[dba-Tech] Sound and video

On 20/02/06, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Video isn't THAT much of a problem, but my Belarc Advisor report I ran
> before I re-formatted my secondary drive showed that my PC has a
> Radeon 9550 adapter with the Default monitor.  When I reformatted and
> re-installed everything, I couldn't for the life of me find anything
> on my CDs nor on the ATI web site regarding actual Radeon drivers.
> The ATI site has its multiple monitor/multiple desktop management
> software...but no drivers.  Right now I've got the driver for the
> Radeon 7500 that comes with Windows XP installed.  Any ideas on
> installing the 9550 drivers?

Looking at the Radeon 9550 info page
(http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9550/), down near the bottom it
says:
"Driven with the industry leading stability and reliability of ATI's
Catalyst(r) certified driver suite"

So I wouls assume that if you download Catalyst
(https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=640) you
will get the drivers.

> Sound is another issue.  I've got a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card...but
> the Windows System applet says that I've got no audio adapter.  I've
> installed the Turtle Beach software but I am baffled as to how to
> enable it.

Did you change slots for the Sound card? Are there any IRQ Conflicts?

Try looking at some of the troubleshooting FAQs from Turtle Beach
(http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/kb_ftp/585.asp)

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