Audio driver windows 7

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bully

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Hi again
I've decided to do a fresh install of windows 7 to see if i can eliminate the bsod's i mentioned earlier.

I am trying to install the via audio driver,supplied by pc specialist but i am presented with the unsigned driver warning.Like this http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matthew_van_eerde/archive/2011/09/14/how-to-install-unsigned-drivers.aspx

I have ignored this but the driver doesn't want to install properly,and i have looked up on the clevo site and they only have a windows 8 audio driver.

Does anyone have a windows 7 signed driver?.
thanks again
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
This warning is to let you know that this driver has not been digitally signed, it's purpose is to make you ask yourself whether you trust the source of this driver. You got the driver off a disk supplied by PCS so if you're not going to trust PCS who will you trust? :)

You can safely install this software and you should click the "Install this driver software anyway" box.
 
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bully

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I went ahead but the sound driver refuses to load on boot,as it is not digitally signed (device manager has the yellow exclamation mark).Also the chipset driver is telling me that windows doesn't meet requirements to load the software.
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
bully said:
I went ahead but the sound driver refuses to load on boot,as it is not digitally signed (device manager has the yellow exclamation mark).Also the chipset driver is telling me that windows doesn't meet requirements to load the software.
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I very much doubt that the unsigned status of the audio driver is the cause of your problem, as I said that's just a warning at install time and I don't believe the signed/unsigned status of drivers is checked at any other time. The exclamation mark just tells you there's a problem not what's causing it.

It is often important (it depends on the hardware) that drivers are installed in the right order. The disk that came with my Optimus listed the drivers in the order in which they should be installed, I guess it was similar with your driver disk? So if you didn't install them in that order I'd suggest you start again with a new reinstall of Windows and install the drivers in the order they are listed. It is nearly always essential that the chipset driver is installed immediately after the OS has been installed (and before you do any OS updates) so that should always be the first driver installed. The order from then on is less critical but the order mine are listed in is:

Chipset
VGA
nVidia
LAN
Cardreader
Touchpad
Hoteky (it's important that you install this)
Intel MEI (if applicable)
Audio
WiFi
Bluetooth

After these drivers are installed you should run a Windows update until there are no more updates left, I'd suggest however that you do not install any drivers supplied by Microsoft update at this time (I've occasionally had issues with Microsoft's drivers). Then you need to be patient and test your laptop as thoroughly as you can with no other software and no external devices attached. This is because it's vital to run with a known software platform (vanilla Windows and PCS-supplied drivers) in order to establish whether you have a hardware problem or simply a software conflict.

:)
 
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bully

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That probably explains it.I was sent a usb stick as i have windows 7 and not 8,and the driver order is different compared to the cd
 
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