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Audio drivers for Skylake chipset (notebook)
Hi, I'd like to ask you for help.
I have a notebook Acer Aspire V15 Nitro BE II (VN7-572G-54U4), which has Skylake chipset and comes originaly with preinstalled W10. Due to issues with wi-fi and my general dislike for W10, I installed W7. Even though Acer only provides drivers for W10, I managed to find and install all neccesary drivers, except for audio drivers. No matter what drivers I instal (from acer, realtek webpage, intel), the sound device won't even be recognized (error code 28).
After a lot of googling I found a guy who has the same problem and is a lot more knowledgable than me (link to his forum post), and according to him it seems the issue is that there aren't working W7 audio drivers for Skylake chipset. I also found that someone else had the same issue with a HP notebook (also with skylake chispet) (link), and he solved it by disabling "Intel Smart Audio" in BIOS. However, there is no such option in my BIOS, not even with unlocked advanced settings. These are my only clues.
So I'd like to ask you if someone has an idea how to solve this? Thank you.