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Reghakr.....I hope this is what you want. Incidentally, I've also been in communication with HP and their advice was to revert back to Windows XP. They appear not at all interested in trying to resolve these issues any sooner than they have too. Thanks again. Jim Board 31.43 0898...

Reghakr It is an older laptop. About 5 years old. But it otherwise is running W7 just fine; albeit a little slow. Other than the audio, everything works as expected. Does this mean you think there's probably no fix for the audio? Jim

Reghakr From the msinfo32 window: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Version 6.1.7100 Build 7100 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name COMPACLAPTOP System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model Presario R3000 DS513U#ABA...

Reghakr I ran this utility but then realized it's only a graphics analyzer. (unless there's something I'm missing)

Reghakr When I try to install any driver it simply says it failed. When I click on the sound icon in the task bar it runs the automatic troubleshooter which states that "there is a problem with the driver for Realtek AC'97 Audio. Reinstalling might fix this problem." I then have the option to...

Windows update driver Reghakr I had already tried the driver recommended by Win Update. Still no luck...

Sorry I wasn't more clear in my response. I was addressing the questions from Reghaker in the previous post. Actually, what is happening is that I can't get ANY driver to install. I'm beginning to wonder if this isn't a failure of the sound portion of the onboard card. However, I'd be happy to...

The only inf files are inside the Vista and Vista64 folders and not accessible through the device manager install method. I used the Vista folder and am told that the installed driver is already correct and up to date. However, the taskbar icon continues to indicate "no audio output device...

Still no luck... Thanks for your efforts Reghaker, but I had already tried this particular driver with no success. Nevertheless, I followed your suggestion and tried it again but still have no sound. Is it possible my onboard sound is broke? How might I figure that out? Thanks again. Jim

from PC Wizard Is this helpful? (from PC Wizard) Device Audio : AC'97 Audio Controller MIDI Output : Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth MIDI Output : Microsoft MIDI Mapper Device multimedia : AVIVideo Device multimedia : CDAudio Device multimedia : Sequencer Device multimedia ...

Another audio problem I know that a lot of posters seem to be having audio issues, but most appear to be on newer machines. I've installed W7 RC on an older laptop (specs below) and for the most part it runs just fine. However, I have not been able to get the audio to function AT ALL! I've...