Also, here is the link for the TechNet Windows 7 community you might find other ideas for a work around the community. While you can try using compatibility on existing drivers settings but this cannot get your work surround sound. You will need to contact Dell to see if they have compatible drivers Windows 7 available for your device. Anyone has an idea how I might be able to get all the options to work? His fate currently the two front speakers and the sub, but two rear speakers (physically higher) are silent. In Control Panel, it shows only a configuration option audio (stereo), rather than under XP where it showed options to choose the configuration 5.1 with subwoofer control. However, during installation it is only as sigmatel c-major audio device. Now in the description of the driver it says it's for the sigmatel stac 9750 ac97. I managed to download a driver dell sigmatel (R90698) after a lot of research. The installation was pretty smooth, needing to be connected by cable to the LAN for updates that have allowed the graphics and the wireless. Hi, I recently installed windows 7 rc 32-bit on my dell Inspiron 9300. Maybe my model (Inspiron 1420) does not support Windows 7 Ultimate? Is there a driver for my SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC driver updates?įor any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

It's only when I leave the game my audio would return.Īgain, I don't know exactly what the problem. I would like to start the game, but there is no sound. Other audio problems would be video games such as counter-strike (for those who are familiar with this game). Make sure the audio device is connected, and then try to replay the point.' The sound cuts.Īn example error message would be when I choose recording devices while Windows Media Player is running (play music too, of course), I would get this message: 'an audio device has been disconnected or reconfigured.

It seems that the audio cuts when I try to go into the selection of 'Recording devices', when I right click on the volume in my taskbar icon. It didn't when I was still on Windows Vista Edition Home Premium. This problem occurred after my Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade. Both headphones work fine, but the port of microphonoe no longer works. I have three audio ports on the front (two headphones and a microphone). The problem is very strange, at least for me. The upgrade was very successful with the exception of audio problems. I recently upgraded my Inspiron 1420 Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) for Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit). Pilot: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC Inspiron 1420 - Windows 7, SigmaTel Audio

Sigmatel audio device drivers