Vinyl AC97 (Audio Codec) Driver
UPDATED; SEE BELOW.
ViaArena.com has released their 6.80c Vinyl AC97 driver. If you are using a motherboard with a VIA chipset and a VT8235 southbridge and are using Windows XP as your OS, you can get the driver here. I personally favor using Vinyl drivers as they produce sound that is more crisp than their Realtek AC97 counterparts. (There is also a "For use with the following Product/s" field there. You can check to see if your VIA southbridge is supported if it is not a VT8235)
For people who do not have a VT8235 southbridge (Ancient haha!) but have a VIA chipset of another kind, Windows XP as their OS, and an AC’97 integrated sound solution, go here and select the driver that is appropriate for your motherboard’s specifications.
The only axe I have been grinding against these drivers is that the ones prior to this version did not support 5.1 sound. I had to revert to using Realtek ones when I switched to surround sound. I’m hoping this 6.80c does not have that problem. I’m dying to test it (along with a whole slew of drivers I have downloaded —– including a new one for my 2000-dpi mouse! yummy.) but tomorrow’s a looooooooong day and I have to return to my house and check on my phylactery if it’s still there; that draco-lich I left on guard duty was suspiciously eyeing it greedily before I left…
Rest, I need rest. And a new body; this one can’t hold the eldritch energy that holds my life essence much longer. I can’t remember the last time I sucked a soul and stole its shell…
Hmmm, Soren? Martin? Johnnyl? Uhm, my boss? My gf? Can’t decide. Musssssst resssst…..
UPDATE 2: Version 7.00b is now available. I hope this large jump in version number implies a fix for the 5.1 VIA problem but I doubt it. Their forums are very disappointing: lots of people have the same problem as I do but we do not get any replies from the admins.
