SB Audigy Se and Realtek AK889a and NO SOUND

[Hypnotise07]

I am going literally insane, i have been trying to get the sound to work on this #%$^$#@ windows for 4 hours now. I have the windows 7 RC version with all updates to date.

First i tried to install the SB Audigy SE driver, tried with the pack you guys made with drivermax and nothing works, all i get is this "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" every time. I even changed the pci slots with no help

After failing to install the Audigy i then turned to my onboard card the Realtek AK889a HD Audio card. I also installed the latest driver from the Realtek webiste like 10 times with 10 restarts but nothing works. I get the same damn error "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)".

Strange thing is if i uninstall the drivers then run the setup and i restart the pc after its over, windows automatically installs the winupdate drivers ....

I need help please or its back to win xp for me

*edit i read all the posts about these 2 sound cards and most people seem to have probs with the sound after the drivers are installed but i never had any sound....

 

[Lordbob75]

Hello Hypnotise, welcome to the forums.

I don't believe that the Creative SB Audigy card works in Seven.... But I am not sure. The realtek HD Audio works pretty well however.

Try this: Go into device manager and find the Realtek Audio. Right click and select "Update driver". That might fix it for you.

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

Hello Hypnotise, welcome to the forums.

I don't believe that the Creative SB Audigy card works in Seven.... But I am not sure. The realtek HD Audio works pretty well however.

Try this: Go into device manager and find the Realtek Audio. Right click and select "Update driver". That might fix it for you.

~Lordbob

thanx for the quick responce, i just did that and it says that i have the latest driver installed. In dxdiag i see that no audio card is installed and the same goes for the sound option in control panel.

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok. So it looks like the typical Realtek audio situation. Installing the Realtek HD driver from HERE should fix it. Assuming that you can DL and install it.

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

Ok. So it looks like the typical Realtek audio situation. Installing the Realtek HD driver from HERE should fix it. Assuming that you can DL and install it.

~Lordbob

I did that also like 10 times, after the restart windows seems to be installing the default drivers again for some reason. For example if i uninstall the sound drivers and i select check for hardware changes the sound drivers appear right back.
Maybe i should try to run win in safe mode? If so how do i do that caz i forgot

 

[Lordbob75]

Interesting that it did not work..........

To start Safe Mode: When you reach the BIOS, hit F8, which should bring up extra options for start up. Select Safe mode with Networking.

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

nope didnt work, any other ideas?

 

[Lordbob75]

Try uninstalling the drivers from safe mode, then restart (into safe mode) and reinstall the realtek ones.

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

Just did that, also uninstalled all the win updates i did. Still no luck
If no other suggestions i will try to reinstall the windows i guess, and if that dosent work back to xp

 

[Lordbob75]

What driver are you using now?

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

the sound driver installed now is the Realtek HD Audio 6.0.1.5864 (after the Vista_Win7_R226 installation) and after i do a rollback the 6.1.7100.0 is installed witch is newer wtf.......
Either the Vista_Win7_R226 driver is not installed after the restart or im missing something

 

[dw96]

Hi Hypnotise07, welcome to the forums!!
What I'd suggest is trying to go to ~Realtek_HD~ , accepting the EULA, and downloading the Windows XP driver. It may not work, but try it... Windows 7 SHOULD be compatible with Vista AND XP drivers.... Give it a go... Who knows...

 

[Hypnotise07]

Hi Hypnotise07, welcome to the forums!!
What I'd suggest is trying to go to ~Realtek_HD~ , accepting the EULA, and downloading the Windows XP driver. It may not work, but try it... Windows 7 SHOULD be compatible with Vista AND XP drivers.... Give it a go... Who knows...

"no driver was supported in this driver package"

 

[Lordbob75]

Try the vista driver if at all possible.

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

Try the vista driver if at all possible.

~Lordbob

The vista driver is the same as the win 7 driver

 

[Lordbob75]

The vista driver is the same as the win 7 driver

Figures.............. What mobo are you running, and how old is it?

~Lordbob

 

[Hypnotise07]

Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, one and a half years old

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok....

Oh damn..... My pain meds are really kicking in... (just had my wisdom teeth out friday...). I will have to get back to you when I can think clearly!

~Lordbob

 

[rook]

I'm running Win 7 X64 (build 7229), I have an SB Audigy SE and everything is running fine. Can your system handle Win 7 X64 instead of X32? I have had zero issues with my sound card.

I am leaving work, so I will see what I can do to help you more in about an hour.

 

[Hypnotise07]

I'm running Win 7 X64 (build 7229), I have an SB Audigy SE and everything is running fine. Can your system handle Win 7 X64 instead of X32? I have had zero issues with my sound card.

I am leaving work, so I will see what I can do to help you more in about an hour.

Well i got the realtek card to work after a reinstall of windows, the problem prolly had something to do with the sound card change and drivermax i dont know for sure just glad it got fixed.

As for the Audigy SE i have enough memory to run 64 donno if my proc can handle it i have a Pentium E2160