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    p6860fx Win7 no HDMI Audio Out

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by jocose, Jul 11, 2009.

  1. jocose

    jocose Notebook Guru

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    I installed RC1 for windows 7 and I no longer see the HDMI audio out for my laptop. Anyone else run into this, or have any ideas about how to fix it?

    Thanks
     
    jocose, Jul 11, 2009
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    Kamin_Majere, Jul 11, 2009
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  3. jocose

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    Uh oh, it looks like they only have a 32bit driver? I'm on 64bit win7 am I SOL?
     
    jocose, Jul 11, 2009
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    why does no one trust me. :p

    Just use the driver. Alot of applications still use 32bit drivers... This is one of those situations ;)
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jul 11, 2009
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    Okay I got this to work by downloading the latest 32 bit IDT audio drivers from Gateway's site and then force installing them. Trying to just run the installer didn't work.
     
    jocose, Jul 12, 2009
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    Hi, I am struggling with the same issue. Though I previously had it on my Gateway5814u laptop running Vista, I lost the HDMI Playback device (under "Sounds") when I upgraded to Windows 7.

    I successfully installed this driver (Conexant HD Audio):

    http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?ref=DX&id=23598

    When I tried running setup the driver you suggested previously, I get the following error.

    _ExitError: Error=Device Object not present, restart the system and run setup again

    I've restarted a half dozen times - can you please suggest how to install the HDMI driver? I feel like an idiot but can't figure it out. Thanks
     
    AM2009, Dec 31, 2009
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    rds_gimp, Feb 21, 2010
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    How do you install modded driver?
     
    davinb, Oct 13, 2010
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    Nevermind. I found the setup.exe file in all the files and ran it.

    Works like charm now.
     
    davinb, Oct 13, 2010
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