Ess Maestro 3i Vista Driver Win7

Just had a look - that hardware is pretty ancient. I mean, Dell has NT 4.0 and Win 9x/ME drivers for it. Windows 2000 is the last OS Dell supports.Somehow, I have a feeling you're gonna be out of luck finding drivers that would work with Vista or Win 7 for that card. ESS only made the chipset that Dell or whoever put the sound system for that laptop together.

1. Ess Maestro 3i Vista Driver Win7 10

Ess Maestro 3i Vista Driver Win7 10

As such they have only the most generic drivers that are only available up to XP. Dell doesn't seem to have drivers for Vista or 7 that match that bit of hardware.As far as using an XP driver goes - keep in mind that Windows Vista and 7 have an entirely different driver model and older style Kernal Mode drivers may not work, may cause more problems than it's worth and may trash your Win 7 installation all together. That said, you can find XP drivers floating around on the web - Google is your friend. Just be careful and be sure to scan the file for viruses and such before you install them. First you can look in the C:DELL folder tree.

Dell ususally sticks specialty drivers in there. If you no longer have access to that folder you can Google for them - mind you, Dell doesn't have any drivers listed for XP - but other sources DO claim to have drivers for that particular bit of hardware.As I said before - be careful - scan any and all downloads fully before installing them. As it's not an official source, you should be wary of any and all downloads as some people are less honest than others.