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SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio drive for Window Vista!!!

Saturday, 18. August 2007, 09:42:44

The integrated sound card/SoundMax software does not seem to be recognized once Vista is installed. Therefore no sound. The only instance of sound hardware in Device Manager is High Definition Audio but no mention of SoundMax. Okie, The general recommendatios were:

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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Clean installation:

0. download drive here
1. Start Windows Vista and logon with administrative privileges.

2. Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive.

The default location is C:\DRIVERS\WIN\AUDIO.

3. Click Start, select All Programs, select Accessories, then click

Run...

4. Specify SETUP.EXE with the full path name where you extracted the

package in step 2, and click OK.

Example: C:\DRIVERS\WIN\AUDIO\SETUP.EXE

5. If the message "Windows can't verify the publisher of

this driver software" appears ,click "Install this driver software

anyway" button to continue installing. Follow the instructions on the screen.

6. Reboot the system to complete the installation.

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Comments

Anonymous # 19. August 2007, 21:03

Sean writes:

C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio\i386\smwdm.sys is missing.
Halt install.

Anonymous # 20. August 2007, 13:27

zed writes:

yeah! its work very good. Thank You!

Anonymous # 24. August 2007, 14:48

Scott writes:

Same thing as Sean; C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio\i386\smwdm.sys is missing.

Anonymous # 1. September 2007, 01:05

Jenlnan writes:

And again, no smwdm.sys

Anonymous # 15. September 2007, 22:09

ali abdo writes:

v thanks

Anonymous # 4. October 2007, 18:55

les writes:

just passed this info onto my friend thank you very much, your a star !!!

Anonymous # 4. October 2007, 20:36

matt writes:

Worked great! I have Windows Vista Business, and the P5NSLI mainboard. After I rebooted, it just worked :)

Anonymous # 10. October 2007, 19:50

Anonymous writes:

Same thing as Sean; C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio\i386\smwdm.sys is missing.

Anonymous # 26. October 2007, 14:21

Anonymous writes:

Same thing as Sean; C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio\i386\smwdm.sys is missing.

Anonymous # 28. October 2007, 20:24

Anonymous writes:

smwdm is missing...

Anonymous # 29. October 2007, 08:19

The sort of person that hard to find now writes:

Hi guys, for all of you that are having trouble with the error

"smwdm.sys is missing"

i've uploaded the file here

http://files-upload.com/files/587917/smwdm.sys

just put that in the directory it says it cant find it from and it'll work

Hope this helps you guys out

Anonymous # 1. November 2007, 00:10

Anonymous writes:

Thank You!its work very good.

Anonymous # 4. November 2007, 01:35

Nightkid writes:

Why can't I download smwdm.sys from files-upload.com??

Anonymous # 20. November 2007, 20:32

Anonymous writes:

ok it still nt workin iv done wat ppl said to do and wen it goes to install i ant get "unable to compare version - aborting" wat do i do

Anonymous # 3. December 2007, 20:06

Anonymous writes:

Good job Qua Tang!
I wonder why the damn Megasoft couldn't fix it themselves in the installer.

Anonymous # 9. December 2007, 23:03

Anonymous writes:

PLEASE - Could you put that smwdm.sys file up somewhere else? On Files-Upload, I just get the following error:

"Sorry. You can not download this file today. Download traffic for your country is empty".

If there is somewhere else we cn put this file, it is really needed. (And ASUS doesn't care at all about their users!!)

I tried the XP, SE, and a smwdm.sys driver that said it was working on my Vista machine (but it wasn't). Nothing seemed to work! (I get the fact that it doesn't support my device!)

Thanks

Anonymous # 21. December 2007, 00:42

Anonymous writes:

help

Anonymous # 21. December 2007, 00:43

Anonymous writes:

please help me to find smwdm.sys . great help

Anonymous # 21. December 2007, 12:08

Sami writes:

I download the smwdm.sys file, and put it where it says missing, but after i try to install, now it says the audio driver file do not support your computer harware, please any one help me. i will put the link to download smwdm.sys file http://rapidshare.de/files/38099217/Smwdm.sys.html

Anonymous # 27. December 2007, 14:48

Anonymous writes:

i only got stereo sound, on my front speakers, the surround sound still won't work...are there 4.0 or 5.1 drivers anywhere?

Anonymous # 5. January 2008, 04:06

Anonymous writes:

Sound works now but microphone dont.... any ideas ?

Anonymous # 21. January 2008, 23:48

Dan writes:

Speaker works good but microphone doesn't work.Help me!!!

Anonymous # 30. January 2008, 02:15

Anonymous writes:

Sami writes:

I download the smwdm.sys file, and put it where it says missing, but after i try to install, now it says the audio driver file do not support your computer harware, please any one help me. i will put the link to download smwdm.sys file http://rapidshare.de/files/38099217/Smwdm.sys.html

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we have same problem...

Anonymous # 11. February 2008, 11:27

Anonymous writes:

Same thing happened with me. When i downloaded smwdm.sys file from rapidshare link and copied onto the missing location, it said "audio driver file do not support your computer harware".

Any help will be appreciated.

regards

Anonymous # 17. February 2008, 04:52

WishIDidnotWaste$$onBlitz Extreme writes:

This is some BS!! Asus, wtf man....I've tried installing your sound drivers from the cd supplied w/ my board, downloaded from your site and no luck whatsoever. This is downright retarded! I paid for the on-board sound and I expect it to work w/ my OS (Vista x64)!!! :bomb: :bomb: :bomb:

Anonymous # 22. June 2008, 18:10

Anonymous writes:

If you get the message that the audio driver does not support your computer hardware, go into your BIOS > onboard devices and make sure your onboard audio is enabled. That fixed it for me. Many thanks to the person that made smwdm.sys file available.

Anonymous # 23. August 2008, 13:05

Waqar writes:

hey i cant download tht thing the tool i dont noe frm where to get it.....

Anonymous # 23. August 2008, 20:07

Waqar writes:

can anyone load this swymdm file sumwhere else i cant open both the sites not the file upload and rapidshare i cant even download it frm one place also.....

Anonymous # 28. January 2009, 08:40

behnam writes:

thanks for ur helping !

Anonymous # 8. February 2009, 08:50

Anonymous writes:

I've found it's not the version of smwdm.sys for Vista thats needed,it's
the version for your hardware.If you have the original SoundMax driver
disk or your motherboard disk,extract smwdm.sys from the driver installation files save it somewhere on the hard drive,let Vista install
the SoundMax drivers,then go to C:\windows\system32,move smwdm.sys out
of the folder,then move the copy you saved there(don't copy as it might not be overwritten), then reboot.

Hope that works for you guys

Anonymous # 8. April 2009, 15:05

ian writes:

Hi, you can download both the driver and smwdm.sys from the following link: http://64bitdrivers.com/driver.php?id=1451 entitled 'SoundMAX audio codec including smwdm.sys for Vista x64'. Evidently just for vista x64 users however. Quite a few instructions on the page on how to install.

Anonymous # 30. May 2009, 20:03

saiyan writes:

yo!!! folks..
now im in ur club just after i installed windows 7 RC(build 7000),
on both my laptops(HCL & compaq evo n800v)
my HCL gets sound but compaq doesnt...tried so much to install soundmax driver but no help,even after putting smwdm.sys in the directory it says,audio driver does not support your computer hardware....now what do i do....

Anonymous # 24. June 2009, 14:35

Anonymous writes:

yea what to do now ??