Realtek AC 97 Driver :)

[Jultas]

Hello,

I doubt this is a first thread about Realtek AC 97 driver problem when trying to apply it to Windows 7.
A day ago i've installed windows 7 and everything works really fine, expect sound ofcourse. Firstly i used windows updates to download right drivers (never trusted me self too much) and it did download realtek ac 97 thingies, BUT after installation it didn't work - no sound anyway.
So i started to surf in all mighty google and i found many posts in many different forums about people who can't make their computers with Windows 7 atleast to beep.
Well i don't really know what to do, my hand are bound, but i hope that i will find the right answer here.
Some things about my computer (please don't laugh to death):
OS-windows 7 home premium
1gb of ram
Nvidia geforce fx 5500 <--- ancient thing indeed
32 bit OS
and processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz

Oh and about sound card... well i checked some papper on my computer and it was said that sound card is integrated (sorry no idea what it is)

Well, waiting for offers what to do and sorry if i did any mistakes

p.s. I'm absolutely sure that i need simple realtek AC 97 codec or something like that, but not HD for sure. Anyway windows 7 doesn't support latest codecs from realtek.com

And about sound card which is integrated - i'm sure it's fine because tested it on windows xp two hours ago... (had to reinstall windows >.< )

 

[stormy13]

Jultas, welcome to the forums.

If it is the Realtek AC'97 that you need you an get it directly from Realtek,

Realtek

Might be a good idea to grab something like this,

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

and double check the motherboard specs to see if that is the one you need.

 

[Jultas]

Stormy13, if that would be so easy i would've done it already but check out what happens when i try to install driver from realtek for windows 7 (here is a screenshot):

 

[stormy13]

Just click "install anyway". it won't hurt anything. Just means it wasn't submitted for WHQL testing on Windows 7 (or there isn't an actual Windows 7 driver for it, only the Vista one which will work on 7 anyway), if the same driver was installed on Vista that warning wouldn't come up.

 

[Jultas]

Just click "install anyway". it won't hurt anything. Just means it wasn't submitted for WHQL testing on Windows 7 (or there isn't an actual Windows 7 driver for it, only the Vista one which will work on 7 anyway), if the same driver was installed on Vista that warning wouldn't come up.

I clicked and after installation was completed computer rebooted, but even after reboot there was no sound and still it remains written "No Audio Output Device is installed" any other ideas what i can do to bring back sound into my computer?

 

[stormy13]

Did you double check the specs on your motherboard and conform that is the correct driver? Realtek drivers are funny that way, they will install even if a Realtek device isn't present.

 

[Jultas]

Did you double check the specs on your motherboard and conform that is the correct driver? Realtek drivers are funny that way, they will install even if a Realtek device isn't present.

Could you help me with that? my Motherboard is I865P/PE, so i have no idea how to search for drivers. Never was good in computers anyway.

 

[stormy13]

That is just the chipset which unfortunately doesn't help much. If you could, please post a screen shot of Speccy (linked above) of the summary page, that will show (or should) the make and model of the motherboard.

 

[Jultas]

Windows XP has sound with no problems, seems windows 7 doesn't detect my integrated sound card.

You know, i start to think that these windows are not worth money i've payed for it.

 

[stormy13]

Unfortunately all that shows is which chipset is on the motherboard, not who made it and the i865/PE was used by most of the motherboard manufacturers back then. One thing you can try is to run this,

 INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 5, 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets

It may or may not help (won't hurt), and if it works then the sound card should be detected. the problem with that chipset is that it is EOL (end of life) and as such support for it has been dropped.

 

[Jultas]

My motherboard is made by Intel for sure. I opened my computer and by using flashlight i found Intel markings on my motherboard, by the way, even if my sound card is integrated, one program helped me to detect it anyway:

 

[neo101]

My motherboard is made by Intel for sure. I opened my computer and by using flashlight i found Intel markings on it, by the way, even if my sound card is integrated, one program helped me to detect it anyway:

It says driver is detected and loaded!

All you have to do is;
right click on the white speaker symbol at the bottom right of your Win 7 screen > click 'playback devices' > click on 'Realtec digital output' (or whatever you connected your speaker audio wires to) > 'set default' > OK

You should now hear sound.

 

[Jultas]

My motherboard is made by Intel for sure. I opened my computer and by using flashlight i found Intel markings on it, by the way, even if my sound card is integrated, one program helped me to detect it anyway:

It says driver is detected and loaded!

All you have to do is;
right click on the white speaker symbol at the bottom right of your Win 7 screen > click 'playback devices' > click on 'Realtec digital output' (or whatever you connected your speaker audio wires to) > 'set default' > OK

You should now hear sound.

After i clicked on "Playback devices" it led me to "No audio devices are installed" .

 

[stormy13]

If it is an actual "made by Intel' board it is entirely possible that it ha the Soundmax audio on it and not the Realtek. Seeing as software doesn't want to identify the actual make and model (just the chipset, which doesn't help at all), time to crack open the case (with the computer turned off) and see what is printed on the motherboard. Somewhere on it will be stamped the manufacturer's name and the actual model number, usually somewhere near the CPU socket or in amongst the PCI slots.

 

[neo101]

Un_educated guess - without any pc specs

Try here and look for 'C-media' audio for your motherboard

DFI LANParty:The Best OC Platform! Overclock, Motherboard, Intel, AMD

 

[Jultas]

I give up, i'm absolutely sure windows 7 simply doesn't detect integrated sound card. Seems i've wasted big bunch of money

 

[scoopeeedoo]

Hi Jultas!

The driver which doesn't work,
have you tried compatibility mode?

Edit : that's weird because my old pc needs AC'97 and i ran Seven (x64) without any issue... :huh:

 

[Jultas]

Hi Jultas!

The driver which doesn't work,
have you tried compatibility mode?

Edit : that's weird because my old pc needs AC'97 and i ran Seven (x64) without any issue... :huh:

yes, i had

 

[scoopeeedoo]

I have time to lost so i'm gonna make an install on this old pc (the hd is blank)
and see what happens here...

See ya!

 

[stormy13]

that's weird because my old pc needs AC'97 and i ran Seven (x64) without any issue... :huh:

All depends on which audio chip is on the board as to whether Windows will recognize it and work with the default Microsoft driver. Have a look here,

AC'97 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

some of them aren't around anymore, but you still need to know which one of them (about half of that list is audio chips) so you can install the proper driver.