To all with HP/Compaq Audio Problems

[Guest]

Hello all,

Here's what I've figured out thus far.

There is currently NO possible way in my knowledge to get any drivers
working with x64 Vista with the Conexant audio chips, which is what everyone
who is having issues has on their respective notebooks. However, there's a
lot more hope if you can cope with only running the x86 Vista ;-)

Basically as far as I can tell the standard xp drivers should work just fine
as I am using them right now on a Compaq V2575 which uses the Conexant
AC-Link Audio. Download the respective driver from the HP website for your
model, generally the file you download will be a self-extracting archive that
will pop itself somewhere (Usually C:\swsetup\some subdir) and then it will
automatically run the program to install the drivers itself, cancel that
program, find the program (or any and all exe's for that driver package in
the swsetup directory) and make sure that you set windows xp with service
pack 2 compatibility for them.

I'm sure manually installing the drivers would also work, so really either
way there should be no issue with sound as long as you're willing to stick
with x86 for now.

 

[Guest]

I have the hp zd8000 and I have sound. I forgot where on the internet I went
to to get vista beta driver for a conexant ac'97 or realtek ac'97.

I don't know which audio chip you have but don't give up. Try here

http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t15832.html

 

[Roy Coorne]

I have the hp zd8000 and I have sound. I forgot where on the internet I went
to to get vista beta driver for a conexant ac'97 or realtek ac'97.

I went to the Windows Update within the Vista Control Panel (!) and
from there the driver for my Realtek AC'97 on-board sound was
downloaded and installed.

Roy

 

[Guest]

I had already tried the Realtek Vista beta drivers and everytime I tried to
install them in x64 vista I would get a "The path cannot be found" error when
it tried to install the driver. I however never tried the whole intel ac97
workaround that they were explaining in that thread, however I did notice
that someone had mentioned they couldn't get it to work in vista, as it was
primarily an xp x64 workaround.

I'd be interested to hear exactly what driver you used (and which audio chip
your particular zd8000 has, I used to sell these things so I know there's a
ton of submodels of the zd8000 hehe) and what process you used to make it
work, but I've already gone through the trouble of installing x86 vista so
this is probably more just for my peace of mind at this point as i'm not
really wanting to go through the whole 2-3 hour install again.

 

[Guest]

I have an HP Pavilion dv5035 and also had problems with my AC97 audio and
modem (same hardware I believe). My issue now is after problems with Vista,
I uninstalled it from a separate partition. Now my Audio and Modem are no
longer found. XP simply does not recognize that the devices are even
installed. I tried rolling back the regestry, but no luck there either.

 

[Guest]

I have hp a1320n and i went and updated beta drivers ac-97. i have sound but
I cant control my inputs chg inputs they are all on. cant mute anything but
master volume under xp everything worked. Do i need to d/l something else.
I have the 6060 version of drivers

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm just about to solder in a new audio (Vista) chip into my HP Pavilion
ze5375us Notebook..! Same problem with the Conexant AC-Link Audio. No Audio..

I've tried every which way to get that driver from HP to install. I tried
the Audio64.zip with the command line.. No good either. I tried 6 other
drivers 10 different ways..Same result.. Help is on the way........Read on..

I finally got a hold of a good HP tech who is "Very aware" of this issue
with Vista. He said that HP is "presently" working on and going to release a
driver shortly that will solve this issue. So check their site for it.

Charlie V

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm just about to solder in a Vista Audio chip into my HP Pavilion
ze5375us..!!! No Audio drivers for "Conexant AC-Link Audio". I've tried 10
different drivers 10 different ways...Same result.. No Audio. Sooooooo.....

I was lucky and got a hold of a good HP Tech today and he said that HP is
"very aware" of this Conexant AC-Link Audio driver issue with Vista. A driver
is in the works at HP right now. He felt that it will be posted on HP's
download site pretty soon. HP is receiving hundreds of emails and calls
everyday about this.

That's good news. Check HP's site for the released driver. It shouldn't be
too long according to the tech.

Have a good one..! Charlie V

 

[Guest]

I have a m7160n Media Center PC and had the same sound issues. I went to the
HP website and downloaded and installed the latest XP updated drivers for my
computer while running Vista, and now my Vist a has sound.

 

[Guest]

Installing the drivers from the hp website works with the 32 bit vista, but
not 64 bit vista, buts thats the last time i check, there may be new that i
dont know, but thats what i experienced.

 

[Guest]

OK...thought this may help someone. I have a Toshiba P105 with the Conexant
High Definition Audio. Upon installing Vista RC1 I got no sound. At first
the driver loaded but I got the Code 10 error stating the driver could not
start. After deinstalling the device I could not get the driver installed. I
searched all the blogs and news boards. I found a lot of people with the
same issue and some recommendations but nothing worked.

Here is what worked for me and I hope it works for you. I tried previously
loading the XP drivers that came with my system and nothing worked. This
time, instead or running the zip file automatically I unpacked it into a
separate folder. I then went in and selected each application file's
properties and set the compatibility to XP SP2. I then went in to the device
and performed a driver update and selected my own location where the modified
files were. The results were it installed immediately and began working
immediately

All I can say is One Challenge Down and Two to Go! Hope that helps someone.

James

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone who contributes to these posts!! you're all great people!!...
i have an HP pavilion dv1000t with the same problem(Conexant audio driver
error) but thanks to your posts about installing it manually i could solve...
or i'd rather say you solve it for me... thanks again and if it's not some
kind of abuse of your knowledge... do you know anything about why i can't
use my integrated webcam 1000... it says its installed correctly, yet it
isn't shown at the scaners and cameras section ... or does it have
something to do with the fact that in the device manager i have some issues
with some Base system devices PCI bus 5, device 9, function 2,3 and 4???

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem with my Pavilion DV1760BR. I have tried to install a
sound drive from HP site and from Windows Update, there is an icon and at
Control Panel the message is that the driver is OK, but I have no sound. HP
Technical Suport said that it can be a phisical failure. Does anyone have a
similar situation?

I have also tried the Realtak driver (no sucess). The sounds works with
external speakers or headphones.