AUREAL VORTEX2 card problem

[starwaah 0]

Does anyone have resolve problem with these cards ?

help me if you know where we find drivers work ok.

[Dirdian 0]

You can pickup the latest drivers from

 

http://www.vortexofsound.com

 

This seems to be the only surviving site for Areal sound cards and contains a host of information.

 

You may (will) find problems using this sound card if your motherboard has a Via chipset. To find out more about Via chipset problems head over to

 

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqsound.html

 

Regards, Dirdian

[starwaah 0]

The lastest driver doesn't work under w2000:(

[Dirdian 0]

These drivers are the WDM drivers for the Aureal Vortex 2 (8830) chipset.

 

http://www.vortexofsound.com/drivers/drv_v2wdm.htm

 

(Note: These drivers are not hosted on the Vortex of Sound site and may not be available at any given time. We are not responsible for any problems arising from your downloading and/or use of these drivers.)

 

Note that they were designed for Windows 2000, and while they may function under Windows 98 SE or Windows ME, it is not recommended that they be used in either OS.

 

From Aureal:

This driver release is beta and will not be supported in any way. Because these drivers have not been through the Microsoft certification process, they are unsigned. This means that the installation process is much more involved than usual, and is to be pursued at your own risk. By downloading these drivers you certify that you understand that Aureal and its employees cannot be held responsible for any disruption or damage to your system that this installation may cause. These drivers are posted purely as a courtesy to our most adventurous and technically adept customers.

 

To install the drivers:

 

Downloading the drivers

 

Download the drivers from the link above to a temp directory on your hard drive.

In Explorer, navigate to the temp directory.

Double click on the "wdm5_12_01_2559.exe" file to extract the drivers.

Copy the AU30GM.ARL file from your original Vortex CD (or any Windows 9x driver install) to the temp folder and rename it to AUREALGM.ARL.

If you have the native Vortex drivers (from the OS) installed, continue with the next section. If not, skip ahead to the following section - Installing the drivers.

Uninstalling the native drivers

 

Launch the Windows Control Panel.

Double click on System.

Click on the Hardware tab.

Click the Device Manager button.

Select "Aureal Vortex PCI Adapter" under Sound, video, and game controllers.

Click the Remove button.

Close Device Manager.

Launch Windows Explorer.

Select Tools from the menu items, then Folder Options.

On the View tab, check the option "Show All Hidden Folders".

Uncheck the option "Hide File Extenstions for Known File Types".

Uncheck the option "Hide Protected Operating System Files".

Close the Folder Options window.

Navigate to the WINNT\INF folder.

Delete the following files:

WDMA_AUR.INF

WDMA_AUR.PNF

ADM_MULT.INF

ADM_MULT.PNF

ADM_PORT.INF

ADM_PORT.PNF

Navigate to the WINNT\DRIVER CACHE\I386 folder.

Rename the DRIVER.CAB file to DRIVER.OLD.

Navigate to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DLLCACHE folder.

Delete the following files:

ADM8830.SYS

ADMJOY.SYS

Navigate to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.

Delete the following files:

ADM8830.SYS

ADMJOY.SYS

Reboot.

Installing the drivers

 

When Windows starts, it will detect new hardware. When it asks for drivers, point it to temp folder you unzipped the driver files to in step 2 of "Downloading the drivers".

When prompted for the KSUSER.DLL file, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder.

When prompted for other KS*.DLL files, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.

When prompted for some *.DRV files, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32 folder.

When prompted for the PORTCLS.SYS file, point it to the WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS folder.

For any files, point it to the temp folder you unzipped the driver files to.

When prompted to reboot your system, do so.

Finishing the install

 

After Windows restarts, launch Windows Explorer.

Navigate to the WINNT\DRIVER CACHE\I386 folder.

Rename DRIVER.OLD to DRIVER.CAB.

 

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A3D Drivers

 

These are the latest A3D driver components for the Vortex 2 cards. To install these drivers:

 

Download the drivers to a temp directory on your hard drive.

In Explorer, navigate to the temp directory.

Double-click the "a3ddrivers312.exe" file, and follow the directions to install.

Be sure to not close the window during the install, but wait for it to complete - it will display an error and that's fine.

Reboot your system and you're set.

Note: Advanced users may wish to delete the A3DAPI.DLL file from their local game folders so the games will use the latest one installed in the Windows System folder.

[starwaah 0]

I have already installed this driver & when i use winamp,it plays

few seconds of music & nothing else.

My config :

 

duron 800

abit kt7 raid latest bios

geforce 256 ddr

2 hdd ata100

256 Mo

win2000 pro server ,pack 2

 

I have put all new drivers (via,correction of aureal driver under

w2000 & chipset via)

What else ?!!!

[Azreal 0]

The info at this link corrected my issue's with a Vortex 2 card

 

http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/th-v2a80.htm

[starwaah 0]

that's the SOLUTION !

Thanks a lot ,man.