I supply my modem info. I intend to go to a XP group to ask help. Thanks for helps you guys. J Drivers for XP 32 bit only (try all three of the LAN drivers there); http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers.html Sorry, that's the same address you gave, anyway find your model and see there are 3 LAN drivers there. Thanks. I had downloaded all the drivers from that support site, and I think they are all installed okay on the XP SP3 installation. See my current, but unanswered post on the xp group alt.windows-xp. Anyway, the XP device manager looks to be fine. I even have audio. I think what I need is 1-2-3 guidance on how to set up the XP network setup wizard and/or network connection in control panel so it knows the name/password of my router. At least that would seem so. That's what I have done in the past. I can't seem to find/do that. My old-age dumbness is probably my problem. Sorry to be a nuisance. J You should be able to use a web browser, to access the router. Keep the router password written on a PostIT note and tape the note to the router so it doesn't get lost. That's the password that gets you into the router. That's different than the username/password actually *in* the router setup. The "address" of the router can be found one of two ways. It could be the numeric gateway address. http://192.168.1.1 Or on some routers, there is a symbolic address mentioned in the user manual for the router. The router has an address translation for whatever magic word they use for the symbolic value. So in this example, the router looks up "router" and gets 192.168.1.1 as the answer. Each cheesy router brand, uses a different word. http://router If you need a further hint, you could always try "ipconfig" in a Command Prompt window, and the Default Gateway numeric address could be the address of the router. But sometimes it's just better to crack open the router manual and refresh your memory about "how to get there". Paul Hi Paul: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), and it came with a sticker identifier stating the router's wifi name and password. In the past when I installed W7, W8, or W10, I have had to supply both of those to the installed OS. On this XP installation, Device Manager shows the internet drivers are installed, but when I try Internet Explorer, it hangs because it cannot find the internet. Ergo I figger I have to use the Control Panel's Network Setup and/or Network Connection to supply the aforementioned names, like I did before, but have forgotten how. This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection Having said all that then - what do I need to do? I'll write it down this time! Thanks again J OK, I see a problem with my answer. My answer assumed a wired connection to the router, and we were just solving the broadband authentication. Your questions amounts to "how do I connect the wifi on my desktop to the router". And the connection could be using WPA2 and using some sort of key. That's another step involving authentication. At some point, this process was called "Wireless Zero Config" and WZC took the place of the custom dialogs provided with the actual Wifi driver for the OS. 1) You need a Wifi driver to start. Check in Device Manager and see if the WIfi device is present and it has no yellow marks or anything. 2) Verify that WZC service is running. https://kb.netgear.com/20021/Enablin...-on-Windows-XP 3) Follow the rest of the instructions to actually use the Networking panel (now that WZC is running and the Networking panel can see wifi stuff). Here's another example, where they work on using a secure method for the setup. Notice how unlike the Netgear article, they click Properties and do a bit more work. A passphrase is used to protect the connection. This is a passphrase you set on the router when setting up the Wifi. Or, the ISP put a long string of random crap on some sort of label for you to use - that's if you don't remember writing the passPhrase on a PostIT note earlier on when setting up the router. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials...ep-by-Step.htm Just a guess, as I have *no Wifi here at all* to test with. All I can do is read web pages :-) Oh, and remember the odd keyword. Keywords are my breadcrumbs. He mentions that he's connected via Cat5 cable and that wireless was too slow when he tried it, so I'd focus on the wired connection. Copied from above: My Verizon router ls cat5-connected (altho it is wireless which I tried and thought it was too slow), He provided the following info on his current connection status: This XP's connections are 3-fold and are said to be: (1) a Broadband WAN miniport said to be My ISP and disconnected (2) a Internet Gateway said to be a connected internet connection and (3) a LAN or High-Speed Internet said to be a connected local area Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast connection If it were me, I'd run "ipconfig /all" in a Command Prompt to see the current status of everything. I could list and chase 3 dozen possible situations, but things get narrowed down immensely when you can see the output of that command. I'll add one thing, though: assuming the network adapter has a valid IP address, netmask, and gateway, he can try to ping an address on his LAN and an address on the Internet. The results of those tests (ipconfig and two pings) will tell you just about everything you need to know in order to proceed. -- Char Jackson |
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