VIA internal FM Synthesis Driver Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Roberto Andres Febres-Cordero
Tested on Windows XP
13 Dec 2013
(13 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Todo parece muy bueno pero no he probado aun el funcionamiento. M{as adelante lo informar{e con gusto."
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Kastriot Veliqi
Tested on Windows XP
28 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"This driver was pretty useful!"
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Mariano
Tested on Windows XP
16 Jul 2008
(26 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"It worked great on XP"
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
tien do

8 Mar 2008
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"thank you so much for the driver. It helped me out since I got this computer from a friend and didn't have any driver cds. I downloaded the driver from your site and it worked perfectly. It was just what I was looking for."
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
klott
Tested on Windows XP
8 Feb 2009
(18 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"use device manager to install"
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Kastriot Veliqi
Tested on Windows XP
28 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"This driver was very useful!"
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
FLORIN
Tested on Windows XP
23 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"thankssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss""
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Jose Luis Dévora
Tested on Windows XP
19 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"THIS DRIVER IS EXCELLENT"
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
ejat

10 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"your driver is good"
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
mtn2top
Tested on Windows XP
20 Apr 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked with VT8366-8233 Via mobo (KT333)"
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Alex D M
Tested on Windows XP
14 Mar 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Bom também! Isso é que é massa năo perder tempo com driver, deveria ser um padrăo só, e é essa a impressăo que se tem aqui no www.driverguide.com pois vocę acha com muita facilidade como de tivessew o CD na măo! Muito Obrigado!"
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
pedro

1 Feb 2008
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Buen driver! me re sirvio la pagina esta!!!"
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
DON

5 Dec 2006
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"hello everyone looking for Sound Drivers for VIA VT8233A motherboard number ,so if anyone can help me out as this drivers i found not wroking for my mother board kindly help me find the audio drivers for it i lost the CD which came along with my pc :( ok guys counting on you all ty ."
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Saiful
Tested on Windows XP
29 Sep 2008
(6 months after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Your all drivers are really support with my all solution. Thanks"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
angelo
Tested on Windows XP
16 Jan 2011
(8 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Very good on AMD mb !! It's work fine."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Rohit
Tested on Windows XP
11 Aug 2009
(41 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"The driver worked fine on my HCL desktop"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
ajit
Tested on Windows XP
24 Apr 2009
(2 weeks after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Thanx for the drivers they worked very well for the m;board"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
fern
Tested on Windows 98SE
15 Apr 2009
(2 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Thanks. working good on m5vnb biostar motherborad"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Ed
Tested on Windows XP
8 Apr 2009
(13 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Lo instaló de una para una VT8233b. Gracias me sacaste de un problema"
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
emilio
Tested on Windows XP
26 Jun 2008
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"works fine on winxp !!"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Manuel
Tested on Windows XP
8 Jun 2008
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"This driver don't works in a Compaq presario 711la, because the real drivers is ADI SoundMAX Audio Driver."
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Raul Menchi
Tested on Windows XP
16 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"It doesn't pass the Microsoft compatibility certification but it works OK."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
CRCONTRE
Tested on Windows XP
28 Jan 2008
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"buen driver, 100 % funcional"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
IGERMEN
Tested on Windows XP
31 Dec 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Jala Chido. GraciasĄ

Works Cool, Thanks"

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Poncho

15 Nov 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"pues es buen driver salu2!"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
rr
Tested on Windows XP
31 Oct 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 3 out of 5
 
"asdfqwerty safčpk mcxzmops"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
vitor ferreira
Tested on Windows NT 3.x
5 Jul 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"this drive is for who are loking for audio drive to via vt8751 apollo p4m266

sorry for my english"

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
gustavo
Tested on Windows XP
5 Apr 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"it works great

