allvuong

Installing the drivers from the hp website works with the 32 bit vista, but
not 64 bit vista, buts thats the last time i check, there may be new that i
dont know, but thats what i experienced.

"John Brutovsky" wrote:

> I have a m7160n Media Center PC and had the same sound issues. I went to the
> HP website and downloaded and installed the latest XP updated drivers for my
> computer while running Vista, and now my Vist a has sound.
>
> "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.
> >
> >