HP DC7100 SFF soundcard problem

I recently got a HP dc7100 sff, and i can't get the sound card to work, neither in XP pro or Vista Basic. I get code 10, couldn't start... I have tryed every driver out there, including chipset drivers, flashed bios... The soundcard should be of the type soundMAX... There are also no way to see if it is disabled in the bios... Any suggestions what could be wrong...!?

No i don't have any other cards installed... Sound card is activated in the bios, but it shares IRQ with some other USB controllers, maybe that could couse the conflict...!? Allthough i did try and assign it it's own IRQ, but still nothing works... I think it's Vista that triggers this, maybe by assigning the wrong IRQ or something... Maybe it's just a hardware failure... I installed all the updates for Vista, and tried both the vendor drivers (HP), and the one provided by Vista driver update... I'm running out of ideas now...

Yes it is very odd, since we have 20 more of these computers at work, same model, and all working and running XP pro.

But the problem seems to be quite common, since people on other forums have this problem too.

I have tried to reset the bios, including clearing the CMOS. All other drivers for motherboard/chipset and drives has been updated too.

I checked the motherboard, and double checked all connectors, but everything is as it should be.

I might just end up installing a new soundcard, just to get around this issue. Though cheap soundcards with low profile brackets are hard to find. There is an option, to install a PCI riser card, making it possible to install full sice PCI.

I know creative has a soundcard, that can be fitted with an low profile bracket, X-FI soundblaster Xtreme gamer, but it has a lot of features, that i don't need for this setup, and is quite expensive too.

Any ideas..?

Do you see a multimedia device or unknown device in the device manager with a yellow mark? Without drivers they do not show up to software.

There are some odd combos for sound cards on some systems. I have seen chipset drivers include the sound drivers

Have you tried the Intel chipset id program to see if your chipset has a audio codec built in?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Pr [...] ductID=861

Also, If the chipset is old it will tell you to get an older version of that software. Then you can try to find a driver for your audio if Intel handles it. Intel has had several companies make there audio chips so knowing the chipset is essential.

HP normally has very good support, have you contacted them?