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The process SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio belongs to the software SoundMAX Digital Audio Driver or smwdm by Analog Devices, Inc (www.analog.com).

Description: smwdm.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 539008 bytes (13% of all occurrence), 260352 bytes, 578304 bytes, 578176 bytes, 580992 bytes, 545024 bytes, 545208 bytes, 459944 bytes, 260096 bytes, 500568 bytes, 612352 bytes, 555264 bytes, 555648 bytes, 259648 bytes, 438200 bytes, 259840 bytes, 594048 bytes, 612032 bytes, 542976 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program has no visible window. There is no detailed description of this service. smwdm.sys is not a Windows system file. The file is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. smwdm.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 15% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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It is a driver for some ntel mother card with integrated sound
  Vince  
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it caused a blue screen for me, wondering why
  tony  
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I need this file. For Sound
  Somebody  
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i want to know where i can get an update for this driver
  matt  
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It is a driver , but windows dont like him
  101Rap  
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Driver for the SoundMAX onboard sound card
  Spinal   (further information)
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Soundcard driver
  Vaaip   (further information)
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driver file for soundmax
   
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It has always given me problems, in that it would just stop working with no warning. I was always able to get it going again by using the "update driver" function in Windows 98Se's System Device manager. I just upgraded it to a slightly newer version which seems to be working well, Without it, my SoundMAX audio card simply doesn't work..
  Claudia Eisemann  
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Extremely vital if you want your computer's sound to work. Not a virus at all.
  UW-Madison computer repair  
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It's a driver file
  Dave  
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It is a driver for the audio card. If you delete it, you will not get any sound. I tried and that is what happened. I reloaded the sound files as new, and had the same problem. It is coming up as an error when trying to run WINDVD7 Platinum on my laptop. Neither Intervideo nor myself have been able to resolve the problem.
  Mike  
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audio card driver
  rocket  
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its a drive for soundmax souncard, in my case, integrated into my A7V880
  Chris Merriman   (further information)
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it sucks and is a bad virus
   
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its is a driver for a audio card, from soundmax
   

Summary: 13 users think smwdm.sys is essential for Windows or an installed application. 3 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think smwdm.sys is dangerous and recommend to remove it..

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