Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Installation

 

I was just setting up Windows XP SP2 on a new motherboard (a Geforce6100PM-M2) with Realtek HD Audio and encountered a problem that I’ve had before. There are a lot of message threads online discussing the problem without solution.

If you have Realtek HD Audio that doesn’t work properly, or if you get the message “install realtek hd audio driver failure” while trying to install the Realtek driver here’s how you fix it:

(Update 03/05/2009) First, download the latest Realtek HD driver. For some reason Realtek doesn’t have static links to the file and has chosen to use some goofy Javascript links so I can’t include the link here to make it easier.

That means you’ll have to browse to the Realtek website, and jump through a hoop first (click on the “I accept to [sic] the above” box) before you can select the appropriate file (for XP it’s called “Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003(32/64 bits) Driver only (Executable file)”) and then click “GO” to download the file. As of 3/5/2009 the latest version is R2.17.

Then you need to go to My Computer | Properties | Hardware | Device Manager and expand the system devices. There should be a device listed called “Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio.” Right click and disable this device. Then right click and uninstall the device. (It won’t let you uninstall it if it’s enabled.)

After you’ve done this, run the Realtek driver setup you downloaded.

This should install the driver properly. After a reboot, you should have audio!

• Previous Entry: Adding Google Analytics Code into php Link Directory (phpLD )
• Next Entry: “The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted” With ASP.NET AJAX

1. Rosaria Basten says:

   April 12, 2010 at 11:12 am

   Hello! I appreciate you for the great statement. Keep it up!
2. Dutton3338 says:

   April 13, 2010 at 5:24 am

   Very cool, I really liked it. Do you know of somewhere I can check out more?
3. Nick Sachetti says:

   June 26, 2010 at 1:54 pm

   Spitze Design hat dieser Blog. Woher hast du die Vorlage ? War bestimmt sehr teuer.
4. Geraldo Klavuhn says:

   July 14, 2010 at 4:14 pm

   Please, can you PM me and tell me number of much more thinks about this, I am truly fan of one¡¯s webpage¡­gets solved properly asap.
5. Natashia Gidaro says:

   July 14, 2010 at 6:26 pm

   Brilliant blog posting. I found your post very interesting, I think you are a brilliant writer. I added your blog to my bookmarks and will return in the future.
6. Darnell Dueck says:

   July 15, 2010 at 12:35 pm

   I feel you are too good to write Genius!Thanks for posting, maybe we can see more on this.
7. Rolando Dimarzio says:

   July 15, 2010 at 1:31 pm

   These are very nice tips that I will try out, I am glad I ran into it. Thanks.