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Chloe Baker2 Chloe Baker2 MemberOP
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#1 ·
I performed a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate on my machine yesterday—everything was fine until I hit a snag with the integrated sound card driver. The motherboard is a Dell Optiplex gx280. Looking at the official Dell support site, they only list drivers for Windows XP, which obviously won't work on Windows 7. I saw a thread on this forum where someone managed to get the driver working via macOS update, but when I try to run "Check for updates," the process just hangs indefinitely. We waited for two hours before giving up—the green progress bar just spins endlessly while it stays stuck on "checking for updates."
Any help would be appreciated.
Eric Patel7 Eric Patel7 Member
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joined Sep 2013
#2 ·
Jose Ruiz26 said:So, I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate on my machine yesterday, but now I'm hitting a wall with the audio driver—it's just the integrated one. The motherboard is a Dell Optiplex gx280. Looking at the Dell site, they only have drivers for Windows XP, which obviously won't work on 7. I saw someone mention on a forum that they managed to pull the driver through macOS update, but when I try to hit "Check for updates," the whole thing just hangs. We let it run for two hours before giving up... it just sits there with the green progress bar spinning indefinitely.
Any help would be appreciated.

Honestly, you're almost never going to find what you need through macOS update.

Just grab Driver Booster 2. Once it scans your hardware, it’ll probably sniff out that sound driver for you. Simple as that.
Chloe Baker2 Chloe Baker2 MemberOP
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He reached out this morning to let me know he successfully managed it via the macOS update. In any case, thanks.

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