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Ok. So I googled "update conexant ac-link". First site that comes up is the Conexant site. It calls the driver a modem tho, not a VGA/Sound card.

But Speccy says my audio is the conexant ac-link audio.

I don't understand. Maybe I'm in over my head here and should just learn to live with the problem, even tho it is a huge pain in the neck that adds hours to any project I work on.

Jumbi: No, I haven't tried the tools you suggested. While I really do appreciate you posting them, really, I tried but can't get myself to use one of those updater programs again. It's just been too much work getting my computer back to as close to what it was, as it's going to get. I don't want to have to do it again.

Karen: I did the google search as you suggested. That left me feeling overwhelmed, so went to the HP site (I have a Compaq Presario V2000, model #: V2311US).

After finding my computer on their list of drivers available, I see they have 2 conexant drivers listed. One is an "Audio" driver, the other is a "Modem." So I'm assuming I need the audio one since the Cyberlink guy said "update your VGA/Sound card driver."

I've downloaded the driver but haven't installed it yet. Yes, I'm scared of wrecking my computer again and having to do another reinstall of xp.

So what I'm gonna do is give a link to the page I downloaded the driver update from, and include in this reply info from the DirectX Diagnostic Tool report I ran. Hopefully somebody with more knowledge than me will look it over and offer their opinion on whether or not I downloaded the right update.

I'll wait a couple days (at least) to see if anyone replies before installing the update.

The DirectX Diagnostic Tool info, since I can't copy & paste it in this reply, I took a screen shot of it and have them in a photobucket account.

The onscreen results are at: http://i170.photobucket.com/al…..ndpage.png

When I saved the results to send to Cyberlink, I got a different looking layout with more (?) info. The screen shot of that is at: http://i170.photobucket.com/al…..notepa.png

The web page I downloaded the update from is: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizs…..nvOID=1098

I downloaded the "Conexant CX20468-31 AC97 Audio Driver and Audio Driver EQ" that's about 1/3 the way down the page.
 

If anybody could take a minute to look it all over and offer an opinion on if it's the right driver update for me, not only would I appreciate it more than I can say, I will also personally BBQ some fresh venison this summer and serve it to you, if you wanna drive to North Dakota… 

amnesia said:It's getting late so I may be seeing things, but the version you already have is the same as the one you want to install.

That's what I thought at first too. But then noticed the date difference, which isn't much, but then again, maybe they made some changes in that time.  ???

The driver I have is dated 2/18/05, and the one I'm thinking about updating to is dated 6/3/05.

I've tried Macrium, Easeus, and others, basically all of the image programs that have been recommended on dottech. I keep getting either error messages or failed verifications when I run any of them.

I'm start'n to think maybe there is something internally wrong with this computer, I just can't afford to replace it yet.

Wheezer said:

I'm start'n to think maybe there is something internally wrong with this computer, I just can't afford to replace it yet.

Hahahaha… This is a little off topic, but not really…

A couple hours after I made that last post, my brother knocks on my door. I let him in and he says "do you have any intrest in a free laptop computer?"

I said "sure." Out of his briefcase he pulls a gateway model 400VTX. Yup, it's old-er and so far, slower. But still, I've got 2 "puters" now. Both with about the same ram and such.

I spent the last few hours figuring out what it has on it for programs, installing CCleaner, Speccy, and was about to put Firefox on when I decided I've had enough of installing programs and messing with problems for today.

Running CCleaner made a big difference in it's speed. I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like after I install TuneUp Utilities 2009 and run that.

I figure if nothing else, at least I'll be able to split up the work I do between the 2 computers. Maybe the lighter workload will help them both run better.

I now return you to the original thread subject…