• Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers

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I just had a customer come back into my store with a laptop which I had replaced the hard drive and reinstalled windows XP on. He was complaining that there was no sound. When I first repaired the laptop,I did the usual by going to Gateways web site and downloading all the drivers that Gateway said I need for this computer.Now normally I test every driver but sometimes I get in a hurry and skip some as long as they look correct in the driver management interface. After the laptop was dropped off I took another look and sure enough the audio device was listed under Sound,Video and Game controllers and there were no error icons.

I then went to play the sample music and sure enough the audio driver did not work.So next I tried to install various other drivers from the gateway site in a effort to get it working. Much to my dismay every driver which even slightly resembled my hardware was a complete failbus. I decided to get some coffee and hit google. A few cups of coffee later and a big head ache I put together the solution.Please follow these steps exactly or it will not work:.

Install Realtek Audio Driver: Install the Realtek audio driver from here (please take note that the version number of the driver can change)At the time I wrote this the name / version of the driver was Realtek AC’97 Drivers A4.06. Reboot Computer: After you get that installed reboot the computer.

Install Driver: Now the driver you need is called Doo377-002-001 from the gateway website driver download section.claim that this is the correct driver and it will work. That maybe but it fails on install.Install the driver anyway and let it fail. The important part is that it will be extracted to a folder called cab directly at the root of your C drive. So that would be C:cabs. You can get to this by clicking on My Computer and selecting the C drive. Fail & Select Device Manager: So once that fails we are going to manually force the driver. So open up the control panel and select administrative tools.

From there we want to select computer management. Then in the left pane of the computer management screen select the device manager. Scroll down till you see Sound,Video and Game controllers and expand that menu.

You should see the Realtek device with a error icon. Highlight Realtek: Highlight the Reltek device and right click and select update driver.

Don’t Connect To Windows Update: Select no when it asks to connect to windows update and click next. Select Install Location: Select “Install from a specific location” and click next. Select Don’t Search: Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click next. Select Compatible Hardware: On the next screen make sure you un check “Show compatible hardware”.

Once you do that you should see some more choices and CONEXANT should be one of them. Select Conexant: Click on it and the select “Conexant AC-Link audio” on the right side and click next.

Point To Driver File: The driver will now try to install. It may ask a few times where to find the driver. Just keep pointing it at C:cabD00377-002-001. Reboot Agiain: The sound may not work immediately but if you reboot it should work.Hope these steps are helpful to anyone in the same situation.

Greetings all,Ok so I am fairly computer savvy and I have been trying to fix this problem with no avail.Had issues with a virus that caused instability with my Gateway Profile 5 series computer. The result led me to wiping my hard drive, and reinstalling everything. Only after I did this I have lost sound?

I can see video, for instance if I was viewing something online, but sound just doesn't work.Looking under my Device Manager all of my sound, video, game controllers seemed to have been installed correctly, but.At 'other devices' tab a yellow question mark exists. Upon opening that tab for specifics 'multimedia audio controller device' yellowed (with that same exclamation point), along with 'network controller.' Is this were my problem exists?

Neither are associated with sound delivery, correct?If they are how should I go about fixing this issue, and thus enabling sound components once again? When you wiped your hard drive and reinstalled your OS were you using a system disc from the Manufacturer or a xp or vista disk.Sometimes when you wipe the drive and reload the os the mobo software is not included on that install. You can try yourself and go to the driver support for gateway and see if they have your specific drivers, and re-download thempost your information about your system.OSMOBOSound CardThe easiest way to get this info is to run and post an everest report. Once that up someone should be able to assist you further. Greetings all,Ok so I am fairly computer savvy and I have been trying to fix this problem with no avail.Had issues with a virus that caused instability with my Gateway Profile 5 series computer.

Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers

The result led me to wiping my hard drive, and reinstalling everything. Only after I did this I have lost sound? I can see video, for instance if I was viewing something online, but sound just doesn't work.Looking under my Device Manager all of my sound, video, game controllers seemed to have been installed correctly, but.At 'other devices' tab a yellow question mark exists. Upon opening that tab for specifics 'multimedia audio controller device' yellowed (with that same exclamation point), along with 'network controller.' Is this were my problem exists?

Neither are associated with sound delivery, correct?If they are how should I go about fixing this issue, and thus enabling sound components once again? Hello,I have the same sound issues except I have installed the drivers from the Gateway site for the profile 5 and I still get no sound. Everything says its working, no problems in the device manager. Onboard sound is enabled in the bios and bios is updated, and the speaker icon shows in my sys tray yet I get no sound.When i turn up or down the volume using the volume control on the front of the computer, I see the sound bar showing each step up or down but each block is just an outline, shouldnt they be a solid block?I have tested the speakers themselves and they are good.

I have plugged head phones in the front and external speakers in the back and still nothing. I have used both Sigmatic C major and Realtek drivers both do the same thing.I have 2 of these computers and I cant get sound on neither one.Thanks for your time. Hello,I have the same sound issues except I have installed the drivers from the Gateway site for the profile 5 and I still get no sound. Everything says its working, no problems in the device manager. Onboard sound is enabled in the bios and bios is updated, and the speaker icon shows in my sys tray yet I get no sound.When i turn up or down the volume using the volume control on the front of the computer, I see the sound bar showing each step up or down but each block is just an outline, shouldnt they be a solid block?I have tested the speakers themselves and they are good. I have plugged head phones in the front and external speakers in the back and still nothing.

I have used both Sigmatic C major and Realtek drivers both do the same thing.I have 2 of these computers and I cant get sound on neither one.Thanks for your time.