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P4P800-E deluxe, legacy Windows 98, Problem with Realtek Audio ALC850
Greetings
I've been trying to install the drivers from the ASUS CD, but the audio hardware is not well recognized with this driver.. OS: Windows98SE Control Panel, RealTek AC97 audio properties Device Status: The NTKERN.VXD, MMDEVLDR.VXD ... for this device could not load the device driver. code (2) It is enabled in bios 1002 of the motherboard. I wonder what NTKERN.VXD does in a win98se system. How do I fix this. I know other did under same os. TIA, |
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In article , "James Bald"
wrote: Greetings I've been trying to install the drivers from the ASUS CD, but the audio hardware is not well recognized with this driver.. OS: Windows98SE Control Panel, RealTek AC97 audio properties Device Status: The NTKERN.VXD, MMDEVLDR.VXD ... for this device could not load the device driver. code (2) It is enabled in bios 1002 of the motherboard. I wonder what NTKERN.VXD does in a win98se system. How do I fix this. I know other did under same os. TIA, I would start by uninstalling the driver you installed from the CD, so there aren't any remnants to foul up the works. The Asus web site has a driver and an application level package (maybe the mixer panel ?) for download. It is curious that the driver doesn't list Win98se, although the Realtek website does list Win98se as supported, at least for their current release. http://www.asus.com/support/download...eluxe&Type=All Here is the Realtek site. It has the latest driver, but I don't see the application part. Maybe this means you'll be using the application part from the Asus site, and the driver part from the Realtek site. http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&Software=True The Realtek site mentions DirectX8 as a prerequisite, but that may just be posturing (for Microsoft's benefit) on their part: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ac97readme.pdf HTH, Paul |
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I have Windows 98 on exactly the same motherboard, with the same BIOS, and
have had no problems with the RealTek AC97 drivers. You might try downloading and installing the latest ALC850 Avance AC'97 driver from this page: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...800-E%20Deluxe Before installing, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet to remove Realtek '97 Audio. Edward Mendelson "James Bald" wrote in message ... Greetings I've been trying to install the drivers from the ASUS CD, but the audio hardware is not well recognized with this driver.. OS: Windows98SE Control Panel, RealTek AC97 audio properties Device Status: The NTKERN.VXD, MMDEVLDR.VXD ... for this device could not load the device driver. code (2) It is enabled in bios 1002 of the motherboard. I wonder what NTKERN.VXD does in a win98se system. How do I fix this. I know other did under same os. TIA, |
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Thank you Edward and Paul,
I did pretty much what you suggest already. 1- Removing Driver that seems to fail using the Add/Remove program instead of going directly to System. 2- I tried using the setup program from the ASUS CD, or through update drivers in System panel. 3- Gave up on original ASUS driver CD and d/l the latest from ASUS. The installation goes on without warning; Except that it warns about some audio features could not be enabled if DirectX is not installed. (I thought it was best to install after). Since now I do have DirectX9 installed and working with ATIRadeon9800Pro. I'll try this instant. But there is another flaw in my System.. A question mark for "PCI system management bus", under unknown devices. I have not installed the "Intel chipset inf update program".. I'm not into getting updated behind my back so much, if that's what it means. It should not impact on sound ? In my BIOS I still wait to enable LAN and Promise controller. One step at a time. Just tried reinstalling proper way either Old or new realtec'97 audio drivers. Same issue. It must be something really stupid, I just cannot figure this on my own. Paul stated: " It is curious that the driver doesn't list Win98se, although the Realtek website does list Win98se as supported, at least for their current release." Indeed I noticed, but the WDM folder contains Win98 informations, so it's 98/ME. I must have reinstalled at least four time since the start of my reply.. Same problem. The only two stupid things I did the first time is to a) forget to re-enable it in the BIOS, before installing the drivers. [Using ASUS CD] b) Hook a simple headphone set in the rear, black 1/8 jack.. Hoping to hear some noise. If this was incorrect, the hardware auto-detect might have been confused. P.S.. I ran some Radeon9800Pro demos and they are fantastic. CPU set +10%, temp under 50C, all stable 3Ghz.... Hours running the chimp and hot car. +20% will post into windows but eventually bombs-out of the ATI power demos. (unstable) 3DMark2001.1 reports first try.. 16884 on this sytem no tweaks, compared to 2480 on a Celery900+same Dx9. N.B. This bench is designed for Dx7, no GPU.. Hence it can only get better with real Dx8/9 GPU enabled software. Odd