Pci intallation I install my 8738 pci sound card but still it doesn't work out, I follow all the installation steps but it doesn't appear in the device manager in the properties of my computer. pls help me to fix this problem or pls. give me advise on how to install it in easy way. thank you very much.

Please check if the sound driver is installed, if sould is available but the sound icon is missing please follow the following steps.

Click on start
Click on settings / control pannel
Click on Sound and audio devices
In the volume tab you will find a check box Place volume control icon in the taskbar

check this box if you need to have a volume icon in the system tray / notification area.

If the above option is not working or sound driver is not installed, please download the updated driver from the website or the CD that came along with the sound card and then try the same steps above.

cmi 8738 is a cheap solution. first disable the on board ac97audio in bios setup,then install the pci card into the pci slot. usually the system can find the sound card and auto install driver , if not, setup the driver manully.

1st Download Driver from this site HSP Sound Driver
Installation of Sound Card.

• Go to the control panel
• Click on the System Icon
• Click on the Hardware Tab
• Click on the Device Manager then
• Select the Multimedia Controller or Audio Control the yellow Question Marks sign on it.
• Right click on Multimedia Controller and uninstall it.
• After this go to the top of the device manager and click on scan for hardware changes.
• Driver installation Wizard start.
• Brows Your Driver from the Hard Disk and click on next.
• Driver will be install.

remove all the drivers installed and re install the latest drivers again ...if you still face installation issue try re installing the ms installer new version. and try again...

What it does when you install it?
It considered some error or some problem to do install?
I want to know.
Otherwise how can i solve your problem?

Sound and audio device is not working because of the following problems

1.Problem related with sound driver
Solution: Re install the sound driver from u r motherboard CD.If u use PCI sound card install the driver software from the CD given by the vendor
2.Inorder to check u r sound driver related problem.....go to...Device manager....> audio devices.....> if there any Yellow coloured question mark on the sound device problem related with driver software.

3.May u r sound hardware is not working.....if it is on board card then add any PCI sound card and intall the software from the CD u will get the sound

Hi Adnan,

Here's an easy way to download and install / update your sound drivers, especially if you don't have the driver CD or can't install from the CD, for any reason.

Use this driver scanning tool, which scans your computer for the needed drivers. It has an option to automatically retrieve the drivers for you.

You can download this free driver scanning tool from here: http://xpdrivers.com/index.cfm or directly from this link: http://xpdrivers.com/download/download.cfm (copy/paste the link if you can't click it)

After you have downloaded the above file, double-click on it and follow the simple steps to install it. Then, when it asks if you want to run it, just answer yes. This is easier than manually searching, downloading and installing the drivers. Try it out. It works.

For Windows XP Driver Files and How-to Resources, visit http://xpdrivers.com

Hope that helps,
Regards,
Raspal

Hi, Ciick on this link to download the drivers from all major version of Windows

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/OTHER-SOUNDCARDS/asound-CMI8738-4CH-6CH-Audio-Driver.shtml

Make sure you are installing the right drivers to your operating system. If this is an older sound card, goto the manufactures web page and download the updated drivers there.

Not a problem, the following URL has everything you need.

http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver

Hope this helps,

erch.