My MB is D945GCNL. My OS (Win XP SP3) does not install driver for sound devices (Realtek High Defination Sound Device) even after manual installation of the driver. The OS does not recognise any of the drivers required for my PC MB when trying to install through CD. On repeating the manual installation it just say that i have a newer version of driver installed but i am unable to locate the same. Help1

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Download and install the RealTek audio driver,

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=ALiveXFire-eSATA2&o=XP

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joecoolvette

http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-AC-97-Driver-Windows-98-Me-2000-XP-2003/3000-2120_4-10238712.html
Realtek AC

one problem that you will have to face while intalling sound drivers that you need to install (Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (sp33566) and after it you can run sound driver setup.do not run drivers first
uaa file link.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=ob-45977-2&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3466274

Hello,

You can use the following link to download sound drivers for XP. http://www.brothersoft.com/realtek-ac97-audio-driver-65159.html

I hope this works for you. Please grade me if this works. Have a nice day.

for this purpose you need to do following :

when you start the computer enter into bios setup.
when you switch on your pc keep on pressing delete button. a menu appers from that go to the motherboard configuration and that menu select audio driver: it must be hd audio deck you should select there realtek audio , now press F10 , press y and then enter. now restart and install the realtek drivers they will be installed without any problem.

http://intel.driversdown.com/Intel-drivers/Intel-Desktop-Board-D945GCNL-HD-Audio-Controller-5605-Windows-Vista(32-64)-XP(32-64)-2000_77686.shtml

Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL HD Audio Controller 5605 Windows Vista(32/64)/XP(32/64)/2000
Installs the Realtek audio driver version 5605 for Intel® Desktop Boards.

IMPORTANT: Audio drivers may fail to install in Windows* XP 64-Bit Edition. Symptoms may include error messages, such as "Error in installation" or "Unknown error". Microsoft's Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB901105) fixes this issue. After installing this update, the audio drivers for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition will successfully install.

You will have to install a new sound card if your guide/handbook does not mention in-built sound capabilities....sodeep

Have you checked to see if the driver is already installed, and the volume is just turned down? (Start> programs > accessories > entertainment > volume control) If so, try going into Device Manager (right click My Computer > properties > hardware > device manager) See if the sound card is showing up there as a yellow question mark or other error icon, it will stand right out. If it's there, right click, and uninstall it. Now (still in device manager) press the button that looks like a computer screen with a magnifying glass on it, that will scan for hardware changes and pick up the sound card, which windows includes the driver for automatically. If this still doesn't work, try downloading from realtek here, and installing that. Hope this helps.

go to the support site for your motherboard, there you will get universal bus architecture device drive. Install this before you install the Audio/Sound driver.

is there any other way to solve the audio problem? after i install win xp sp3 in my acer aspire 5550,i get stuck in installing audio driver.i have download the driver from many website even in acer.com, but still cant solve it..please give me some idea..