thing; IDLING in BIOS reports hotter CPU, than IDLING in Windows. Under windows, probe reports... Idling since a few minutes CPU 33C, mobo 33C. After 5mins of 9700 car-paint: ..Slowly rose to 51C within first minutes and sits there. MAM activated in BIOS as well. I'm pretty pleased with this setup so far. Must sleep.. I'll be back if you have anymore thoughts on it. Otherwise my next step seems to be; Diging into WDM .inf files; Then cleaning-up registry for left-overs... And again. Anything related to realtek in BIOS aside the obvious one ? Regards and thanks already. Edward Mendelson wrote in message ... I have Windows 98 on exactly the same motherboard, with the same BIOS, and have had no problems with the RealTek AC97 drivers. You might try downloading and installing the latest ALC850 Avance AC'97 driver from this page: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...800-E%20Deluxe Before installing, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet to remove Realtek '97 Audio. Edward Mendelson |
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In article , "James Bald"
wrote: Thank you Edward and Paul, I did pretty much what you suggest already. 1- Removing Driver that seems to fail using the Add/Remove program instead of going directly to System. 2- I tried using the setup program from the ASUS CD, or through update drivers in System panel. 3- Gave up on original ASUS driver CD and d/l the latest from ASUS. The installation goes on without warning; Except that it warns about some audio features could not be enabled if DirectX is not installed. (I thought it was best to install after). Since now I do have DirectX9 installed and working with ATIRadeon9800Pro. I'll try this instant. But there is another flaw in my System.. A question mark for "PCI system management bus", under unknown devices. I have not installed the "Intel chipset inf update program".. I'm not into getting updated behind my back so much, if that's what it means. It should not impact on sound ? In my BIOS I still wait to enable LAN and Promise controller. One step at a time. Just tried reinstalling proper way either Old or new realtec'97 audio drivers. Same issue. It must be something really stupid, I just cannot figure this on my own. Paul stated: " It is curious that the driver doesn't list Win98se, although the Realtek website does list Win98se as supported, at least for their current release." Indeed I noticed, but the WDM folder contains Win98 informations, so it's 98/ME. I must have reinstalled at least four time since the start of my reply.. Same problem. The only two stupid things I did the first time is to a) forget to re-enable it in the BIOS, before installing the drivers. [Using ASUS CD] b) Hook a simple headphone set in the rear, black 1/8 jack.. Hoping to hear some noise. If this was incorrect, the hardware auto-detect might have been confused. P.S.. I ran some Radeon9800Pro demos and they are fantastic. CPU set +10%, temp under 50C, all stable 3Ghz.... Hours running the chimp and hot car. +20% will post into windows but eventually bombs-out of the ATI power demos. (unstable) 3DMark2001.1 reports first try.. 16884 on this sytem no tweaks, compared to 2480 on a Celery900+same Dx9. N.B. This bench is designed for Dx7, no GPU.. Hence it can only get better with real Dx8/9 GPU enabled software. Odd thing; IDLING in BIOS reports hotter CPU, than IDLING in Windows. Under windows, probe reports... Idling since a few minutes CPU 33C, mobo 33C. After 5mins of 9700 car-paint: ..Slowly rose to 51C within first minutes and sits there. MAM activated in BIOS as well. I'm pretty pleased with this setup so far. Must sleep.. I'll be back if you have anymore thoughts on it. Otherwise my next step seems to be; Diging into WDM .inf files; Then cleaning-up registry for left-overs... And again. Anything related to realtek in BIOS aside the obvious one ? Regards and thanks already. Edward Mendelson wrote in message ... I have Windows 98 on exactly the same motherboard, with the same BIOS, and have had no problems with the RealTek AC97 drivers. You might try downloading and installing the latest ALC850 Avance AC'97 driver from this page: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...800-E%20Deluxe Before installing, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet to remove Realtek '97 Audio. Edward Mendelson Installing the Intel INF would be a good idea. It'll cover off a lot of those question marks in the Device Manager. I don't see how that will help with the sound problem, but you never know. For one thing, you won't get AGP texture transfer going until the AGP bridge gets its driver (that is a system device, it shows up as a PCI bridge until the INF install identifies it properly). The fun begins when you finish the INF install, have directx installed, and use the dxdiag utility. It will tell you whether the display "directdraw", "directx", and "AGP texture" are enabled or not, and you can have a devil of a time getting that stuff going. Load driver, reboot, repeat. A royal pain. And people wonder why cutting 10 seconds off the boot time is important :-) HTH, Paul |
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The inf updatel not only cover off a lot of his questionmarks but it
