I have the hp zd8000 and I have sound. I forgot where on the internet I went
to to get vista beta driver for a conexant ac'97 or realtek ac'97.
I don't know which audio chip you have but don't give up. Try here
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversi...hp/t15832.html
"Thracky" wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Here's what I've figured out thus far.
>
> There is currently NO possible way in my knowledge to get any drivers
> working with x64 Vista with the Conexant audio chips, which is what everyone
> who is having issues has on their respective notebooks. However, there's a
> lot more hope if you can cope with only running the x86 Vista ;-)
>
> Basically as far as I can tell the standard xp drivers should work just fine
> as I am using them right now on a Compaq V2575 which uses the Conexant
> AC-Link Audio. Download the respective driver from the HP website for your
> model, generally the file you download will be a self-extracting archive that
> will pop itself somewhere (Usually C:\swsetup\some subdir) and then it will
> automatically run the program to install the drivers itself, cancel that
> program, find the program (or any and all exe's for that driver package in
> the swsetup directory) and make sure that you set windows xp with service
> pack 2 compatibility for them.
>
> I'm sure manually installing the drivers would also work, so really either
> way there should be no issue with sound as long as you're willing to stick
> with x86 for now.
>
>