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In article <chc3ud$qve$1@hercules.btinternet.com>, "NickC"
<me@somewhere.com> wrote:
> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
> news:nospam-0309042341290001@192.168.1.177...
> >
> > The one on the A7V880 download page is dated May of this year. Updates
> > don't occur that often, so May is pretty recent. Some motherboards have
> > one year old drivers.
> >
> > AFAIK, the driver is designed for a particular chipset, so an Intel
> > SoundMax uses a separate package from a Via SoundMax package. Multiple
> > Analog Devices chips are covered, with respect to that chipset. Since
> > the 8237 Southbridge is used on multiple Asus VIA based boards, you could
> > look at the download page for K8V, A7V600, and any others that use
> > 8237 or perhaps even 8235 (as core components of Via chips don't change
> > that much between the different versions).
> >
> > If you can find another motherboard manufacturer that uses SoundMax,
> > then you could find your driver there. Intel, for example, uses SoundMax,
> > but their drivers would only support ICH Southbridge chips. I'm not
> > aware of any others using SoundMax, as Realtek codecs are a lot
> > cheaper.
> >
>
> Actually that driver is not as it seems which is a bit devious of Asus. The
> SoundMax 5.12.01.3663 is listed on the Asus site as May 2004 but it is
> actually dated July 2003 internally and by SoundMax, looks like the May 2004
> date is just when Asus put it on their Website.
>
> Anyway I have gone with the SoundMax 5.12.01.3663 and the Marvell 6.31, both
> from the Asus site. I did find later versions but they were not Micro$oft
> certified so decided to go with these older but certified versions. However
> I did go with the later Via raid 3.10E driver.
>
> Nick
This page is the Analog Devices support page for Soundmax.
http://forms.analog.com/Form_Pages/soundMAX/soundMAXtechSupport.html
It will give you a few leads to follow up, if you think some other
vendor might have the drives. Forget Intel, as they would never
use a Via chipset, so they won't have 8235/8237 Southbridge based
drivers for Soundmax chips. MSI is listed as a Soundmax user, and
if MSI has some Via boards, maybe the drivers for them will work.
If you are still motivated to get the answer, send an email here,
as this is listed on the Soundmax FAQ page as the contact:
support@soundmax with a dot com on the end
Make sure the Subject: of your email is descriptive, so it
catches their eye (due to spam volume to that addr). Something like
Version number of latest VT8237/AD1888 driver ?
and in the body of the message, indicate the driver number
Asus is offering, and whether a later driver for that platform
is available. If the answer is positive, copy the message to
Asus tech support, and convince them to put the driver up on
your motherboard page. I don't know whether Asus has to pay
for this service or not - since Asus is still using ADI chips
on motherboards, there is a good chance they can get the driver
for you. ADI, by the nature of their support policy, will not
be emailing a 19MB driver to you
HTH,
Paul
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