'll make the os recognise his hardware too :-) without it the system isn'tfully plug and play ................. Kor Installing the Intel INF would be a good idea. It'll cover off a lot of those question marks in the Device Manager. I don't see how that will help with the sound problem, but you never know. For one thing, you won't get AGP texture transfer going until the AGP bridge gets its driver (that is a system device, it shows up as a PCI bridge until the INF install identifies it properly). The fun begins when you finish the INF install, have directx installed, and use the dxdiag utility. It will tell you whether the display "directdraw", "directx", and "AGP texture" are enabled or not, and you can have a devil of a time getting that stuff going. Load driver, reboot, repeat. A royal pain. And people wonder why cutting 10 seconds off the boot time is important :-) HTH, Paul |
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When I build computers the very FIRST thing installed after the OS are the
chipset drivers. They play a major role in not only AGP but anything on the PCI bus. If your on-board devices use IRQs and I/Os they definitly need the chipset drivers to work properly! Particularly when you are using a newer MB with a legacy OS! No guarentee that this will solve the issue you are having. Often times certain drivers will not work if you install the chipset drivers after they are installed. However, it is a good bet that at a minimum your hardware will not run efficiently to not work at all without the chipset drivers. Good Luck, Len "James Bald" wrote in message ... Thank you Edward and Paul, I did pretty much what you suggest already. 1- Removing Driver that seems to fail using the Add/Remove program instead of going directly to System. 2- I tried using the setup program from the ASUS CD, or through update drivers in System panel. 3- Gave up on original ASUS driver CD and d/l the latest from ASUS. The installation goes on without warning; Except that it warns about some audio features could not be enabled if DirectX is not installed. (I thought it was best to install after). Since now I do have DirectX9 installed and working with ATIRadeon9800Pro. I'll try this instant. But there is another flaw in my System.. A question mark for "PCI system management bus", under unknown devices. I have not installed the "Intel chipset inf update program".. I'm not into getting updated behind my back so much, if that's what it means. It should not impact on sound ? In my BIOS I still wait to enable LAN and Promise controller. One step at a time. Just tried reinstalling proper way either Old or new realtec'97 audio drivers. Same issue. It must be something really stupid, I just cannot figure this on my own. Paul stated: " It is curious that the driver doesn't list Win98se, although the Realtek website does list Win98se as supported, at least for their current release." Indeed I noticed, but the WDM folder contains Win98 informations, so it's 98/ME. I must have reinstalled at least four time since the start of my reply.. Same problem. The only two stupid things I did the first time is to a) forget to re-enable it in the BIOS, before installing the drivers. [Using ASUS CD] b) Hook a simple headphone set in the rear, black 1/8 jack.. Hoping to hear some noise. If this was incorrect, the hardware auto-detect might have been confused. P.S.. I ran some Radeon9800Pro demos and they are fantastic. CPU set +10%, temp under 50C, all stable 3Ghz.... Hours running the chimp and hot car. +20% will post into windows but eventually bombs-out of the ATI power demos. (unstable) 3DMark2001.1 reports first try.. 16884 on this sytem no tweaks, compared to 2480 on a Celery900+same Dx9. N.B. This bench is designed for Dx7, no GPU.. Hence it can only get better with real Dx8/9 GPU enabled software. Odd thing; IDLING in BIOS reports hotter CPU, than IDLING in Windows. Under windows, probe reports... Idling since a few minutes CPU 33C, mobo 33C. After 5mins of 9700 car-paint: ..Slowly rose to 51C within first minutes and sits there. MAM activated in BIOS as well. I'm pretty pleased with this setup so far. Must sleep.. I'll be back if you have anymore thoughts on it. Otherwise my next step seems to be; Diging into WDM .inf files; Then cleaning-up registry for left-overs... And again. Anything related to realtek in BIOS aside the obvious one ? Regards and thanks already. Edward Mendelson wrote in message ... I have Windows 98 on exactly the same motherboard, with the same BIOS, and have had no problems with the RealTek AC97 drivers. You might try downloading and installing the latest ALC850 Avance AC'97 driver from this page: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...4P800-E%20Delu xe Before installing, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet to remove Realtek '97 Audio. Edward Mendelson |
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You should install the Intel Chipset drivers immediately after installing
