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Question posted by milindvasant on April 28th, 2014

Audio Drivers Not Working

o/s window xp pro sp3 and telling mixture device is not present

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on April 29th, 2014 8:08 AM

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Sorry but this laptop doesn't support Windows XP. The only drivers available are for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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