nForce2 Soundproblem

I'm owner of a asus a7n8x-board. this board has an nforce2-chipset from nvidia.
i run the vista beta2, but the sounddriver from nvidia is not compatible.
wiht the sounddriver from microsoft there is only one!!! regulator for the
volume in the soundpanel (no extra regulators/controls for
microphone/wave/midi/etc.) and the 5.1-sound is not working.

i've heard nvidia won't release support/drivers for nforce2. is this the
truth?
if yes > i hate nvidia and i never will buy a nvidia or intel product in
future!

i hope microsoft will fix this problem with a correct working driver in the
final windowsvista produkt or perhapsly soon with windows/microsoft update
service.

please microsoft realise a driver for the nforce2-sound !

if anyone can help me to get my windowsvista working correct with
nforce2-soundchip so i'll be happy.

btw: i'm a german guy. sorry for my bad english

First off I'm in the same boat with a A7N8X-E board, yes I've been told
Nvidia is not supporting anything older than nforce 3 with Vista. I know
there are a lot of these boards based on this chipset out there so there may
be a swell of p*&^%d off people emailing Nvidia. My thought is that if MS's
upgrade advisor says its compatible with Vista companies should make drivers
to support it. Nvidia claims the nforce2 isn't compatible with Vista but I
say thats not true. My old board works with the built in drivers but it would
be nice to have an official driver for the chipset.
"connykonrich" wrote:

> I'm owner of a asus a7n8x-board. this board has an nforce2-chipset from nvidia.
> i run the vista beta2, but the sounddriver from nvidia is not compatible.
> wiht the sounddriver from microsoft there is only one!!! regulator for the
> volume in the soundpanel (no extra regulators/controls for
> microphone/wave/midi/etc.) and the 5.1-sound is not working.
>
> i've heard nvidia won't release support/drivers for nforce2. is this the
> truth?
> if yes > i hate nvidia and i never will buy a nvidia or intel product in
> future!
>
> i hope microsoft will fix this problem with a correct working driver in the
> final windowsvista produkt or perhapsly soon with windows/microsoft update
> service.
>
> please microsoft realise a driver for the nforce2-sound !
>
> if anyone can help me to get my windowsvista working correct with
> nforce2-soundchip so i'll be happy.
>
> btw: i'm a german guy. sorry for my bad english

"connykonrich" <> wrote in message
news:2D2338D5-8619-4336-9A0B-...
> I'm owner of a asus a7n8x-board. this board has an nforce2-chipset from
> nvidia.
> i run the vista beta2, but the sounddriver from nvidia is not compatible.
> wiht the sounddriver from microsoft there is only one!!! regulator for the
> volume in the soundpanel (no extra regulators/controls for
> microphone/wave/midi/etc.) and the 5.1-sound is not working.
>
> i've heard nvidia won't release support/drivers for nforce2. is this the
> truth?
> if yes > i hate nvidia and i never will buy a nvidia or intel product in
> future!
>
> i hope microsoft will fix this problem with a correct working driver in
> the
> final windowsvista produkt or perhapsly soon with windows/microsoft update
> service.
>
> please microsoft realise a driver for the nforce2-sound !
>
> if anyone can help me to get my windowsvista working correct with
> nforce2-soundchip so i'll be happy.
>
> btw: i'm a german guy. sorry for my bad english


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You can not use the drivers from Nvidia. They have said that they are not
compatible, and because of the age of the M/B (I have 2 of these boards)
they are not going to upgrade the drivers at all.

The drivers supplied by Vista work fine here. The are obtained by Windows
Update automatically.

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