the operating system - otherwise all sorts of problems will occur! In fact, it's probably best to install the chipset driver immediately after Windows first loads to the desktop, although it's not crucial. Please install the chipset drivers before you do anything else, then reinstall anything else that's causing problems, and then, if you're still having problems, everyone here will be glad to help. But you should install the chipset drivers before trying anything else at all. Anything else is a waste of your time. Edward Mendelson "James Bald" wrote in message ... Thank you Edward and Paul, I did pretty much what you suggest already. 1- Removing Driver that seems to fail using the Add/Remove program instead of going directly to System. 2- I tried using the setup program from the ASUS CD, or through update drivers in System panel. 3- Gave up on original ASUS driver CD and d/l the latest from ASUS. The installation goes on without warning; Except that it warns about some audio features could not be enabled if DirectX is not installed. (I thought it was best to install after). Since now I do have DirectX9 installed and working with ATIRadeon9800Pro. I'll try this instant. But there is another flaw in my System.. A question mark for "PCI system management bus", under unknown devices. I have not installed the "Intel chipset inf update program".. I'm not into getting updated behind my back so much, if that's what it means. It should not impact on sound ? In my BIOS I still wait to enable LAN and Promise controller. One step at a time. Just tried reinstalling proper way either Old or new realtec'97 audio drivers. Same issue. It must be something really stupid, I just cannot figure this on my own. Paul stated: " It is curious that the driver doesn't list Win98se, although the Realtek website does list Win98se as supported, at least for their current release." Indeed I noticed, but the WDM folder contains Win98 informations, so it's 98/ME. I must have reinstalled at least four time since the start of my reply.. Same problem. The only two stupid things I did the first time is to a) forget to re-enable it in the BIOS, before installing the drivers. [Using ASUS CD] b) Hook a simple headphone set in the rear, black 1/8 jack.. Hoping to hear some noise. If this was incorrect, the hardware auto-detect might have been confused. P.S.. I ran some Radeon9800Pro demos and they are fantastic. CPU set +10%, temp under 50C, all stable 3Ghz.... Hours running the chimp and hot car. +20% will post into windows but eventually bombs-out of the ATI power demos. (unstable) 3DMark2001.1 reports first try.. 16884 on this sytem no tweaks, compared to 2480 on a Celery900+same Dx9. N.B. This bench is designed for Dx7, no GPU.. Hence it can only get better with real Dx8/9 GPU enabled software. Odd thing; IDLING in BIOS reports hotter CPU, than IDLING in Windows. Under windows, probe reports... Idling since a few minutes CPU 33C, mobo 33C. After 5mins of 9700 car-paint: ..Slowly rose to 51C within first minutes and sits there. MAM activated in BIOS as well. I'm pretty pleased with this setup so far. Must sleep.. I'll be back if you have anymore thoughts on it. Otherwise my next step seems to be; Diging into WDM .inf files; Then cleaning-up registry for left-overs... And again. Anything related to realtek in BIOS aside the obvious one ? Regards and thanks already. Edward Mendelson wrote in message ... I have Windows 98 on exactly the same motherboard, with the same BIOS, and have had no problems with the RealTek AC97 drivers. You might try downloading and installing the latest ALC850 Avance AC'97 driver from this page: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...4P800-E%20Delu xe Before installing, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet to remove Realtek '97 Audio. Edward Mendelson |
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Not sure what you mean by "legacy" except in reference to bios handover to
the OS. Standard operating procedure is to install the chipset drivers before anything else. Reboot. "James Bald" wrote in message ... Greetings I've been trying to install the drivers from the ASUS CD, but the audio hardware is not well recognized with this driver.. OS: Windows98SE Control Panel, RealTek AC97 audio properties Device Status: The NTKERN.VXD, MMDEVLDR.VXD ... for this device could not load the device driver. code (2) It is enabled in bios 1002 of the motherboard. I wonder what NTKERN.VXD does in a win98se system. How do I fix this. I know other did under same os. TIA, |
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THANKS to all the helping hands.
The consensus would be for me to install the Intel Chipset drivers and should resolve the issue according to most.. But while I thought I was running Win98SE, it was in fact Win98 original. And the Intel Chipset drivers will not install under anything below 98SE... I had no choice but to call a friend who is now under XP, and got his older Win2k, for a reasonnable price. Updating to 2k now allows me to install all drivers flawlessly so far. I'll pick up from there. But without your recommendations, I would not have installed these valuable Intel chipset drivers; thinking it was just an optional PnP utility. The readme file for the Intel chipset drivers is clear.. Win98 gold is not supported. So I gave-up and nows run under 2KPro, sounds enabled. I also did not have to FIX the OS using that NDIS hot patch for P4 2Ghz and above. Thanks again. |
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