Hi, I have ASUS motherboard P4SP-MX ,onboard ADI AD1888 sound card.I've instaled VISTA Ultimate, system recognized everything, EXCEPT, the SOUND..Please advise what can I do to solve this problem.
Tks


Support Information:
Device Type: Sound Card
Manufacturer: SoundMAX
Model: ADI AD1888 onboard
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows Vista
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=1356&qa5=19&qa7=1801&dp=3&qm0=ADI+AD1888+onboard&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=SoundMAX+Sound+Card++ADI+AD1888+onboard+Windows+ Vista+) | Research manufacturer SoundMAX (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=1356)

Asus only supports this motherboard in Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. No Vista drivers are available that I'm aware of.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P4SP-MX

the same driver posted here: http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=242115

and the chipset maker does not provide drivers to end users (part of their contractual agreement with the vendors)

http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,AD1888,00.html

Hi Jerry,
SO, What Am I supposed to do to solve this problem

WAIT??...
for so long???

Please give me some options..
tks a lot

K
XKW

The only options I'm aware of are these:

1: Use it in a supported os
or
2: wait....... until someone writes vista compatible drivers (hacked or otherwise).
or
3: disable on-board sound and add a Vista compatible pci sound card.

Hi Jerry,

how do I do to disable on-board sound and add a Vista compatible pci sound card?

do I hv to pay anything? and what exactly pci sound card should I use it??

tks

to disable on-board sound, enter pc bios setup and change sound enabled to disabled. Open pc and insert new pci sound card into a pci slot (doesn't apply to laptops) then install driver for new pci sound card.

Yes pc hardware usually requires payment to obtain, no one gives anything away anymore. There are dozens of vista compatible sound cards available from numerous sources, like Ebay.com or MWave.com or Geeks.com

you use one that is new (not an old one) and one that includes drivers for Vista.