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To all with HP/Compaq Audio Problems
OK...thought this may help someone. I have a Toshiba P105 with the Conexant
High Definition Audio. Upon installing Vista RC1 I got no sound. At first the driver loaded but I got the Code 10 error stating the driver could not start. After deinstalling the device I could not get the driver installed. I searched all the blogs and news boards. I found a lot of people with the same issue and some recommendations but nothing worked. Here is what worked for me and I hope it works for you. I tried previously loading the XP drivers that came with my system and nothing worked. This time, instead or running the zip file automatically I unpacked it into a separate folder. I then went in and selected each application file's properties and set the compatibility to XP SP2. I then went in to the device and performed a driver update and selected my own location where the modified files were. The results were it installed immediately and began working immediately All I can say is One Challenge Down and Two to Go! Hope that helps someone. James -- Efficinet Inc. "Thracky" wrote: Hello all, Here's what I've figured out thus far. There is currently NO possible way in my knowledge to get any drivers working with x64 Vista with the Conexant audio chips, which is what everyone who is having issues has on their respective notebooks. However, there's a lot more hope if you can cope with only running the x86 Vista ;-) Basically as far as I can tell the standard xp drivers should work just fine as I am using them right now on a Compaq V2575 which uses the Conexant AC-Link Audio. Download the respective driver from the HP website for your model, generally the file you download will be a self-extracting archive that will pop itself somewhere (Usually C:\swsetup\some subdir) and then it will automatically run the program to install the drivers itself, cancel that program, find the program (or any and all exe's for that driver package in the swsetup directory) and make sure that you set windows xp with service pack 2 compatibility for them. I'm sure manually installing the drivers would also work, so really either way there should be no issue with sound as long as you're willing to stick with x86 for now. |