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Thread ID: 82804	2007-09-09 00:26:00	Analog Devices SoundMAX Drivers	Agent_24 (57)	Press F1

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589328	2007-09-09 00:26:00	Taking a look at sound chip manufacturers here, most of them seem to provide unified drivers (or at least generic ones that they don't guarantee will work but almost always do) Except for Analog Devices who make a heck of a lot of chips but refuse to supply drivers for them, insisting you get them from the manufacturer of your PC/Mobo/etc Now it would seem likely that most of these chips are going to be used with the default configuration and default schematics which are probably supplied by AD themselves. So why can't they provide a generic driver for all or each chip and just have a disclaimer that it might not work?? I'm also asking if anyone knows of any such driver designed by a 3rd party...	Agent_24 (57)
589329	2007-09-09 02:06:00	Hmmm, one driver fits all. And if theres a problem with that one driver?	pctek (84)
589330	2007-09-09 06:30:00	Ok, but shouldn't that be fixed in an updated release? because that's the whole point really. When all the drivers are "custom made" by the mobo makers, when they decide that they can't be bothered updating anymore, then you're screwed, especially when there's a problem. Besides, nVidia and ATi have unified graphics drivers that I think for the most part are pretty good and cover a wide range of chips But even so, even if it was a driver specific to each chip and not unified (more like realteks), at least the option of a generic one (that gets updated) would be nice	Agent_24 (57)
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