Robert,
I installed the Realtek HD beta drivers because Vista RC2 didn't recognise
the hardware. Since then it seems to randomly report that sound devices could
not be found.
How did you persuade Vista to use the built-in HD drivers?
Any help appreciated.
mrplow
"Robert Blacher" wrote:
> I did manage to download the beta Vista HD audio drivers from Realtek
> (Taiwan server). Same file as you are trying to get. Installs fine, loses
> sound all the time. I went back to Vista's own generic HD audio driver and
> the problem went away.
>
> The Realtek drivers worked fine with RC1 and Build 5728 but seem broken in
> RC2 Build 5744.
>
> "Harald Andersen" <ikkespam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:12ikfbqtc46i7af@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "ChadRT" <ChadRT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5337E02F-5FE7-483A-8706-3AEABC9777A4@microsoft.com...
> >>I have really come to Love Vista, however I am not able to have audio. I
> >> have tried using several connections from work and home and even from an
> >> inlaws home on a different provider. I have had no luck downloading the
> >> drivers from RealTek as it seams that their server is not functioning
> >> very
> >> well. It tells me that the file is about 12megs which is fine then tells
> >> me
> >> it is going to take 4 hours to downlaod and after about 4-5 minutes it
> >> resets
> >> the connection. this has happened from every internet connection that I
> >> have
> >> found. If anyone knows of any alternative place to download the Vista
> >> Beta
> >> Drivers for the RealTek let me know. The links I have been using are
> >> located
> >> at http://realtek.com.tw/downloads and thats it. Thanks everyone!! 
> >
> > So none of these are working for you ?
> >
> > ftp://152.104.238.194/pc/audio/5302_PG218_Vista.zip
> > ftp://61.56.86.122/pc/audio/5302_PG218_Vista.zip
> > ftp://202.65.194.18/pc/audio/5302_PG218_Vista.zip
> >
> > The 2. link is slowly working for me, and I'm downloading it now.
> > If you let us know a place to upload/send it,
> > for you to share it with others, speak up :-)
> >
> > /HC
> >
> >