i have a gateway notebook and i am having the same problem red x over
speaker and says " no audio output device is installed. i can see it in the
device manger sigmatel i tried to update driver and vista say you are usiong
the most current driver something like that anyone else have an idea that
can get me sound. ty

"Stefano Colombo" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Already tried the HP site and windows update with no luck , I was wondering
> if anyone has found some drivers which could work . Otherwise I'll wait
> until HP will release its own drivers
> thanks
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
> news:uIv2UiUIHHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > You need to check with HP to see if that sound driver is supported in
> > Vista.
> > Try to update the driver:
> > Open the driver.
> > Click "Driver" tab
> > Click "Update Driver"
> > You can also try Windows/Microsoft Update.
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > [url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
> > [url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]
> >
> >
> > "Stefano Colombo" <fakemail_no_spam@iol.it> wrote in message
> > news:411ADACB-64D2-41B7-9510-931B492BFB51@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> >> Hi ,
> >> I have an HP NX7400 Notebook on which I've installed Vista Ultimate RTM.
> >> The audio device is a Soundmax integrated device
> >> All is working except for audio . In device manager I see that audio
> >> device should have been recognized , in fact I see a HIgh definition
> >> audio device with microsoft driver. There's also an unrecognized device
> >> which could also be the sound card.
> >>
> >> On the taskbar there's a speaker icon with a red X and the message " no
> >> audio output device is installed " . Obviously the speakers are builtin.
> >> I've not been able to find a vista driver for soundmax .
> >> Has anyone had such problem ? How do you solved ?
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Stefano
> >>[/color]
> >[/color]
>[/color]

Your only real option is to wait for Gateway to write drivers.
If the laptop is more than a year out of production, it is unlikely you will
ever see any sound drivers.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
[url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]


"renegade37918" <renegade37918@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7DD1823-52F1-4586-B421-70BBD625C941@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i have a gateway notebook and i am having the same problem red x over
> speaker and says " no audio output device is installed. i can see it in
> the
> device manger sigmatel i tried to update driver and vista say you are
> usiong
> the most current driver something like that anyone else have an idea
> that
> can get me sound. ty
>
> "Stefano Colombo" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Already tried the HP site and windows update with no luck , I was
>> wondering
>> if anyone has found some drivers which could work . Otherwise I'll wait
>> until HP will release its own drivers
>> thanks
>>
>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uIv2UiUIHHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> > You need to check with HP to see if that sound driver is supported in
>> > Vista.
>> > Try to update the driver:
>> > Open the driver.
>> > Click "Driver" tab
>> > Click "Update Driver"
>> > You can also try Windows/Microsoft Update.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> > [url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
>> > [url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]
>> >
>> >
>> > "Stefano Colombo" <fakemail_no_spam@iol.it> wrote in message
>> > news:411ADACB-64D2-41B7-9510-931B492BFB51@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi ,
>> >> I have an HP NX7400 Notebook on which I've installed Vista Ultimate
>> >> RTM.
>> >> The audio device is a Soundmax integrated device
>> >> All is working except for audio . In device manager I see that audio
>> >> device should have been recognized , in fact I see a HIgh definition
>> >> audio device with microsoft driver. There's also an unrecognized
>> >> device
>> >> which could also be the sound card.
>> >>
>> >> On the taskbar there's a speaker icon with a red X and the message "
>> >> no
>> >> audio output device is installed " . Obviously the speakers are
>> >> builtin.
>> >> I've not been able to find a vista driver for soundmax .
>> >> Has anyone had such problem ? How do you solved ?
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Stefano
>> >>
>> >[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Your only real option is to wait for Gateway to write drivers.
If the laptop is more than a year out of production, it is unlikely you will
ever see any sound drivers.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
[url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]


"renegade37918" <renegade37918@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7DD1823-52F1-4586-B421-70BBD625C941@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i have a gateway notebook and i am having the same problem red x over
> speaker and says " no audio output device is installed. i can see it in
> the
> device manger sigmatel i tried to update driver and vista say you are
> usiong
> the most current driver something like that anyone else have an idea
> that
> can get me sound. ty
>
> "Stefano Colombo" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Already tried the HP site and windows update with no luck , I was
>> wondering
>> if anyone has found some drivers which could work . Otherwise I'll wait
>> until HP will release its own drivers
>> thanks
>>
>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uIv2UiUIHHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> > You need to check with HP to see if that sound driver is supported in
>> > Vista.
>> > Try to update the driver:
>> > Open the driver.
>> > Click "Driver" tab
>> > Click "Update Driver"
>> > You can also try Windows/Microsoft Update.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> > [url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar[/url]
>> > [url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]
>> >
>> >
>> > "Stefano Colombo" <fakemail_no_spam@iol.it> wrote in message
>> > news:411ADACB-64D2-41B7-9510-931B492BFB51@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi ,
>> >> I have an HP NX7400 Notebook on which I've installed Vista Ultimate
>> >> RTM.
>> >> The audio device is a Soundmax integrated device
>> >> All is working except for audio . In device manager I see that audio
>> >> device should have been recognized , in fact I see a HIgh definition
>> >> audio device with microsoft driver. There's also an unrecognized
>> >> device
>> >> which could also be the sound card.
>> >>
>> >> On the taskbar there's a speaker icon with a red X and the message "
>> >> no
>> >> audio output device is installed " . Obviously the speakers are
>> >> builtin.
>> >> I've not been able to find a vista driver for soundmax .
>> >> Has anyone had such problem ? How do you solved ?
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Stefano
>> >>
>> >[/color]
>>[/color][/color]