SO close - Conexant AC-Link Audio Driver  

baarod said:

iwantone said:

PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_08
PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274
PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_040100
PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_0401

I have gone through this thread several times but still no luck trying all of the drivers posted.
I have installed the latest Realtek AC'97 and the Realtek HD drivers, the Contexant SP35558 driver and still nothing.
The device manager shows a code 10 (This device cannot start) for both the Contexant and Realtek HD drivers.

Please let me know what else I should try, any help would be greatly appreciated!

This is the correct driver for the Ensoniq nee Creative AudioPCI 1371. I used to develop software for this card! Microsoft Update Catalog

Thank you for the reply, but I dont know how to get it to install/update.

I downloaded the "Microsoft driver update for Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) " and extracted the files into a folder on my desktop, went to device manager and told it to update from that extracted folder but it does not work.

All of the drivers that came up for me were 32bit drivers, but I am running 64bit widows 7.

What am I doing wrong?

baarod said:

iwantone said:

baarod said:

This is the correct driver for the Ensoniq nee Creative AudioPCI 1371. I used to develop software for this card! Microsoft Update Catalog

Thank you for the reply, but I dont know how to get it to install/update.

I downloaded the "Microsoft driver update for Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) " and extracted the files into a folder on my desktop, went to device manager and told it to update from that extracted folder but it does not work.

All of the drivers that came up for me were 32bit drivers, but I am running 64bit widows 7.

What am I doing wrong?

My mistake. There are no 64-bit drivers available for this card. Sorry. Your motherboard does not have built-in audio?

All of the info I can find on this computer (Compaq Presario SR1550NX) states that it uses "Integrated Audio Contexant AC97 audio codec".

I have had audio on this before, but after installing Ubuntu, I lost my sound and cannot get it back. I have uninstalled Ubuntu and have tried to do a system restore, but still no luck.

I can get the correct Conexant driver to install, but like I said before the device manager says that "This device cannot start (Code 10)"

baarod said:

iwantone said:

baarod said:

My mistake. There are no 64-bit drivers available for this card. Sorry. Your motherboard does not have built-in audio?

All of the info I can find on this computer (Compaq Presario SR1550NX) states that it uses "Integrated Audio Contexant AC97 audio codec".

I have had audio on this before, but after installing Ubuntu, I lost my sound and cannot get it back. I have uninstalled Ubuntu and have tried to do a system restore, but still no luck.

I can get the correct Conexant driver to install, but like I said before the device manager says that "This device cannot start (Code 10)"

Not Conexant -- Realtek. The SR1550NX has a K8S-LA (Salmon) motherboard -- Motherboard Specifications, K8S-LA (Salmon) Compaq Presario SR1550NX Desktop PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English). It uses a Realtek ALC658C 6-channel CODEC -- it's latest driver (32/64 bit installer) is here -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/561353/6305_...Win7_PG537.zip

Thanks for all the help baarod.
But I have tried that driver as well...
It goes through the install but does not appear on device manager as "Realtek AC'97"
I can install the latest "Realtek HD" driver and that will appear on the device manager, but it also has a code 10 like the Contexant driver.

Very weird... I really dont want to reformat, but might do it if I cant get the sound working.

baarod said:

iwantone said:

baarod said:

Not Conexant -- Realtek. The SR1550NX has a K8S-LA (Salmon) motherboard -- Motherboard Specifications, K8S-LA (Salmon) Compaq Presario SR1550NX Desktop PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English). It uses a Realtek ALC658C 6-channel CODEC -- it's latest driver (32/64 bit installer) is here -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/561353/6305_...Win7_PG537.zip

Thanks for all the help baarod.
But I have tried that driver as well...
It goes through the install but does not appear on device manager as "Realtek AC'97"
I can install the latest "Realtek HD" driver and that will appear on the device manager, but it also has a code 10 like the Contexant driver.

Very weird... I really dont want to reformat, but might do it if I cant get the sound working.

Reset BIOS defaults to make sure the onboard audio is enabled? You'll get a code 10 if the audio device is disabled in the BIOS. You'll also need to physically remove the AudioPCI to eliminate any possible conflicts.

Oh my goodness! I cant believe that I didnt realize that before about the AudioPCI conflicting with the factory audio. That was the first thing I tried, I removed the card then reinstalled Realtek AC'97 and now I have sound again!

Thank you for everything, Baarod!

I'm having the same problem... I've tried the sp30399 and the sp30157, but I'm still with no audio.
My notebook is a HP NX9010 with Windows 7. Please, send me an e-mail with the solution. I'm going crazy!
My e-mail is diguinvf@hotmail.com
Thanks.

Hello guys !

I have a HP nx9000 and I have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I tried the XP Driver for my Conexant AC-Link Audio from HP website; it works, but sound is CRACKLING. Then I tried the Driver from Microsoft Update, but it's the same story: CRACKLING. I have also tried different drivers from Conexant & ALi from this topic, but none of them works correctly. Some of them work, but sound is CRACKLING, some of them don't work showing me the "The device cannot start (code 10)" error. I also tried Realtek AC97 Driver with the same code 10 error.

Any suggestions ?