Audio Control Panel for Nforce Mobo

[masterosok]

I am using the on board audio in my Epox 8dra and when I install the unified drivers for the nforce mobos, I never get the audio control panel that you see on Nvidia's website and come with the drivers.

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nf_audio_01 (screenshots of the utility that I am referring too.)

I first install the lastest version from their site, once I realize the control panel was not there I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers that come with the CD for the mobo. Still in audio control panel, I then installed the lastest version again, and of course no audio control panel.

I cant seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong or why I dont get this option...

Here are my specs

Windows XP SP 1 (installed the SP 1 before I installed the audio drivers)
Epox 8dra
XP 2500+
pc2700 corsair
Maxtor 60 GB ATA 133, Maxtor 30 GB ATA 66
Onboard Nforce Sound
3Com Fast Ethernet Card
Geforce 4 4600


Nothing is overclocked, the CPU interface is set to Aggressive timings.


Anyone else having this issue or know what to do to resolve it?

 

[Megatomic]

Unfortunately you bought the 8RDA and not the 8RDA+ masterosok. The 8RDA does not come with the MCP2-T south bridge chip therefore it doesn't have the nForce2 APU. That is why you do not have the nForce2 control panel.

The 8RDA+ has the MCP2-T south bridge chip and thus the nForce2 APU. This is one of the defining differences between the 8RDA and the 8RDA+.

If you really want the nForce2 APU, return the 8RDA and buy the 8RDA+.

 

[masterosok]

... the 8dra does come with onboard audio... What is the difference between the audio with my board and the audio with the 8dra+?

 

[Megatomic]

Your onboard audio is based purely on the realtek chip on the motherboard. The sound is decent at best.

The onboard audio of the 8RDA+ is based on the MCP2-T south bridge chip and it uses the realtek chip only as the I/O controller. The realtek chip doesn't do any audio processing on the 8RDA+. The sound is very high quality.

 

[masterosok]

That kinda sux, as the documentation on Epox's website doesnt really indicated that the sound was different...

I thought the main difference between the two was the Firewire on the 8dra+


I like the board and need to get a better sound card anyway but I would have probably got the 8dra+ if I had know the sound was better to tide me over until I can afford an Audigy 2.... My Game Theather XP just died on me!!!!!! ERRRRRRRRR


Thanks for the info..