I buy this notebook 5 year before and that time window xp was installed but now i install win 7 and problem is that my sound card is not working now, pls tell me from where i can install the suitable sound card for my packad bell notebook j2301 model

Yes,....good Ol' Windows updates. Known to knock a system partially out of commission.

Windows has lost the address to the Audio drivers. The reason it states Audio is working properly, is because Windows is full of it.

The Toshiba Satellite A25 series of Notebook PC's, did not come with Windows 7. It came with Windows XP. You, or someone else installed Windows 7.

The updates knocked the audio driver address file to the curb.
All you have to do, is install the Win7 installation disk again, and perform a Repair.
(Non-Destructive Installation)

OR, use the Restoration Disk, (Backup disk)

Toshiba eSupport does not provide audio drivers for Win Vista, or Win 7, for this model. Only Win XP,

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=665687&rpn=PSA20U&modelFilter=A25-S2792&selCategory=2756709&selFamily=1073768663

Regards,
joecoolvette

{Do I think going to Device Manager, and rolling back the audio driver, or upgrading it, will help? NO }

for which Operating System? 98se and millenium edition are obsolete. win xp pro and above are still good.
what device are you having problems with? usb? sound card? video card? or other device? or is it just missing some DLL files from the operating system?
there is also another issue with win xp pro and srv pak 3 it forces the only "signed drivers only" to be installed!! therefore if you have srv pack 3 installed then you will need to to the computer to install any ways. windows 7 will not install "un-signed device drivers" this makes most your devices incompatible with win 7!!
there is another with windows systems up-grades that do not include any kind of driver support except for basic motherboard devices and limited sound cards and video cards and usb port support.
you may want to check your computer maker for any device drivers for the last 3 years only and if it was a device that came with your computer.

Hello dell does not support a sounddriver for windows 7:

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/dimension-4550

Here is only drivers for win xp.

Install a soundcard in the pci socket and make sure the driver is supported for your windows system.

follow this dell link

• http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R91865&formatcnt=0&libid=0&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=119690

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Hi,

You don't need to buy another license for XP, you can use your old license.

Regards

Ashly

Have you tried installing & running in Admin mode, and set compatability mode to XP SP2.

If you can't find the driver for Win 7 try using the Vista driver from the Toshiba download page. You can also see what xp identifies the driver as and see if you can find the win 7 driver for that audio device direct from manufacturer.

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Installing a computer sound card. Use this software to install the card into the computer. Sound card drivers can be found on our sound card driver page. If you do not know the manufacturer.


Device Manager information and help CODE 24 - Device not Found, This device is either missing or not working properly. Verify you have the latest driver installed for your device.

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