I found this on CNET after googling "device object not present". You can find the whole discussion here:http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6121_102-0.html?forumID=45&threadID=203465&messageID=2329792
Hope this helps!
Solved Device Object not present on VAIO VGN-FE31Z
by Kevski2 - 11/23/06 3:22 PM
In reply to: No sound on Dell Inspiron 5100 by tlove258
After
a whole day on this particular issue I managed to resolve it - well for
me at least! I had just done a clean install of Windows XP Pro (with
SP2 included) on a Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
It seems that the order
you install the device drivers is critical, and unfortunately, like
many other out there it would seem, I got the order wrong and so was
stuck with the error message "Device Object not present..." when ever I
tried to install the Audio drivers. The device was showing in the
Device Manager as "PCI device" with the usual black cross on a yellow
background. I knew it was an audio device, I also had the "as supplied"
Sony drivers in "C:\Drivers" but running the setup.exe still caused the
error message above.
I had done numerous "Windows Updates" but
curiously enough I did not have either KB888111 nor KB835221 installed.
After much googling I found a copy of the file kb888111.exe on a
download site and tried it.
Voila!
Immediately after the
install of KB888111.exe, the Vaio (by itself - no clicking by me)
started to detect the SigmaTel High Definition Audio and install
drivers etc.
Wonderful - or so I thought. BUt even when all this
was done and after a reboot - still no audio device. I then ran the
Setup.exe again and this time it did not come up with the error, and
the sound drivers (and Modem - now what is the tie up there I wonder?)
installed, the sound device was recognised and I now have wonderful
sound. Well, **** actually because the speaker are inbuilt diaphrams
and not something of a higher cost/quality - but you get the idea.
Hope
this helps someone. Excuse any typo's, mis-capitalisations etc - I've
had three beers this evening while I have been pulling out what little
hair I have left!
Kevin
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