Sorry, no luck with those drivers. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jason Kehoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:45:25 -0600
>Kurt, > > I sent you a sound driver for the HP Pavilion 513c to your >Schaller-Crestland email account. Hope it works for you. Let me know if it >worked or if you need further help. > > > >Jason Kehoe >Network Engineer >Prairie Lakes AEA 8 >(515) 574-5477 >(800) 669-2325 x5477 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:22 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [info-tech] HP drivers... > > > >I've recently had to do a rebuild on an HP pavilion 513c. For various >reasons I did not do a restore from the restore partition, but instead >rebuilt from a clean harddrive. > > > >This is not normally a problem with most computers as all of the drivers are >usually available from the website, however, this is not the case with the >513c. > > > >HP has seen fit to deny access through any reasonable means to the audio >drivers for the 513c, why this is is a mystery, but after calling several >times (being hung up on once and sent to dead lines twice, then threatening >to sue) they finally put me in touch with a person who claimed to be a >technician. > > > >For some reason, this tech was firmly convinced that telling me that the >chipset was AC'97 compatible was all the answer I needed or deserved. > > > >After much arguing, she insisted that the Board was an intel board and the >drivers were available from intel's website. The board is a Trigem, and >Trigem refers you back to HP's spiral of death. The chipset is an Intel >chipset however, and they refer you to the board manufacturer's website, >which naturally leads you back to HP's spiral of death. > > > >So, I guess I'm going to buy a sound card and plug it in to a PCI slot and >be done with the mess. > > > >The Moral of this story is rather simple. > > > >HP Sucks! > > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the schaller-crest.k12.ia.us server.] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