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
jinventura
Tested on Windows XP
26 Mar 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"this driver doesn´t work with PVCLE266M-L motherboard sound driver, it feezes or reboots my computer everytime i turn it on"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Kemion
Tested on Windows ME
22 Dec 2006
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Doesn't work with a Presario 731."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Bilko130
Tested on Windows XP
27 Nov 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Works for a time P.C with MSI mobo with on-board sound."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
carlos
Tested on Windows XP
1 Oct 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"works better then i expected!!! tks"
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Rob Burton
Tested on Windows XP
28 Aug 2008
(17 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"worked really well and was quite easy to install"
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
"Denier"
Tested on Windows XP
8 Aug 2008
(7 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"It's working. Good to have driverscan on hand to detect it!"
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Ernesto Pantoja
Tested on Windows XP
28 May 2008
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"I need driver VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
keerok
Tested on Windows XP
12 Dec 2010
(7 hours after download)
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Sorry. This didn't work for my built-in VIA sound chip. Sound works in Linux though so I'm pretty sure it's this driver's fault. I'm going to try another download."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
rick
Tested on Windows XP
23 Feb 2010
(38 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Used this for a Gateway 1200CS Tower (MS-6389v1) that originally came with WinME...When I installed WinXP Home, the XP drivers would cause the opening startup sound to be cut off after 1 second. This seems to have solved that...Thanks uploader!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Richard
Tested on Windows XP
2 Dec 2009
(2 years after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Thanks for this one"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sudhakar U Parab
Tested on Windows XP
13 Nov 2009
(1 minute after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Useful for the VIA VT82C686B MotherBoard"
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
israel
Tested on Windows XP
5 Dec 2008
(3 hours after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Si funciona en win XP"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Abang Long
Tested on Windows XP
25 May 2008
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Lega dah jumpa dan boleh guna"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
vrcinfo
Tested on Windows 2000 Professional
10 May 2008
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Good Driver, many thanks"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Nacro
Tested on Windows XP
20 Oct 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Mother : MSI KM4M-L (MS-6734)

Audio : AC'97 link controller integrated in VIA VT8235"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ted
Tested on Windows ME
26 Sep 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"If you have an older motherboard with onboard via ac97 and you don't have a sound card I suggest you use this driver.But for gaming you might need to install a 3D sound card."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Rolly

18 Sep 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Great!!!, it works..... Thanks"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Glyn
Tested on Windows XP
9 Aug 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"loaded with no problem, if you get a message may not be compatable are you sure you want to install? click yes."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Belkis Fortun
Tested on Windows XP
5 Jul 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Audio driver worked perfect for a U-8548 motherboard."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
StEaDy
Tested on Windows XP
26 Jun 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"its not working on VT8235"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Samovar

2 Jun 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Installing was a breeze, & works perfectly, despite 'MS non certified' warniong. Well done yet again, DriverGuide."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kath
Tested on Windows XP
2 Jun 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"This works perfectly!

Thank you so much, I have music again!!!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Carlos
Tested on Windows 2000 Professional
18 May 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Funciona muy bien"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jan van Niekerk
Tested on Windows XP
10 May 2007
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"This driver didn't work for me"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Javier Vargas Meza

7 May 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Very stable, i recommend this!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
ascafadf

4 May 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"fasdfsdfsdfsdfsdfdf"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Arif

29 Apr 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Good as long as you use the appropriate one"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jose
Tested on Windows XP
25 Apr 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"este driver es muy bueno excelente"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
GUSTAVO MARTINEZ
Tested on Windows XP
21 Apr 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"IT WORKS REAL FINE. NOTE: ONCE I HAD INSTALLED THIS DRIVER, IT SAYS IT FAILS BUT AFTER RESTART MY PC EVERYTHING RUNS GOOD."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jessie

12 Apr 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"great driver...thanks driverguide ..really it is..3 thumbs up"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
kimovb6

7 Apr 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"great but less than other site"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Terry Solid
Tested on Windows XP
25 Feb 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Works fine under XP Pro SP2 on the ICom 2000 machine distributed by Target in Australia"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Melyssa
Tested on Windows 2000
23 Feb 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"I tried what i thought was the same driver file that i downloaded from the VIA website but it wouldn't install, this one did and sounds is now working great."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Justice
Tested on Windows XP
27 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Thanks for the Driver. Worked great first try! You Rock!

