RealTek AC'97 Multimedia Audio Controller Driver Error in Windoxs

[Mr.Manzarek]

To whomever might be able to help me out,

I installed Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 on my rather old ASUS M200N laptop a while ago, and like many others I am having some problems installing the right driver for the soundcard, which is incredibly irritating as I like to work with music production on my laptop.

When I start up Windows it automatically detects the RealTek AC'97 driver, but all my attempts to install that driver has failed. I have tried using different drivers by installing them manually, but the sound is not good (it kind of gets stuck like a badly scrathed CD), which I believe is due to the poor incompatibility with my hardware.

If you have any clue what driver I should use, and more importantly where I can download it, your help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Chris

My system details are:

***Motherboard***
Mobile Intel Pentium M, 1400 MHz (14 x 100)
ASUS M2000N Series Notebook
Intel Montara-GM i855GM
502 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)

***Current multimedia driver***
Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-1]

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Mr.Manzarek

To whomever might be able to help me out,

I installed Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 on my rather old ASUS M200N laptop a while ago, and like many others I am having some problems installing the right driver for the soundcard, which is incredibly irritating as I like to work with music production on my laptop.

When I start up Windows it automatically detects the RealTek AC'97 driver, but all my attempts to install that driver has failed. I have tried using different drivers by installing them manually, but the sound is not good (it kind of gets stuck like a badly scrathed CD), which I believe is due to the poor incompatibility with my hardware.

If you have any clue what driver I should use, and more importantly where I can download it, your help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Chris

My system details are:

***Motherboard***
Mobile Intel Pentium M, 1400 MHz (14 x 100)
ASUS M2000N Series Notebook
Intel Montara-GM i855GM
502 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)

***Current multimedia driver***
Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-1]

Need to pin the model down, the M2000 series has more than 1 model, look under the notebook any of these models shown
M2A - M2C-M2E-M2N(NB)-M2Ne

[dubwiser]

i too am having problems configuring the realtek AC'97 drivers. here is my belarc advisor info:

*****Operating System*******
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

*****System Model******
ECS P4M800PRO-M 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop

******Main Circuit Board b********
Board: ECS P4M800PRO-M 1.0
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080012 08/30/2007

*****Multimedia*******
M-Audio Delta Audiophile
Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller

*****All required security hotfixes (using the 09/11/2007 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed. ***************

please help!

[Mr.Manzarek]

Originally Posted by bookworm

Need to pin the model down, the M2000 series has more than 1 model, look under the notebook any of these models shown
M2A - M2C-M2E-M2N(NB)-M2Ne

Oh, you're right.

ASUS M2N 24M from what I can read on the label.

Haven't been able to find this model code anywhere, though...

Chris

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by Mr.Manzarek

Oh, you're right.

ASUS M2N 24M from what I can read on the label.

Haven't been able to find this model code anywhere, though...

Chris

2 model shown at Asus, both have same audio driver go here
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx

Select Product - Notebook
Select Series - M2000
Model - M2N(NB)



Set a System Restore Point before installing drivers just in case
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore / select Create a restore point and follow instructions

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by dubwiser

i too am having problems configuring the realtek AC'97 drivers. here is my belarc advisor info:

*****Operating System*******
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

*****System Model******
ECS P4M800PRO-M 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop

******Main Circuit Board b********
Board: ECS P4M800PRO-M 1.0
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080012 08/30/2007

*****Multimedia*******
M-Audio Delta Audiophile
Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller

*****All required security hotfixes (using the 09/11/2007 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed. ***************

please help!

Check this out

Go to Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Audio tab / Sound Playback – click on down arrow and check that the correct audio is selected. Typically the problem will be something “modem line 0 playback” has been substituted for the correct audio device.


Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Component Services / a separate window will open – in left pane click Services(Local) / Scroll down to Windows Audio service / if the service is Disabled or Manual right click > select Properties > under Startup Type change to Automatic > click Apply > click Start > Reboot.

Your audio plugs must be on the I/O plate for this driver to work, if you use an expansion slot then you have a Sound Card installed, see here, click the image to focus
http://www.overclockeddoc.com/bookwo...0io%20slot.JPG

[Mr.Manzarek]

Originally Posted by bookworm

2 model shown at Asus, both have same audio driver go here
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx

Select Product - Notebook
Select Series - M2000
Model - M2N(NB)



Set a System Restore Point before installing drivers just in case
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore / select Create a restore point and follow instructions

Right on!

It works just fine now! Thank you so much for your help!

Chris