Re: Twinhead VXe P88TE Windows XP works with sound !
Jeffbrntn 26 May 2007 19:53:41
WhatAboutBob? Wrote: > Hey people,>
I just wanted to let anyone know that I have a Twinhead Slimnote VXe> (model P88TE) that I have upgraded on my own.>
I upgraded the cpu from a Mobile Pentium II 366MHz to a Mobile Celeron> 466MHz (it uses a Micro-PGA1 a.k.a. uPGA1 processor package) without a> hitch! I also installed a 6X DVD-ROM drive into the system, as well as> a 20GB hard drive. I also maxed out the memory at 256MB... this thing> is a speedy little machine now >
Now I ran into a problem where the system worked perfectly with> Windows 98 and 98 S.E. but when I installed Windows 2000 the speakers> were not working No matter what I tried to do they would not work.> The drivers provided did not seem to work... or did they?>
I found out that the drivers are not optimized properly, there is a> setting that you have to play with to set the speakers to either> digital or analog, and analog seems to do the trick. By default the> setting is set to autosense (autodetect) and that seems to be the> problem... I think it is cancelling itself out somehow.>
Anyways... Windows 2000 worked perfectly, and I thought why not try> WinXP to see what happens, because all the drivers for Win2K are the> same for WinXP... well I am happy to say that Windows XP now runs> beautifully on the Twinhead Slimnote VXe P88TE!!!>
Best of luck to you people!>
Could you tell me where this setting is as I cannot find it on the laptop.
Thanks going out to WhatAboutBob? for his original post. I recently was given a Twinhead T88PE and I wasn't sure if I could upgrade it; the Twinhead website has next to nothing there about this model. Now I have inspiration. Nittany
here is a step by step guide for anyone interested: 1) Go into Control Panel, select System, then get into your Device Manager 2) Look on the list near the bottom for one of the options that says "Sound, Video and Game Controllers, and expand that 3) Now look for something on that list that says "Creative SB AudioPCI (WDM)" right click it and select Properties 4) Look for the "Settings" tab in the new window that has opened up from the previous step and select it 5) Now in the Settings look for the "Configuration" section in the middle which should have a drop down box that says "Autosense" in it, change that to Analog If you follow this step by step and used the audio driver from the Twinhead website, this will work. Please let me know how it turns out for you. Cheers
Whoops, I almost forgot... WhatAboutBob? strikes again ;) I even found a Twinhead P88TF model that used Micro-PGA2 cpus, and I upgraded from a Celeron 466 MHz to a Pentium III @ 850MHz. Wow, did that ever make a HUGE difference in terms of speed and response WhatAboutBob? ps, I can't believe it has been like 3 years since I first posted that... where does the time go???
Thanks to Jeffbrntn for information regarding sound problem on Twinhead P88TF laptop. I did what he suggested and changed Autosense to Analog and I finally have sound!!! Thanks again!!
hi. i have a twinhead P88TF laptop. i dont have a sound driver for windows XP. where can I download that driver? i already try the twinhead website but didn't find one. Please help!
hey thanks for the info in regards to the audio help and step. now I can finally have sound on this crap of laptop.
here's the audio driver for those that can't find it. there's no xp driver but you can use the 2000 drivers, go through the steps mentioned above and it will work.
steps mentioned above by someone else. --------------------------------------------------
"1) Go into Control Panel, select System, then get into your Device Manager 2) Look on the list near the bottom for one of the options that says "Sound, Video and Game Controllers, and expand that 3) Now look for something on that list that says "Creative SB AudioPCI (WDM)" right click it and select Properties 4) Look for the "Settings" tab in the new window that has opened up from the previous step and select it 5) Now in the Settings look for the "Configuration" section in the middle which should have a drop down box that says "Autosense" in it, change that to Analog If you follow this step by step and used the audio driver from the Twinhead website, this will work. Please let me know how it turns out for you."
