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Originally Posted by bookworm
For people having the same audio problem (Conexant Ac-Link Audio Drivers, Realtek) here is the fix.
“1. Install Realtek Audio driver (WDM_A380 or WDM_A381, doesn’t matter).
2. Reboot
3. Download and try to install the Conexant AC 97 audio driver. You can get the one from Gateway (D00245-001-001 driver), or any other manufacturer that uses this chip in the notebook. Pay attention to where it stores the files. For instance the Gateway driver uncompresses to c:\cabs\directory name.
4. Go to device manager, find the Realtek AC 97 audio item under “Sound, video, and game controllers”. Right click on it and select UPDATE DRIVER
5. Select NO if it asks to connect to Windows Update, click NEXT
6. Select “Install from a list of specific location” and click NEXT
7. Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click NEXT
8. DE-select “Show compatible Hardware”. CONEXANT should show up under manufacturer since you tried to install the driver earlier.
9. Click on CONEXANT on the left, then select “Conexant AC-Link Audio” on the right and click NEXTThe driver will install. It may ask you for the location of some files, point it to the directory the Conexant driver uncompressed to in step 3.
Reboot, and you should have working audio!”
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I tried the way you suggested..for step 8/9 it doesn't show me CONEXANT in left pane. After I continue with realtek it gives error msg :
"There was a problem installing this hardware.
Realtek AC' 97 Audio
The divice cannot start (Code 10)"
It doesn't work....btw.. I couldn't get exactly
WDM_A380 or WDM_A381 driver. All the links were either broken or out of connectivity...so I took help from realtek site to download latest
WDM_A404 one... (It didn't show any visible changes of installation; not even a slight flickering of screen for that matter)
So what next ?