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presario 4220 audio Driver
Any source for the audio driver for a Compaq presario 4220.
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Unfortunately, the HPaq web site has once again come up very lame because there
is no web page with detailed specifications for any Presario 4220 model (there are plain 4220 and two S4220 models). With some other Compaq models, one can at least determine what the chipsets and cards are for the computer, then hunt out drivers elsewhere on the web. The HPaq web site is especially deficient in drivers for Presario and Pavilion computers. No coincidence, but these are both "consumer" models, not business-class ones. HP and Compaq before it both diss the consumer with a lack of good technical information and drivers for the consumer computers. After you've put up with reading the above screed, do one of two things to make some progress here. 1. Open up the case, and see whether the audio is a freestanding card or a chip integrated onto the motherboard. 2. Find the invoice for the computer and/or any descriptive materials that came with it. See if there is printed info telling what the audio subsystem is. Thereafter, download the audio drivers from the CHIP manufacturer's web site. A Google search tells me that the Presario 4220 is a 166MHz Pentium MMX system, pretty old by today's standards. The Presario S4220 is a 2.6GHz Celeron system with integrated AC'97 audio on the motherboard. Which one is your computer? What operating system are you using? There are different drivers for different operating systems... Ben Myers On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:29:45 GMT, Robert M wrote: Any source for the audio driver for a Compaq presario 4220. Thanks |
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Thanks Ben.
I found, from HP no less, after using www.dogpile.com and searching for presario 4220, a driver update. SP6334.exe. There were 3 sites listed all leading back to a HP site. Crystal audio driver. Ben Myers wrote: Unfortunately, the HPaq web site has once again come up very lame because there is no web page with detailed specifications for any Presario 4220 model (there are plain 4220 and two S4220 models). With some other Compaq models, one can at least determine what the chipsets and cards are for the computer, then hunt out drivers elsewhere on the web. The HPaq web site is especially deficient in drivers for Presario and Pavilion computers. No coincidence, but these are both "consumer" models, not business-class ones. HP and Compaq before it both diss the consumer with a lack of good technical information and drivers for the consumer computers. After you've put up with reading the above screed, do one of two things to make some progress here. 1. Open up the case, and see whether the audio is a freestanding card or a chip integrated onto the motherboard. 2. Find the invoice for the computer and/or any descriptive materials that came with it. See if there is printed info telling what the audio subsystem is. Thereafter, download the audio drivers from the CHIP manufacturer's web site. A Google search tells me that the Presario 4220 is a 166MHz Pentium MMX system, pretty old by today's standards. The Presario S4220 is a 2.6GHz Celeron system with integrated AC'97 audio on the motherboard. Which one is your computer? What operating system are you using? There are different drivers for different operating systems... Ben Myers On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:29:45 GMT, Robert M wrote: Any source for the audio driver for a Compaq presario 4220. Thanks |
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