Justice"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gab

24 Jan 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"that driver is 100% working"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Vern
Tested on Windows XP
23 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"the drive worked just fine I'm very pleased I have been using driverguide forever and I'm well pleased."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
odalis vargas
Tested on Windows XP
20 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"A la primera instalación el programa me funcionó perfectamente, más debo bajarme el modem aparte para que funcione, a pesar de ser el mismo fabricante."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
azrul

16 Jan 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"goog driver and conpatible"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Azam
Tested on Windows 98SE
14 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"It works. Tested OK !"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Grim
Tested on Windows XP
7 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked perfectly on HP Pavillion 8960, with VIA chipset VT82C686B"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
DEVARAJ

5 Jan 2007
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"IT WAS VERY USEFUL

THANKS A LOT"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
guichosystem
Tested on Windows XP
4 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Perfecto, me sirvio bastante en mi xp con una VT8233, gracias"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
toots
Tested on Windows 98SE
8 Dec 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"best of the bunch worked perfectly"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
camilo ernesto parra

29 Oct 2006
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"is very good this driver of sound"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Debra
Tested on Windows XP
7 Oct 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"I realy like this site.It's the best."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Diego

4 Sep 2006
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Esta muy bueno este driver, me re sirvio.

Desde Paraguay Diego"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Robert Dyer
Tested on Windows ME
11 Aug 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Once you extract to a directory on your hard drive, then burn to a CD, then install on a ME machine, it works great. Install was very easy."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
moiz
Tested on Windows NT 3.x
31 Jul 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"thanks for your kind help"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gregory
Tested on Windows XP
22 Jul 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Works good with V845SX+ motherboard"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Vandoelson
Tested on Windows ME
21 Jul 2006
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"The driver works very good in Win ME..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
rumiana
Tested on Windows XP
13 Jul 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"I'ts I needed. Thanks!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
oscardum
Tested on Windows 98SE
4 Jun 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"It made crash the system when installing with the "setup" program at first instance, but when select the directory WIN98se (that came with the downloaded package) after reboot and tried to update the driver, everything went well.

Hizo caer el sistema cuando se trató de instalar con el "setup" en el primer intento, pero cuando reinició el windows y s

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
SaiT

20 Apr 2006
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Lazım be"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
donata

8 Feb 2006
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"very very good and helpfull"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
p van osch
Tested on Windows 98SE
4 Feb 2006
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"win 98se dith mise a component"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Louis Brinkman
Tested on Windows 98SE
29 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"The driver was working fine."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Asmadi
Tested on Windows 98SE
29 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"yessss, i was going crazy b'coz of this driver. hooray to driverguide"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Larry Apakian
Tested on Windows XP x64
27 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Run the Setup.exe file in Windows, that's all there is to it! Recognized the hardware on-board for the Via vt8233 sound interface! Windows XP didn't certify the driver, click Continue to install anyway. It works!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
same
Tested on Windows XP
28 Dec 2005
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"i think ill cmeback use another driver

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
cliff
Tested on Windows XP
16 Nov 2005
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"lost my audio driver during a format/upgrade - found it,downloaded it,installed it - brilliant!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
zrr
Tested on Windows 2000 Professional
9 Oct 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"did not work for my sound system

via82c686A"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
67876768
Tested on Windows XP
19 Sep 2005
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"98uouioiu ydtutyu"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
imtiaz ahmed
Tested on Windows 98SE
14 Aug 2005
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 2 out of 5
 
"driver did not work with win 98se"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Luis
Tested on Windows XP
28 Jun 2005
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"It`s really work"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Lima Jr
Tested on Windows 98SE
25 Jun 2005
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"I have a blue screen on the installation, but after restart everything works fine."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
MOHAMMED

15 Jun 2005
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"thanks to all for helping .good driver"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
david

18 May 2005
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"very good, it is working, thanks a lot"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Luiz
Tested on Windows 98
10 May 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Perfeiro pra placas compaq com processador K6II 500, série 5000"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Carlos Rivas
Tested on Windows 98SE
4 May 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Sometimes you find what you're looking for and, sometimes you're not!!

well, thank you very much driverguide!! at least this one works!!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
chuchuluco
Tested on Windows 98
12 Apr 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"works fine with a AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM) on win98 first edition"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Nigel
Tested on Windows XP
11 Apr 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Regrettably it wasn't what I was looking. I needed a sound driver card for a Packard Bell machine."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jose luis

6 Apr 2005
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"trabaja muy bien

gracias"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
MOOBEAM443
Tested on Windows ME
29 Mar 2005
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"driver worked great- thanks for uploading it-"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
kym
Tested on Windows 98
23 Mar 2005
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"will not work on win98"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Don
Tested on Windows XP
22 Mar 2005
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 2 out of 5
 
