Not that I have personally experienced this dependency, I don't think so. What is your sound card exact model, let's try to install the driver. Realtek, correct? 5.1 or 7.1?The chipset software also loaded Nvidia ethernet, SMU and away controls in addition to RAID & display. The first 3 weren't originally installed.
Does this have any bearing?
That means your audio is not Realtek (perhaps Intel or VIA?), or is disabled, or broken.I'll give it one more try and if it fails again I think a gamble is called for.
I just had to copy this to you. It is a quote from the moderator of the Seagate forum and relates to someone else's problem with the same model drive I'm using. enjoy.
"Part of the problem is that the FA Pro is the first generation of FreeAgent drives and is not really all that great with Windows 7. That is, we generally expect it to work but it won't always, and the software is even more problematic. Thing is, the software might work."
Clearly a politician!
regards
Pete