HP Vectra VL 6, series 8, sound card driver

trodas · Sep 11, 2008, 10:10 PM

I need sound driver, working, for HP Vectra VL 6, series 8 machine anjd Windows 2000. My friend want it for his little daughter, however she insist on the sound working. Things work rather well in Win98se, but Win98se is not working well anyway. Useless system, so to be able to run more recent/decent programs, a Win 2000 has to be used. SP4. Luckily they detect everything right away, including onboard Matrox graphic card and NIC. Unlike the Win98se the USB ports can be used now, etc.

Everything works, except for the damn sound.

HP on their site looks like to offer drivers for much OS types, however when you check these links more closely, well... usually only diagnostic utilities are offered for Win2k or XP systems:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&lang=en&cc=us

Or for O/S2 Warp - there is a sound driver for it!
(sound driver is available too for Win3.11, Win95, WinNT3.51, WinNT4.0 and strangely NOT for Win98...!)

But since it worked with Win98se, then I hope that there are some different drivers somewhere that WILL work with the sound too, under Win2k. Anyone got a experience with this machine?

Any help, please?

I know it is a lousy PII 350Mhz thing, but... it works

Except for movie playback. The onboard graphic (or it is just a driver limitation?!) did not have PIP, and much less a YUV one, so all has to be converted by CPU and it did not make it... I wonder if a Matrox driver could fix that...

Anyway, there are some pins descriptions from manual, eg. how to reset bios password for the HP Vectra VL 6, series 8:

spud107 · Sep 11, 2008, 10:53 PM

could either try looking for another aztech sound driver, or win update if not already,
edit - do you think the nt driver might work in 2k?

trodas · Sep 13, 2008, 07:18 PM

Yep, I tried that... but the WinNT 3.5 version. Not sure if I tried the WinNT 4.0 one. Maybe yes, maybe not. What worry me is, that there was even mentining of Win 2000 in the ReadMe, yet things not work.
Maybe because of SP4?

I wonder if there is some 3rd party driver... or if some bios update/hack can fix that.

Also I wonder if the integrated graphic of the machine (Matrox Productiva G100 AGP 4 MB SGRAM) is even capable of YUV PIP ... or at least of RBG PIP, damn

Sep 11, 2008, 10:10 PM	#1
trodas Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Czech republic Posts: 245 (0.11/day) Thanks: 46 Thanked 34 Times in 17 Posts System Specs	HP Vectra VL 6, series 8, sound card driver I need sound driver, working, for HP Vectra VL 6, series 8 machine anjd Windows 2000. My friend want it for his little daughter, however she insist on the sound working. Things work rather well in Win98se, but Win98se is not working well anyway. Useless system, so to be able to run more recent/decent programs, a Win 2000 has to be used. SP4. Luckily they detect everything right away, including onboard Matrox graphic card and NIC. Unlike the Win98se the USB ports can be used now, etc. Everything works, except for the damn sound. HP on their site looks like to offer drivers for much OS types, however when you check these links more closely, well... usually only diagnostic utilities are offered for Win2k or XP systems: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&lang=en&cc=us Or for O/S2 Warp - there is a sound driver for it! (sound driver is available too for Win3.11, Win95, WinNT3.51, WinNT4.0 and strangely NOT for Win98...!) But since it worked with Win98se, then I hope that there are some different drivers somewhere that WILL work with the sound too, under Win2k. Anyone got a experience with this machine? Any help, please? I know it is a lousy PII 350Mhz thing, but... it works Except for movie playback. The onboard graphic (or it is just a driver limitation?!) did not have PIP, and much less a YUV one, so all has to be converted by CPU and it did not make it... I wonder if a Matrox driver could fix that... Anyway, there are some pins descriptions from manual, eg. how to reset bios password for the HP Vectra VL 6, series 8: __________________ "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire ...just keep folding, just keep folding... my config - my caps

Processor:	3Ghz Opty 148
Motherboard:	Pure Innovation A9RX480 Grouper
Cooling:	fanless watercooling
Memory:	2048MB OCZ 2.5-3-3-6 at 230Mhz
Video Card:	PNY 6800GS 492/1.30Ghz
Hard Disk:	Maxtor 250G ATA133
Optical Drive:	NEC 4551A
CRT/LCD Model:	Eizo F520
Case:	Eurocase moded
Sound Card:	X-Fi Fatal1ty
PSU:	Enermax 620W Liberty
Software:	Win2k SP2 moded

Sep 11, 2008, 10:53 PM	#2
spud107 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: scotland Posts: 887 (0.39/day) Thanks: 31 Thanked 137 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	could either try looking for another aztech sound driver, or win update if not already, edit - do you think the nt driver might work in 2k? __________________ http://www.hwbot.org/user.do?userId=8360 check out this music http://lapfox.tumblr.com/ 2nd system - Spare Bits - sempron64 3100@1.8ghz - 1gb ddr - 80gb wd hd - nvidia 6800 ultra 256mb - server2003 msi history - 6368coppermine 6373palomino 6577northwood 6570thoroughbred-b 7094san diego 7125toledo “if it's stupid but works, it's not stupid.”

System Name:	spuds K8-X2
Processor:	amd athlon X2 4200+ toledo s939 2794mhz 254x11 1.4 vcore
Motherboard:	MSI K8N Neo4-F v1.0 (MS-7125) nforce4 sata2 mod, laptop cpu heatpipe copper nb cooler
Cooling:	akasa evo "blue" + 90mm fan, 2x120mm front, 250mm side, 120mm rear, 120mm in psu, pci slot exhaust.
Memory:	OCZ Platinum XTC DDR PC3200 4GB(4x1024) @254mhz 3-3-3-8 2T
Video Card:	sapphire HD3870 512mb GDDR4 vf900cu, several ramsinks on components / nvidia 7300gt 256mb secondary
Hard Disk:	hitachi 160gb (slightly fried) / hitachi 120gb ATA / Seagate 160gb / 2x ps3 seagate 60gb
Optical Drive:	PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 / LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H / XBOX360 HDDVD drive
CRT/LCD Model:	CTX EX1300F 20" flat CRT, 1280x1024@100hz / 19" benq FP91G X / 19" hanns-g (all free)
Case:	mesh server/gaming black case, 9x 5.25' drive bays, silvestone auto fan controller
Sound Card:	onboard realtek alc850 7.1/soundblaster LIVE! ct4780 + kxaudio - sony home theatre surround
PSU:	winpower 650w, system draws around 470-500w under load(+all screens)
Software:	win7 64bit
Benchmarks:	~16m trips/sec using mty trip generator. triple monitor gaming using SoftTH. 3840x1024

Sep 13, 2008, 07:18 PM	#3
trodas Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Czech republic Posts: 245 (0.11/day) Thanks: 46 Thanked 34 Times in 17 Posts System Specs	Yep, I tried that... but the WinNT 3.5 version. Not sure if I tried the WinNT 4.0 one. Maybe yes, maybe not. What worry me is, that there was even mentining of Win 2000 in the ReadMe, yet things not work. Maybe because of SP4? I wonder if there is some 3rd party driver... or if some bios update/hack can fix that. Also I wonder if the integrated graphic of the machine (Matrox Productiva G100 AGP 4 MB SGRAM) is even capable of YUV PIP ... or at least of RBG PIP, damn __________________ "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire ...just keep folding, just keep folding... my config - my caps

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