TM8104 + Vista + new drivers = still have problems (o2micro) - Page 2

Use the XP drivers for the card reader. DON'T RUN THE SETUP program, just point device manager to the directory you extract the drivers to. I don't understand why it's so hard for you people to just do that. It works fine!!! The problem is you guys keep wanting to run the freaking setup/install programs that come with them. DON'T DO THAT if the drivers are not designed for Vista!

Jowe333 same here, same tests same results, internal mic not working

I've also been having lots of trouble regarding the TM8104 and O2Micro drivers. As far as I can tell, there are no driver downloads even on O2Micro's official site. I've searched hours and found nothing, even after trying Dell's copy of the drivers, the card reader refuses to work.

I was able to get the Accelerator to be recognized by using WinXP drivers, as stated previously in this thread, but nothing beyond that yet... I also e-mailed both O2Micro and Acer today, hoping for a response soon.

GBNZ, I _do_ have the mic working now. Follow the instructions:

1. Download latest drivers (see previous post)
ftp://202.65.194.212/pc/audio/Vista_R165.zip

2. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Scroll to the bottom and select Acer HD Audio Manager

3. On the Acer HD Audio Manager window top right corner click on "Device Advanced Settings" and from the two options given, choose the bottom one "Separate all input jacks as independent input devices." and click ok.

4. Now back on to the Acer HD Audio Manager window, you will see the following Tabs: Digital Output, Speakers, Mic in at rear panel (Pink), and Microphone. Click on the Microphone tab

5. Click on Set Default Device.

6. Ok on the Acer HD Audio Manager window.

That's it, your internal mic should be working. If the Set Default Device button was greyed out, that's ok, it just means that it was already set as the default device

JRSCCivic98 I've tried what you said and still no luck. Maybe the devil is in the details, so here they go:

1. Downloaded pcmcia.zip from ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_8100/driver. That's for Windows XP. If there is anything wrong, this should be it, as what I'm installing is the PCMCIA drivers, not the memory card reader, but anyway...
2. Tried to update the driver (the O2 micro that showed a yellow warning in the device manager) by pointing to the extracted folder but since what was installed seems was newer, that didn't work.
3. Told it to pick up the disk from the manufacturer. That found the .inf and installed the drivers.
4. Tried at that point with a memory card and no luck. The PCMCIA adapters (3 of them) do not show now a yellow warning (before there was one with a yellow warning), but under Other devices there is the Base system device (with warning sign) and another O2 Micro with warning sign.
5. At this point Vista is asking to install drivers for new hardware found, so I let it. After it is done it has added the O2 Micro device under Other devices to the Smart Card readers branch, with the full description of O2 Micro SmartCardBus SmartCard Reader.
6. Try a memory card and no luck.

Other things that I can try are to now tell the O2 Micro SmartCardB... to update from the downloaded pcmcia.zip... but thought I would post first.

Update: Tried the last thing, updating the O2 Micro SmartCardB... with the pcmcia.zip drivers and after forcing it, it went ahead. Still no luck. Driver version for the O2 Micro SmartCardB... shown is 3.0.0.302, date 25/10/2004. What's yours, JRSCCivic98?

By the way, I got an answer from Acer, just for your information:

Hello, Thank you for contacting Acer.

Regarding your enquiry,

All available drivers, updates and manuals for all Acer products can be obtained from our FTP site:

ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/

You will need to navigate to the folder for your product series on this FTP site.
(e.g. for an Aspire 1662 notebook you would need to choose the 'notebook' folder and then the 'aspire_1660' series folder)

Here you will find the latest updates, drivers and applications available for your device. Acer Technical Support is not able to supply any updates, drivers or applications other than those included on the supplied CDs or available from our site. We are unable to supply beta versions of the drivers for your device or give an ETA for new drivers.

For Vista drivers not listed on the main ftp site there are some additional drivers and upgrade downloads currently available from the following URL,

ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/pub/

In the case of drivers; all the Acer drivers for your product will be reinstalled by doing a system recovery from your recovery cd set, by doing a Disk2Disk recovery if supported by your machine, or can be installed separately from the System CD (the first cd of your recovery set).

Regards

The quick fox jumped over the lazy dog-.

sigh

Ok, audio problem finally fixed , thanks to jowe333. Mine steps are a bit more complicate but are the following :
1 - Uninstall Realtek hd audio drivers
2 - Reboot without audio (win tries to detect but fails)
3 - Install drivers downloaded from the following site
4 - Enable in advanced realtek tab separete different outputs and set microphone as default

Raltek audio download page and exact ftp for version 1.66
I'm currently trying drivers for 02micro cardbus reader with no luck at the moment....i'll let you know

Paolo, thanks a lot for your efforts, it's incredible that two companies like Acer and O2Micro do not apply to solve this problem. I can't use a PCCard Audio card and i can't use the SD card reader. Maybe it's time for a little class action ?

Regards.

BTW. I'm in italy too.

Any updates on the situation with the PCMCIA Slot?

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on my 8100 and I am also having problems installing my Audigy 2 ZS which is quite important for me.

Any updated drivers or am I just missing something?

JF, no updates yet, the soundcard i was talking about is exactly an Audigy 2ZS. I'm using it with traktor dj studio. At the moment the only way to play music with that notebook is booting in Xp (dual boot). Luckily i'm using a second pc to play music (an old Dell inspiron running XP Sp2). I did not check Creative labs, but as long as the pccard slot isn't working properly it's useless to update drivers. Also a working SD slot would be nice.

regards

Yeah.

I dual-boot XP pro and Vista Ultimate so I can go into either OS but I'd like the ability to use my media on Ultimate.

There needs to be a solution for this. Perhaps one of us needs to contact Acer to have them try and actually fix this problem for us.

Already did that, see their reply in one of my previous posts in this thread. But I would imagine if more of us wrote and pointed to this thread for information we could maybe achieve something. Worth a try and writing the message takes only a few minutes.

I wonder if the person who replied for Acer really tested the solution. Acer position is totally blind, they repeat the same song: drivers are available, everything is working fine.

Probably nobody ever tested a TM810X/O2Micro with Vista.

That's probably the case, but they don't care. It shows. And there is little that can be done. But I am in the process of purchasing a laptop today and I was originally going for Acer (Ih have been recommending them for quite a few years now). Guess what? The only requirement I have now is for it _not_ to be an Acer. And that's even if these issues ever get resolved. So if anyone has any suggestions, feel free: Entry laptop, no more than £500, but if it is below £400 better. Not an Acer.

Speaking of brands, any suggestions either? Apart from Apple, which is now my favourite one, but in this case I need something cheaper than the cheapes option for an Apple laptop.

There seems to be a new version of O2MICRO drivers for everything (including Vista) on the www.station-drivers.com

I just get a corrupt .exe from there.

Release 1.67 of Realtek drivers are out (ftp://202.65.194.211/pc/audio/Vista_R167.zip)

Do they work on TM8104? Cannot afford to learn by trial at the moment Thanks in advance Cheers Drio

And more general what does and doesn't work in Vista (for TM8104)?
I am also interested in Bluetooth, etc..

Thanks