You have to install the OEM sound driver so that the AUDIO ESP control panel 'see's' the internal business speaker. Once you do that everything will work the way it did before. The OEM AD198X sound max driver is not optional. Most of the drivers are native to windows 7 8 and 10. Audio, Chipset and INTEL AMT SOL HECI are the exception.%HECI_DeviceDesc%=HECI_DDI, PCI VEN_8086&DEV_29B4 The AMT AND HECI Drivers are under chipset. Also the Newest Version of the drivers seem to Apply to All Windows AKA XP, Vista, WIN7 AD198X 64 bit Audio. Precision T7400 Operating Systems Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit With the Newer Files you don't need to jump thru hoops for.

Jul 11, 2012 With the Newer Files you don't need to jump thru hoops for. One Size Fits all. Operating Systems. Windows 7 32-bit. Windows 7 64-bit. Windows Vista 32-bit.

One Size Fits all. Operating Systems Windows 7 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP Windows XP x64 Chipset HECI SOL Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe Download 1.Click Download Now, to download the file. 2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In: window appears.

3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop. 4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file icon appears on your desktop.

Install 1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe. 2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C: DELL DRIVERS R255437. Write down this path so the executable (I.e. Setup.exe) file can be found later.

3.The Self-Extractor window appears. 5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it. 6.Click the Start button and then click Run.

7.Type C: DELL DRIVERS R255437 in the Open textbox and then click OK. 8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions. Varnam Movie Download. AD198X and ANALOG Soundmax AUDIO must have AUDIO ESP to detect the speaker. AUDIO ESP is the Soundmax Control panel Applet that 'sees' speakers and headphones etc plugged into the audio codec OR NOT. The issue is that by default windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 or 10 will use a generic HD Audio driver and therefore things like the internal business speaker will not work and soundmax Audio ESP is non existant.

The solution is to install the Dell driver and then let windows update decide if the driver needs whql update. This is a common problem.

The Audio ESP function that asks whats plugged into the port is not enabled in the generic win7, win8, win10 driver. Windows 8 Системные Требования here. You also have to install DOTNET 4.0 and Directx June 2010 BEFORE installing this driver. You also have to add the feature back for Legacy Direct Show from control Panel. If you do all the right things in the right order it will work. Control Panel, All Control Panel Items, Programs and Features, Turn windows features on and Off, Then do the checkboxes.

You MUST BE online when you do this because it will whine about not finding the features and needing to download them from windows update. There's a bit of an information overload here, with lots of links to downloads etc. Can we simplify this a little? I have a clean windows 7 pro SP1 installation, all windows updates are complete. I currently only have 'High Definition Audio Device' listed in Sound within device manager.

You mention Legacy Components, but i do not have any option for that within windows features. I have the following files downloaded (but not yet installed) R174616 Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437 Intel_AMT-SOL--LMS_A02_R255438 R164900 what order do i install these in, and do i require anything else to be downloaded and installed? The 755 works fine with windows 7 and the drivers from vista. Enable audio ESP in control panel and restart. There are 379 then 178 then 38 windows updates over 12 reboots. Windows 7 updates are particularly troublesome these days.

The business 'speaker' is optional not available on every unit and you must max all the volume sliders to hear it. You did not say that you installed Directx June 2010 dxsetup.exe patch. You continue to state that this and that and the other 'doesn't work ' however I know that it does and I have 755, 760, 780, 960, 980 machines that 'it works' fine on when proper drivers are installed as administrator and Updates are applied in the correct order.

Everything from MSDOS 1.0 to Windows 10 works fine on these systems.

The windows Vista Driver for X86 or X64 works fine in windows 7 or windows 8 or windows 8.1 You will also need the AMT HECI drivers if the system has Vpro There are Newer Files that you don't need to jump thru hoops for. One Size Fits all. Operating Systems Windows 7 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP Windows XP x64 Chipset HECI SOL Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe Download 1.Click Download Now, to download the file.

2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In: window appears.

3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop. 4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file icon appears on your desktop.

Install 1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe. 2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C: DELL DRIVERS R255437.

Write down this path so the executable (I.e. Setup.exe) file can be found later. 3.The Self-Extractor window appears. 5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it. 6.Click the Start button and then click Run.

7.Type C: DELL DRIVERS R255437 in the Open textbox and then click OK. 8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions. Description Importance Version Released Supported OS Download Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated HD Audio, v.6.10.x.5491, A02 Analog Devices HD Audio driver Recommended 6.10.x.5491 9/27/2007 Windows Vista 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit. The windows Vista Driver for X86 or X64 works fine in windows 7 or windows 8 or windows 8.1 You will also need the AMT HECI drivers if the system has Vpro There are Newer Files that you don't need to jump thru hoops for. One Size Fits all. Operating Systems Windows 7 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP Windows XP x64 Chipset HECI SOL Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe Download 1.Click Download Now, to download the file.

2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In: window appears.

3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop. 4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close.

The file icon appears on your desktop. Install 1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe. 2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C: DELL DRIVERS R255437. Write down this path so the executable (I.e. Setup.exe) file can be found later. 3.The Self-Extractor window appears.

5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it. 6.Click the Start button and then click Run. 7.Type C: DELL DRIVERS R255437 in the Open textbox and then click OK. 8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions. Description Importance Version Released Supported OS Download Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated HD Audio, v.6.10.x.5491, A02 Analog Devices HD Audio driver Recommended 6.10.x.5491 9/27/2007 Windows Vista 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit. Well to my dismay, I think a Windows update scuppered my sound again!

This time even repeating the previous fix or downloading and re-installing various sound drivers, I found none worked. I was at the point of getting a replacement PC when I came across this possible fix:-. Start>Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>System>Advanced System Settings>Device Installation Settings At this point I had the 'No Let Me Choose' selected and I changed to 'Yes Do This Automatically' (for Drivers) and the next day when I logged on the sound was back!