Need a free sound driver

Hey there. Pentium-4's use AC97's Realtek sound systems, so you will need an AC97 driver.

Download it from : http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/ac97.html

Have fun :)

Kanwa -- Must say not an easy one to find. That's a pretty old generic motherboard. That motherboard has a Realtek sound controller (Your board needs the Realtek AC'97 drivers for your particular operating system).


If you use Vista or Windows 7 you should download the Realtek AC'97 Driver for Windows Vista /
Windows 7) 6.0.1.6305.


For Windows XP download the Realtek AC97 Driver for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 A4.06.


If one of these doesn't work then remove the driver and install VIA Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver 7.0b

The link is HERE.


Good Luck


Mikeywaf

Hi ,
You first need to identify your sound card in your system .
Go next to the manufacturer's site or a download center to get available driver .
Example :
If you need driver for Realtek AC97 under Windows Vista or 7, the most popular sound system , you can download the driver from : http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-AC-97-Driver-Windows-Vista-Windows-7/3000-2120_4-10962344.html
If you need it for earlier versions , go here :
http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-AC-97-Driver-Windows-98-Me-2000-XP-2003/3000-2120_4-10238712.html
Best regards .

The Audio Drivers compatible with your Motherboard is " Realtek ALC658 6-Channel AC97 Audio "

You havent mentioned the Operating System, but if your O/S is XP, you will find the drivers on this link

http://www.9down.com/Realtek-AC97-Audio-Driver-3-98-8281/

http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-AC-97-Driver-Windows-98-Me-2000-XP-2003/3000-2120_4-10238712.html?tag=mncol download it and installed on your computer your problem is solved there is a currupt driver on your computer so thats why the computer created a problem .....

First you need to identify the sound driver, for that you need to download the application ASTRA 32 from (http://www.astra32.com/download.htm) run the appliction it auto detects your sound driver,
Then you can copy and past the name and version of your sound driver in google search and download it from the suitable website and run it ,

Best of luck
Regards'
Shib

you need to get access to either to hardware in windows/microsoft update it is there to download or knowing the default sound download you need realtek AC97 media audio download it from this site www.brothersoft.com/realtek-ac97-audio-driver-download-65159.html

Goto realtek site(makers of ac97) and download the hi-definition driver ( version 1,6,0,4)Thgis will work with vista or xp as I have down graded to xp for stability reasons on mine. ( also if you need the video driver visit ati.com and download the radeon x bundle)

Your machine should use the AC97 codecs from Realtek. Should the standard AC97 codecs not work try the HD codecs which are linked from the same page. Windows update can sometimes create the problem you're experiencing - a reinstall should do the trick.

Post your results back here...

Sound card driver for
Realtek AC97 Audio CODECs Driver v4.06 Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003(x32/x64)
http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/286655/realtek-ac97-audio-codecs-driver-v4.06-windows-98se-me-2000-xp-2003(x32-x64)-free-download.html