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    acer 5672 - the audio drivers do nothing!!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by albysleeping, Oct 10, 2006.

  1. albysleeping

    albysleeping Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just received a new 5672 from newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115246

    As soon as I reformatted, I installed the drivers for chipset, ethernet, omega, and then finally the newest HD realtek driver (found on realtek's website).

    Even though the codecs are installed, under the Sound and Audio Devices control panel, it still shows as "No Audio Devices installed"

    Any ideas? I've searched and googled everywhere, couldn't find a thing
     
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    Mr.Pigeon Notebook Evangelist

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    albysleeping Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just tried it and the drivers installed, but still no Audio device detected.

    In fact, under the Windows Device Manager, I don't even have an audio device showing up! What the heck?
     
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    Mr.Pigeon Notebook Evangelist

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    I remember having a similar problem at one point .. I believe it was due to a conflict with the modem drivers .. Try uninstalling those first.

    Cheers.
     
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    albysleeping Notebook Enthusiast

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    modem drivers aren't installed, but when I tried to install they gave me a failure message
     
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    albysleeping Notebook Enthusiast

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    If it helps though, in my device manager I notice a PCI Device under "System Devices" that has a yellow exclamation next to it... could this be the sound card?
     
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    the best thing I can suggest is to link the .inf files for the audio drivers in the device manager. I HATE installing drivers with an .exe instead of an .inf it causes problems and bloat (HP anyone?)

    Try linking the .inf instead

    --ssx--
     
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    Mr.Pigeon Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, I believe thats the sound card. I remember having this exact problem before .. Installing the UAA Bus Drivers fixed everything for me. Make sure you uninstall any sound card driver and start over from scratch (following instructions in my thread).

    Try using these drivers : http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/fo....com&siteid=7117&words=all&keywords=&areaid=2

    Cheers.
     
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    Thanks so much guys, I finally got it working!! In the end it was a combo of both of what you said.

    1. install the UAA Bus drivers
    2. install the newest Realtek HD audio driver (R1.47 as of now)
    3. After installation, go to device manager and update driver for the PCI device. Choose to browse for the driver in C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield
     
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