No sound with Windows Vista - IT WORKED

No sound with Windows Vista - IT WORKED

• nikita D.

  Hi...I just installed the new drivers for windows vista tonight and also had no sound. By luck I found it. Here's what I did...control panel/system/divice manager/system devices/ I right clicked on system devices then clicked on scan for hardware changes (had to do it twice)...then got sound...hope it works for you!
  
  

• Euclidez

  http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx Langid=1&PNid=23&PFid=23&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#AC

  If you are using a Realtek AC'97 sound device, then go to the link above and download the Vista driver.  The download takes about 2 minutes. Before you download, unistall all drivers and devices related to the Realtek AC'97.  After download, extract all and then open 6213_Vista_APO.  Scroll down until you see 'setup' (Application 59KB) and click on it. Let it do it's thing and Windows will recognize the device but DO NOT let Windows install the driver, let the Realtek setup.  When it is complete, it will prompt to restart, so do it.

  After a few hours of downloading drivers and unistalling and surfing the Web trying to find an answer, I found my own.  If I would have known Vista was going to be this big of a hassle I would have stuck to XP MCE.  You guys are welcome.  Oh, and if anyone is using a different device besides Realtek, sorry.

  
  

• LurkinDurk

  i have amd 3800+ 64.......and mainboard, with soundcard built into it (as they do them now) and i install vista onto my comp....everything working ay-ok, but...the sound....no sound at all...says there is no sound device installed at all and it cant find any,i go on my device manger and there isnt a tab for Sound, video and game controllers! sound worked perfectly fine on xp but not on vista.......i go on help and support, and on there it suggests i turn up the volume......how stupid do they think we are ....c'mon, anyone got a way of getting the sound on without having to buy a ******* ANOTHER soundcard etc.. please get back to me......
  

• seamonkeyz

  Did what you said to do....worked fine.....you saved me from spending a bunch of time and more money on a better card.....many thanks......very appreciated!!
  

• Shippa

  This is my second time at installing vista as I had the dreaded winload.exe missing error on boot up. Be warned back up your work.

  I had forgoten how to sort the sound problem out so thanks Brandon for the help. My problem now is that the set u tells me that it only supports vista/vista x64.....I am using vista.

   

  Any ideas, oh and the set up file was 119KB.. have i got the wrong file.

  Cheers

   

  You would think that for $10Billion they would have this sort of thing sorted. 

  Edit....

  I have solved my problem. Here is the link, for anyone who's problem isn't solved with the above link I hope this works.

  http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High%20Definition%20Audio%20Codecs.

   

  
  

• Jassim Rahma

  Ive done what both of you guys have said to do.. ive attempted it about 10 times and ive still no sound what so ever.. any other ideas
  
  

• brian_tsim

  Thanks for a lot of good info, BUT:

  I have a Multicenter with MCE, Intel 915p, Realtek etc., and have now used the last days and nights trying to solve my missing sound WITHOUT any luck.

  I (clean) install Vista, and then install the (new) drivers according to the manufactors advice. First I install the new Intel chipset driver. Then I install the Realtek drivers. When I install XP, the sound comes on after this, but NOT in Vista. Actually Vista does not find any sound-drivers. But after a lot of struggeling, manually finding/installing the Realtek-drivers, I get the message that it cannot be started (code 10).

  It seems that something is missing, and this also matches the manufactors instructions for the XP installation. Because when I install the Realtek drivers under XP I have to restart the PC two times, because the first time enables the Microsoft Audio Bus. Then the second time, the Realtek drivers gets installes. Under Vista I only restart once...

  So I have searched a lot about MS Audio Bus, and finds a lot about a new MS sound "initiative", white papers, UUA etc.

  BUT I need a solution to make my sound work again - can anybody help

  Regards, Henrik (back on XP MCE to keep the multimedia-home running;-)

  
  
  

• squeezy99

  I'm stuck too...loaded Vista...lost my multimedia capabilites...

  No sound whatsoever...

  
  
  

• raja786

  Hi, I am having the same problem can yu let me know if you have found a way round it, cheers
  

  
  

• GarrettM

  i had the same problem with no sound.

  all you have to do is download an audio driver.

  this is probebly the best one to get as it worked fine for me.

  it downloaded at around 1kb per second even though i have 8meg broadband, so it took a couple of hours. but its worth it.

  download the audio driver here.

  http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/REALTEK/Realtek-AC-97-Audio-Codec-Driver-Vista-6156-Beta.shtml

  just install and done!!!

  
  

• twickl

  Hello!

  I have just put a fresh copy of Vista onto my machine, it has picked everything up apart from my on board sound ALC655. I have been to the realtek site and downloaded the driver and installed it and nothing.....windows reports the driver has installed but in device manager i still get "unknown multimedia device".

  THis is getting really annoying i have removed the hardware and tried installing the driver that way and nothing.....my next port of call is a new sound card but I would rather get my onboard sound working before i go down this avenue!

  Anyone any ideas

  
  Thanks!

  
  

• Steveinbeloit

  This isn't really the right forum for this question. I'd recommend trying the Windows Media Player newsgroup, since this is more of an end-user question: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community/newsgroups/WindowsMedia/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player&lang=en&cr=US

  I'm going to guess, though, that your audio drivers are either nor installed or not working. Go to Control Panel --> Hardware and Sound --> Device Manager, and look under Sound, video and game controllers.

  
  
  

• ericc59

  i have almost the same promblem with you i had a dell computer ,pentium 4,window xp home edition.my speaker have no sound coming out.
  

• Mark Jewett - MSFT

  Thanks a lot. Downloading the realtek driver worked for me! Been spending about an hour a day for the past week or so. Thank you!
  
  
  
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