question my own

Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?

Have you tried extracting the contents of the file you downloaded from Realtek and update the driver through Device Manager using the inf file? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Tom Ziegmann" wrote in message

Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:43:13 +0000 (UTC), Tom Ziegmann wrote:

Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?
There should be a windows generic driver in Vista, my AC97 audio is

fine. Did it work in the first place ie before you downloaded the Realtex drivers or not?
If you have installed the realtek drivers try rolling back to the Microsoft version that came with Vista.
Jonah

jonah wrote:

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:43:13 +0000 (UTC), Tom Ziegmann taziegmann@cox.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update
from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded
the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?
There should be a windows generic driver in Vista, my AC97 audio is fine. Did it work in the first place ie before you downloaded the Realtex drivers or not?
If you have installed the realtek drivers try rolling back to the Microsoft version that came with Vista.
Jonah

Same here, my onboard AC97 audio works great. I have an Asus board and somehow, an Asus tray applet for controlling the audio even appeared. So Vista definitely supports AC97. Try rolling back the driver in Device Manager and looking for another way to enable sound. I suppose it's possible that the WAV audio level was muted or that the wrong sound playback device was selected or something, but I don't think your problem was caused by Vista's lack of support for your sound device.
Ron

I am now getting a message that says 'cannot find wave volume control'

jonah wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:43:13 +0000 (UTC), Tom Ziegmann taziegmann@cox.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update
from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded
the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?
There should be a windows generic driver in Vista, my AC97 audio is fine. Did it work in the first place ie before you downloaded the Realtex drivers or not?
If you have installed the realtek drivers try rolling back to the Microsoft version that came with Vista.
Jonah
Same here, my onboard AC97 audio works great. I have an Asus board and somehow, an Asus tray applet for controlling the audio even appeared. So Vista definitely supports AC97. Try rolling back the driver in Device Manager and looking for another way to enable sound. I suppose it's possible that the WAV audio level was muted or that the wrong sound playback device was selected or something, but I don't think your problem was caused by Vista's lack of support for your sound device. Ron

Have you rolled back the driver? If not, do so. Then go to "update driver" and allow Vista to search (the Internet) for a driver. It should find a driver and install it. If that doesn't work, let us know the exact motherboard you have, and maybe someone with a similar rig can give a better suggestion.
Ron
"Tom Ziegmann" wrote in message

I am now getting a message that says 'cannot find wave volume control' jonah wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:43:13 +0000 (UTC), Tom Ziegmann taziegmann@cox.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question of my own. I have realtek ac'97 audio. I got the update
from windows update but no sounds play. I went to realtek's website downloaded
the driver there and now when ever i logon i get an error that tells me that the driver is not for windows vista. Any ideas?
There should be a windows generic driver in Vista, my AC97 audio is fine. Did it work in the first place ie before you downloaded the Realtex drivers or not?
If you have installed the realtek drivers try rolling back to the Microsoft version that came with Vista.
Jonah
Same here, my onboard AC97 audio works great. I have an Asus board and somehow, an Asus tray applet for controlling the audio even appeared. So Vista definitely supports AC97. Try rolling back the driver in Device Manager and looking for another way to enable sound. I suppose it's possible that the WAV audio level was muted or that the wrong sound playback device was selected or something, but I don't think your problem was caused by Vista's lack of support for your sound device. Ron