Unlike some of the other hardware mfg’s, Conexant doesn’t post any drivers on their website – you have to rely on the PC vendor. I looked high and low for an XP driver, but there is not one to be found. Of course, Dell doesn’t provide XP drivers for that system (even though I can buy a brand new optiplex which does – RRRRR). I have a Dell Vostro 270 that I want to run Windows XP on. I just want to post this in case there is any one else trying to do the same thing. I will leave this blog entry for those still searching for the driver HOWEVER, you should use the link above, not my instructions below. I recalled the above driver update so I finally installed it on my own machine and, indeed, the MIDI problem was fixed. I was perplexed as to why this would be since everything appeared to be configured correctly. I went to run band in a box for the first time since building my system only to find MIDI wasn’t working properly (going into the DXDIAG Music tab and trying to play sounds on the midi drivers failed). I have not tested this myself – see EP’s comment below for further information). (Note: according to EP in the comments below, Dell posted an updated XP driver since I wrote this entry.
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