I FINALLY found the right drivers for this after much struggling, so wanted to post the info here. It was actually another thread on these forums that had the right pointer, but it took some time for me to find it. I googled:
soundmax ac97 Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3] driver
That led me to:
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...39-post11.html
Which led me to:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...stems&lang=eng
Which is the CORRECT driver for this audio controller. The file name, in case they move things around, is:
Audio: ADI 1985 [AUD_ALL32_5.12.1.5240_PV2.EXE]
BTW, will also add the crash info I had seen when trying to install the wrong drivers, so when someone searches that maybe they will find this thread. I was trying to install the Realtek AC97 drivers from the realtek site and my system crashed every time at the end of the install with:
STOP: 0x7E
The offending driver was portcls.sys at address 0xEDF4D46D.
Anyway, huzzah! Finally got this working. Thanks to the folks on this forum for the great info/resource!
Best,
Tim
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Originally Posted by tstevens
Hi,
Found this thread looking for a solution to my audio issue, which is that the multimedia audio controller has a yellow ! over it in device mgr & I get no sound but the system beep.
I have tried several of the packages suggested in this thread but have had no luck. I guess this is a Realtek AC'97 (according to everest) but the s/w installer pointed to in several of these replies crashes the whole system every time I try to install it. (latest package for XP from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false)
Anyways, below is the comp summary from everest. Sure hope someone (well I think we all know who, sound queen  can help me out with this! Let me know if you need other info!
Best,
Tim
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3057 MHz (23 x 133)
Motherboard Name Intel Bay Field D865GBF (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale-G i865G
System Memory 1008 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (02/10/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3] |