Audio Drivers for Dell Optiplex GX620 for Windows 7 Ultimate

the 32 bit Vista driver for the Dell Opriplex GX 520 & 620 is hard to find even when you know the name of the file you are looking for

There are lots of people looking for this driver without success

most don't say if they need the 32 bit or 64 bit version

some sites say the only option is to install a supported PCI sound card as Dell does not provide any Windows 7 drivers for this old model


The first useful link I found when Googling was this one below

it has a Link to a Dell ftp site

The Vista (32 bit x86) driver also works with Windows 7 (32 bit x86)


http://www.getpcmemory.com/drivers/download-dell-optipl...


http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/r145551.exe

(The Dell ftp link was tested today 28 March 2012)

this is what the driver readme says
Title: Audio: Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio Driver
Version : A25
OEM name : Analog Devices
OEM Version: 5.12.01.7010

Computers : Dimension: 2400, 3000, DE051; OptiPlex: 170L, 170L, GX270 / GX270N, GX280, GX520, GX620, SX270 / SX270N, SX280; Precision: 360 / 360N, 370, 450, 470, 650, 670

OSes : Windows Vista 32-bit Business,Windows Vista 32-bit Home Basic,Windows Vista 32-bit Home Premium,Windows Vista 32-bit Ultimate
Languages : Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese-S, Chinese-T, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
Created : Tuesday, November 06, 2007


you probably need to use 'Run as administrator' on r145551.exe

An alternative which I did not try is to go to Microsofts update site which will have 32bit and 64 bit versions

regards

Mike Barnes