"NickC" said:
Actually that driver is not as it seems which is a bit devious of Asus. The
SoundMax 5.12.01.3663 is listed on the Asus site as May 2004 but it is
actually dated July 2003 internally and by SoundMax, looks like the May 2004
date is just when Asus put it on their Website.
Anyway I have gone with the SoundMax 5.12.01.3663 and the Marvell 6.31, both
from the Asus site. I did find later versions but they were not Micro$oft
certified so decided to go with these older but certified versions. However
I did go with the later Via raid 3.10E driver.
Nick
This page is the Analog Devices support page for Soundmax.
http://forms.analog.com/Form_Pages/soundMAX/soundMAXtechSupport.html
It will give you a few leads to follow up, if you think some other
vendor might have the drives. Forget Intel, as they would never
use a Via chipset, so they won't have 8235/8237 Southbridge based
drivers for Soundmax chips. MSI is listed as a Soundmax user, and
if MSI has some Via boards, maybe the drivers for them will work.
If you are still motivated to get the answer, send an email here,
as this is listed on the Soundmax FAQ page as the contact:
support@soundmax with a dot com on the end
Make sure the Subject: of your email is descriptive, so it
catches their eye (due to spam volume to that addr). Something like
Version number of latest VT8237/AD1888 driver ?
and in the body of the message, indicate the driver number
Asus is offering, and whether a later driver for that platform
is available. If the answer is positive, copy the message to
Asus tech support, and convince them to put the driver up on
your motherboard page. I don't know whether Asus has to pay
for this service or not - since Asus is still using ADI chips
on motherboards, there is a good chance they can get the driver
for you. ADI, by the nature of their support policy, will not
be emailing a 19MB driver to you
HTH,
Paul
