August 5, 2010, 8:11 am
I've just formatted my friends laptop (Fujitsu siemens Amilo Pa 1510) and installed XP pro 32-bit as his OS. He was running Vista Home Premium but it was having compatibility issues with software he needed. The problem is...after this rollback all drivers installed perfectly but for some reason the sound card isn't working. It's got the yellow exclamation mark of failure on it in the device manager and despite having all the latest compatible drivers installed for it simply will not work.
Any ideas of what the problem might be because i'm stumped.
The hardware spec etc. for the laptop are as follows...
Operating system
Windows Vista® Home Basic
or
Windows Vista® Home Premium
Fujitsu Technology Solutions recommends
Windows Vista® Home Premium
Optional Application Software
Microsoft® Works
Microsoft® Works
Vista DVD Playback Pack
Nero 7 Essentials
Adobe Reader
Norton Internet Security Suite or Norman Anti-Virus
Country specific Internet Service Providers
Quick Start Guide, Manual (on DUDVD), Safety Guide and
Warranty Guide
Drivers and Utility
Drivers and Utility DVD included.
Updates downloadable at: http://
www.ts.fujitsu.com
System, processors, architecture
Chipset: ATI RS 485MC + SB460
CPU: AMD Turion64 X2 Mobile Technology
up to TL-62
Mobile AMD Sempron up to 3600+
Memory
2 SO-DIMM memory slots (no memory on board)
256-2048MB DDR2 RAM
256/ 512/ 1024MB memory modules 533/667MHz
Storage devices/drives
HDD:
40, 60, 80, 100, 120GB SATA hard disk
ODD:
8x Multi-format DVD Burner DL (Double Layer)
Read speed: CD-ROM 24x, DVD-ROM 8x
Write speed: CD-R 24x, CD-RW20x, DVD+R6x,
DVD-R 6x, DVD+RW 4x, DVD-RW 4x,
DVD+R DL (Double Layer 8.5GB) 2,4x
Display
15.4” TFT WXGA, BrilliantView
Brightness (typ.) 180cd/m²
Contrast (typ.) 300:1
Resolution (physic.) 1280x800
ISO 13406-2 class II
ACPI functions
S1 standby (LCD off)
S3 save to RAM
S4 save to disk
S5 complete off
Silent Mode
Graphics
PCI graphic card: ATI Radeon® Xpress 1100
up to 256MB shared VGA memory1
I/O Interfaces
1x IEEE1394, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x S-Video
1x VGA, 1x modem, 1x LAN, 1x WLAN
1x ExpressCard slot (34/54mm)
1x line in shared with microphone in,
1x headphone out shared with 1x SPDIF
1x power supply
1x 4-in-1 card reader SD/MS/MMC/MSPRO
Communications
Built-in 56K, V.92 fax modem
10/100Mbps LAN
Integrated Wireless LAN (WLAN) solution 802.11b/g:
- speeds up to 54Mbps
- industry standard wireless LAN security support
- wide range for in-house use
For use in AT, BE, CZ, CY, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, EL, HU,
IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SI, ES, SE, UK IS,
NO, CH, LI
Audio
7.1 SPDIF, 2 built-in speakers, microphone in shared with
stereo in, headphone combined with SPDIF support
Launch Keys
2 Launch Keys located on top of the keyboard enabling the
user to launch the following applications:
- Internet browser
- Silent mode (reduce noise level / fan speed, by
reducing the CPU & VGA performance)
(Office applications, Internet and DVD playback
are not affected)
ADDITION:
The hardware supports XP and there are drivers for XP on the manufacturers website however, despite being installed succesfully the sound card still won't work