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stuckinasquare3 · 08-15-2007, 09:53 AM

I'm determined to figure this out. Here's where I am so far:

1) I've installed XP on my Inspiron 1420 using the dell driver R158235 (I think that's right, its the one you guys are recommending at least)
2) Go into the registry, specifically under HKEY Local Machine-->System-->ControlSet001-->Control-->Class-->{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} (It should be this one, whichever is Sound and Video Game Controllers)
3) Scroll down til you see something resembling a sigmatel entry.
4) You'll see what .ini version your card is using. If you go into settings/filter/rear, you'll see that StereoMix has a 0 for its value (that means disabled). Try putting a 1, and restarting and see if that enables stereo mix...
5) Next, go into your Dell\drivers folder, or wherever you install your drivers and look for the .ini file that matches the one from the registry. Open it up and look for the stereomix, and try setting that to 1. I recommend backing up the original somewhere outside of that folder.
6) Uninstall your sound card and reinstall (it will now use the new ini file) and restart. For some reason I get an exclamation point, I'm not sure why changing one little 0 to a 1 effects the entire driver.

EDIT: Success! (I think!) I didn't restart after step 4. Now that I have I can see stereo mix as an available option in the sound settings. No need to modify or reinstall any drivers. Should work for all laptops and all versions on XP. Report results

Any tips?

08-15-2007, 09:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
stuckinasquare3 Notebook Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 14	Getting Stereo Mix on XP...lets do it I'm determined to figure this out. Here's where I am so far: 1) I've installed XP on my Inspiron 1420 using the dell driver R158235 (I think that's right, its the one you guys are recommending at least) 2) Go into the registry, specifically under HKEY Local Machine-->System-->ControlSet001-->Control-->Class-->{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} (It should be this one, whichever is Sound and Video Game Controllers) 3) Scroll down til you see something resembling a sigmatel entry. 4) You'll see what .ini version your card is using. If you go into settings/filter/rear, you'll see that StereoMix has a 0 for its value (that means disabled). Try putting a 1, and restarting and see if that enables stereo mix... 5) Next, go into your Dell\drivers folder, or wherever you install your drivers and look for the .ini file that matches the one from the registry. Open it up and look for the stereomix, and try setting that to 1. I recommend backing up the original somewhere outside of that folder. 6) Uninstall your sound card and reinstall (it will now use the new ini file) and restart. For some reason I get an exclamation point, I'm not sure why changing one little 0 to a 1 effects the entire driver. EDIT: Success! (I think!) I didn't restart after step 4. Now that I have I can see stereo mix as an available option in the sound settings. No need to modify or reinstall any drivers. Should work for all laptops and all versions on XP. Report results Any tips? Last edited by stuckinasquare3 : 08-15-2007 at 10:00 AM.