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  • TechGeek
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    • Jan 2015
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    Cannot Find Audio Drivers- ECS MCP73PT-PM Motherboard

    HI all. I am service an old '08 eMachines(I hate their computers w/ a passion) computer that had Micro$haft Winblows $#!+sta on it. It had fouled up, so I put a clean copy of Windows 7 Pro on it. So, I go to get drivers, and I turn up about everything except the audio drivers. Google searching has not resulted in anything. Whatever audio drivers I can find are XP/Vista only. Can I please get some help here? Or can the Vista driver work fine under Windows 7? Thanks for the information!





    WAIT, NEVER MIND!
    For anyone who runs across this very issue, you can obtain the chipset drivers(all of them) HERE:

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...bit_15.37.html
    Last edited by TechGeek; 11-03-2016, 05:25 AM. Reason: Problem Solved
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  • jiroy
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    • Jun 2016
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    Re: Cannot Find Audio Drivers- ECS MCP73PT-PM Motherboard

    Originally posted by TechGeek
    HI all. I am service an old '08 eMachines(I hate their computers w/ a passion) computer that had Micro$haft Winblows $#!+sta on it. It had fouled up, so I put a clean copy of Windows 7 Pro on it. So, I go to get drivers, and I turn up about everything except the audio drivers. Google searching has not resulted in anything. Whatever audio drivers I can find are XP/Vista only. Can I please get some help here? Or can the Vista driver work fine under Windows 7? Thanks for the information!





    WAIT, NEVER MIND!
    For anyone who runs across this very issue, you can obtain the chipset drivers(all of them) HERE:

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...bit_15.37.html
    Just in case of another one , yes , you can force many Vista drivers on Windows 7 , by installing them like any regular drivers , and when Windows 7 refuse installing them at first time , Rebegin the same installing and you'll see the option "Install with compatibility recommended " .. Works most of the time ..

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