dell xps m1330 problem with sound & hdmi connection

soundsham

I cleaned out my hard driveand restarted my computer as when it came from the factory, I re installed vista from cd an d the other drivers and all the other cd's that were sent with the computer

since then the speakers are no longer working and the hdmi connection doesnt show up on tv either

checked for most up to date drivers on dell site,no change after installing these

whats should my next step be ???:(

asgaard

Mostly about XP, but You might find an answer http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3517/p/19216101/19564997.aspx
Vista http://www.vistax64.com/sound-audio/204408-switch-audio-output-device-automatically-between-hdmi-speakers.html

Let US know how it goes

duckysauce

install the chipset drivers

soundsham

where do i find these ??

asgaard

soundsham wrote: »

where do i find these ??

On Dell website http://support.euro.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Drivers&Downloads and than Change Your Product (You can use Your Service Tag to get drivers for Your laptop)
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs&os=WLH&osl=en&SystemID=XPS_M1330&catid=-1&impid=-1

soundsham

tried the dell one previously to no avail
the other one "hardware helper " is looking for €40

was hoping i could find and fix it for free
i would rarther hand it over to someone to get it fixed than take a chance on line:o

duckysauce

when you go to device manager are there any ! , and did you download and install chipset?? and and video audio drivers for vista ?

soundsham

ok, ta found same and installed two drivers
2 more have !'s
and cant install
both are "base system device"...and when searching for driver online to re install
"windows could not find driver software for your device
if you know the manufacturer,visit there website......."

any help here,
cheers

asgaard

Download Driver Easy program ( http://www.drivereasy.com/ ). It might help You find "unknown" drivers.

bryaner

asgaard wrote: »

Download Driver Easy program ( http://www.drivereasy.com/ ). It might help You find "unknown" drivers.

Thats a nice one for future ref cheers..

asgaard

bryaner wrote: »

Thats a nice one for future ref cheers..

I use that program that's why i gonna recommend it.

soundsham

should i pay the $30
are is there any other way


I have no prob forking out its just I'm a bit cautious
if i knew it would sort the computer 100% i'd go for it

Lazarus2.0

Is the recovery partition intact ? If so , power on and press F8 before Windows starts loading . Select Advanced Boot Options then Factory Image Restore . This should reload Vista with all required drivers . Obviously back up any data before proceeding with this .

soundsham

havent a clue what that means
tried a few other things from you tube
wasted €30 omn some online fix (partly expected I'd be better giving it to someone)
getting a "code 10 "error

Have you tried here?

The Base System Device is the card reader, look under Chipset for Ricoh R5C833. For the sound, I'd suspect you're on the generic Vista driver which doesn't support the internal speakers on a 1330. Try this or this.

soundsham

Karsini wrote: »

Have you tried here?

The Base System Device is the card reader, look under Chipset for Ricoh R5C833. For the sound, I'd suspect you're on the generic Vista driver which doesn't support the internal speakers on a 1330. Try this or this.

the red this was the one;)

thank you so so much,from someone like me with no patience this means a lot

I owe you a cold one
thanks again

No bother.

About the HDMI issue, you're probably missing a video driver but the 1330 comes with two different video cards (Nvidia and Intel) and I'm not sure which one you have.

soundsham

was sorted along the way too:D

asgaard

soundsham wrote: »

should i pay the $30
are is there any other way

Just to let You know- i didn't pay 30 bucks for it. I used freeware version