S M Bus Controller

[Ike0069]

I have a Dell Diemension 4550, Win XP Home. When I restart the machine windows shows a new hardware detected and wants to install the drivers for it. "IT" being "SM BUS CONTROLLER"

I have no idea what this is or what it does, so I cancel the request to install the drivers.

Another issue I have that may or may not be related is that my speakers do not work properly. I can play a sound blaster keyboard on the PC and the sound comes through loud and clear but when I open Music Match to play an album from the harddrive, there is no sound what so ever. Also the Windows startup sound does not play. Could this be related some how??

Can anyone help me with this issue? I am at my wits end.

Respectfully,

Scott:frown:

 

[LiLithTecH]

You may want to try installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
to allow Windows XP Home to correctly identify the chipsets in your Dell.

It can be found here:
Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility

 

[johnjkr1]

Did you just reinstall windows? If so, lilithtech is right, you need the chipset drivers. But the SM bus driver is the sound driver, you are right. Check device manager and see what else needs drivers. You can get the sound drivers off of Dell's support site.

 

[LiLithTecH]

SMBus = Sound driver?

System Management Bus

While it does affect the audio driver it is not directly the AUDIO Driver.

Just givin' some 411. :light:

 

[johnjkr1]

True, but when I did the Dell help desk thing SMB usually meant sound card drivers not installed. Unless my memory is failing me and it was just chipset.

 

[imported_Phil]

SMBus is, like LiLithtech said, System Management Bus.
It means you need the Intel INF Installer for Windows to recognise it properly.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
SMBus = Sound driver?

System Management Bus

While it does affect the audio driver it is not directly the AUDIO Driver.

Just givin' some 411. :light:

Curious, how does it affect the sound driver? I don't see how it could, it's a chip-level I2C bus, used for low-level device control/identification, and (I guess) some power-management stuff too.