Hi

I just upgraded to windows 7 from xp and without thinking, i installed all my drivers from the xp cd that came with my motherboard. Now i've changed almost all my drivers to the windows 7 latests updates however i am having difficulty with my soundmax audio driver.

I tried uninstalling it and then applied the latest version and i got the error message 'Unable to compare versions. Aboring' so i figured the uninstall didn't work. I looked through my program files and the folder that was there was gone so i then went through control panel to uninstall it through there and it was still on the list of programs. So i uninstalled it, restarted and it was still there.

I then manually uninstalled the driver and then went through the registry deleting entries related to soundmax to make sure it was completely gone. Anyway, I am still getting this error message even though i think i am certain that soundmax is no longer on my system and i'm using a default audio driver.

Any suggestions?
Thanks

Hmmm, seems you are not alone - Google search.

You may have to use a driver removal program like Driver Sweeper to get rid of all traces of the old.

Alternatively, and what I have done in the past, is temporarily install a spare sound card I keep on hand. This forces Windows to install all new drivers and reset all sound settings. Then uninstall that card and start over with the original device.

Okay I downloaded driversweeper however I can't find any sound drivers at all. It would appear that it can only deal with Creative or Realtek sound drivers, not SoundMAX

Hmmm, sorry 'bout that.

Not sure what to suggest now. What is the make and model of your motherboard? Did you get the latest drivers from the motherboard maker's site?

You might try disabling the sound device in the BIOS Setup Menu, Save and Exit and reboot. Then make sure the drivers in Device Manager are uninstalled, reboot, and see if you can install the drivers again. Then go back into the BIOS and enable the device and see if it works. Otherwise, unless someone else has a suggestion, I'm back to my other suggestion of installing another sound card.

Yeah it's an asus motherboard and i got the drivers from their site so it should be all correct.

I'll try the BIOS thingy and get back to you asap

Have you tried to install using XP compatible mode. Only works with certain versions of Win 7. When installing right click the setup.exe and select XP compatible mode.

That's for programs - I don't think it is meant for drivers.

Make older programs run in this version of Windows

This might work...... (POST 10)

soundmax integrated driver


OR......

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q="soundmax"+windows+7&aq=f &aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=