"Sound card was bad"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
barry weaver

28 Jan 2005
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"No good this time"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kitt Schilke
Tested on Windows 98
17 Jan 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"I pieced this system together from parts that I found. The onbowrd sound card never worked till I downloaded this driver. Now it works great."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Helio
Tested on Windows 98SE
23 Dec 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Very good. It worked good."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Don Pickett
Tested on Windows 98
18 Dec 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"The driver works great with the ancient system I am trying to bring back to life."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jaime Valdivia

5 Dec 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Justo lo que necesitaba"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
RICARDO LA BLANCA

25 Nov 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"tanks for the drivers options"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Steve

21 Nov 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked as it should"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Fenris

3 Nov 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Excellente driver, works ok"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Nando

21 Oct 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"This is a stable driver"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gert

12 Oct 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Did what I wanted 100%"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Paco

1 Oct 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Excelent! I lost my Pavilion 514m recovery disk and sound didn't work with WinXP Pro. This software works fine, eventhough my VIA is VT8235. I recomend it."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
JOHN

11 Sep 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"did alot of searching and finally found this one.thanks so much

for submitting. works great on xp pro. i highly recommend."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Chema

4 Sep 2004
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Zip file didn´t contain any file, or was corrupted (using Win XP internal Zip extraction)"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
raihan

4 Sep 2004
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 3 out of 5
 
"Only for Win95, not others"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
T-Boy

3 Sep 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"CAN't seem to download this Driver"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
PASCAL

2 Sep 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Don't fonctionnal on MSI VT 8233 Mother Board MS 6382"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alberto Velasquez

27 Aug 2004
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"I think it was not the writh driver I choose"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alberto Velasquez

27 Aug 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"

My firts driver down loaded fine y it worked perfect."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
FABIO FERREIRA

5 Aug 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"UM Ótimo driver podem baixar... beijos"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Emex ogbest

4 Aug 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"In fact, th driver is one of the drivers i ever seen.

You people made it easy for the people that unfortunstely lost their system board disk.

And the install was very good.

thankx and please, continue in your best way."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Scionus

28 Jul 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Used for Lex BN790E Motherboard onboard sound, worked a treat!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jet Wright

28 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Works and tastes great !"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jorge villarroel

26 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"hola, necesito un driver de una motherboard ATX tomato, modelo S3pro-Au, "VIA" VT82C686B... El que me pueda ayudar, me manda un mail, o correo electronico porfavor. TENGO EL WINDOWS MILLENIUM, con targeta de sonido integrado."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
hdo

19 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"it don't work w my soundcar"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jj

15 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"something is wrong with it or a missig file

doesn't work"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Penelope Whippenbottom

13 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"The install went fine, but I think I have a fried sound chip so it didn't work...

Should be a good driver though..."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Rikke

1 Jul 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"Could it be the ME version maybe :D"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kevin

26 Jun 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Hasnt worked at all on my Win ME system."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jim

3 Jun 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked fine on my Atrend Motherboard with built-in sound"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
mika.n

28 May 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"works very well on my PC"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
marquez

15 May 2004
 

Installation:  out of 5
Stability:  out of 5
Compatibility:  out of 5
 
"i` don`t find the driver via vt8235 please i need the driver"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Mark Allingham

11 May 2004
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Can not get my onboard soundcard going, really annoys me"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
matt

11 Apr 2004
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"NO DRIVER JUST A CHAT ROOM"
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
David
Tested on Windows XP
23 Aug 2008
(6 days after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Muito bom valeu pelo up"
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Loren
Tested on Windows XP
13 Sep 2008
(9 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"worked great win xp pro"
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Chaz
Tested on Windows XP
2 Jul 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Works fine, if it's what you're looking for.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Unyo
Tested on Windows XP
16 Feb 2007
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"A good driver, but if you try to install it rewriting another bad driver - hello, reboot. So it is worth to uninstall another previously."
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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Adriana
Tested on Windows XP
24 Aug 2008
(9 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"este driver no funcionó para xp"
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arnel
Tested on Windows 7
28 Sep 2015
(5 years after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"if works fine my audio recorded is great"
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Mario Delgado
Tested on Windows XP
3 Jan 2015
(7 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"How can we review if can not install_"
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