One more tweak on getting analog XP audio to work
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:44 am
I am doing this from the z510 version, which is now almost completely debugged from an audio standpoint in XP. The final trick was to go to the Settings ->Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices->Speaker Settings->Advanced->Performance, and press "Restore Defaults", followed by "Apply". Pressing "Apply" appears to have the effect of editing the registry with the correct audio properties.
You remember that, several restarts back, I had unzipped both the Windows 7 audio for fit-pc2i and the Windows XP audio for fit-pc2i. Next, I installed audio using the the XP version and restarted. But no startup sound. So, I copied audio_patch.exe from the Windows 7 audio->Vista (not Vista64) folder into 'c:\program files\realtek\...\WDM. You may have to get Windows to unveil these folders as you go about the copying process. You then _run_ audio_patch.exe from the installed WDM folder. audio_patch.exe complains about not being able to set the correct registry keys, but goes to completion. When you restart the system yet once again, the Windows logon sound is played, at full volume. The volume control refuses to work correctly, and may appear in multiple layers.
At this point, you can demonstrate streaming flash video using the latest Internet Explorer for Windows XP and its flash plugin. And, you can control volume using the flash volume control. And this demonstrates that Internet Explorer using even the most recent flash is doing amazing things in video acceleration, because, e. g., Amazon.com streaming video is nearly flawless, even at full screen and with the sending station chopping up the DSL signal. I mean, here you have a depracated, yet bargain priced, "value" system that suddenly shows amazing promise when you get the sound and the video right.
OK, the final step in tweaking the audio is to figure out how to get the correct things stored into the system registry. And, the steps listed above, ending in pushing the sounds "default settings" button does that final trick, resulting in a working volume control and amazing surround sound on the analog output. Of course, you could have supplied a correct audio_patch.exe program in your XP driver in the first place, and someday I really would like to hear your reasons.
You must have only a few more left to sell before you end production or something. And, I have a rare museum piece: A gma500, z510 system living up to its full potential.
You remember that, several restarts back, I had unzipped both the Windows 7 audio for fit-pc2i and the Windows XP audio for fit-pc2i. Next, I installed audio using the the XP version and restarted. But no startup sound. So, I copied audio_patch.exe from the Windows 7 audio->Vista (not Vista64) folder into 'c:\program files\realtek\...\WDM. You may have to get Windows to unveil these folders as you go about the copying process. You then _run_ audio_patch.exe from the installed WDM folder. audio_patch.exe complains about not being able to set the correct registry keys, but goes to completion. When you restart the system yet once again, the Windows logon sound is played, at full volume. The volume control refuses to work correctly, and may appear in multiple layers.
At this point, you can demonstrate streaming flash video using the latest Internet Explorer for Windows XP and its flash plugin. And, you can control volume using the flash volume control. And this demonstrates that Internet Explorer using even the most recent flash is doing amazing things in video acceleration, because, e. g., Amazon.com streaming video is nearly flawless, even at full screen and with the sending station chopping up the DSL signal. I mean, here you have a depracated, yet bargain priced, "value" system that suddenly shows amazing promise when you get the sound and the video right.
OK, the final step in tweaking the audio is to figure out how to get the correct things stored into the system registry. And, the steps listed above, ending in pushing the sounds "default settings" button does that final trick, resulting in a working volume control and amazing surround sound on the analog output. Of course, you could have supplied a correct audio_patch.exe program in your XP driver in the first place, and someday I really would like to hear your reasons.
You must have only a few more left to sell before you end production or something. And, I have a rare museum piece: A gma500, z510 system living up to its full potential.