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Question 1

I recently bought a second-hand home built desktop (the specs are a little higher than my one one) It works fine except when I try to play an audio or video file I get an error telling me I have no audio device installed but the computer has an onboard audio device I'e been thinking it might be a driver issue but I'm having trouble finding a driver for it and I cant get Vender or Device numbers because according to device manager I don't have a device to install drivers for. My motherboard is a WinFast 760GXK8MC

Question 2

I have an old laptop that I want to use to play music with a pair of speakers from an old Hi-Fi (See Question 3) I want to know what OS would be best for what I need it to do and its low specs

512MB RAM
1.4GHZ CPU
40GB Hard Drive

It's currently running Windows XP but is doing so very slowly, a RAM upgrade is out of the question because of the price of this old RAM.

Question 3

I normally use the Hi-Fi for connecting either one of my laptops or my ipod using the an AUX lead, but that's pretty much the only thing on the Hi-Fi that still works, I want to remove the Hi-Fi and just use the speakers. I need to know if there's a converter I can buy or if I can make one that makes the speakers work with a 3.5mm audio jack. I'm not sure what the name of the speaker connection is but each speaker has two wires both striped which go into 4 holes in the back of the Hi-Fi and held in with clamps.

asked Dec 02 '10 at 10:40

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edited Dec 02 '10 at 12:00


1) Download the audio drivers from here: On-Board Audio Drivers

2) I'd recommend you format the drive and do a clean install of Windows XP. Could be that your current installation of XP is being slowed down by malware and junk files etc. I have an old laptop with similar specs running XP Pro SP3 and it runs nicely. Doing a fresh install of XP definitely helped me solve the slowing down issue.

If you don't want to do this OR a fresh re-installation does not solve the issue then I recommend you install Linux Ubuntu. It runs on very little system resources and best of all its free. It comes bundled with plenty of software for all your needs.

I have also installed Ubuntu on the same laptop and it ran very smoothly for such a low-spec laptop.

3) I don't understand why you would want to get rid of the HiFi and only use the speakers. You'll need to be an amplifier to connect the speakers to. I doubt they're that expensive these days.

answered Dec 02 '10 at 15:48

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1) I got an error when I tried to install the dirver "Driver not found! reboot your system and run setup again" I rebooted but no success.

2)I just put ubuntu on it and its running great.

3)The Hi-Fis CD player, Radio and Tape deck don't work but id have to get an amp I may as well just use the Hi-Fi.

(Dec 02 '10 at 19:22) markd12 markd12's gravatar image

Try re-downloading the driver, could be a corrupt driver.

Glad to see Ubuntu is running nicely for you.

I'd recommend you keep the HiFi rather than having hassle buying an amp and connecting everything together.

(Dec 03 '10 at 05:07) DazOwen DazOwen's gravatar image

1) Go to http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/downloads_detail.aspx?ID=en-us0000289

2) Linux distro

3) Amazon, And solder the leads to the converter.

answered Dec 02 '10 at 11:43

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Your motherboard is a Foxconn.....

(Dec 02 '10 at 11:43) Jackster1337 Jackster1337's gravatar image
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