Vista - AC97

Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.

Whether or not it works depends on whether or not the hardware manufacturer
has released Vista compatible drivers.

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"Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.
>

Mine does, as the manufacturer of the motherboard (Asus) has drivers for it.

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"Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.
>

Mine works also, and I have a MSI board with
no special downloads when upgrading to Vista Business.

Depends on your board, I suppose. Windows update
has always given me the op' to download or not. No
problems so-far.

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"Jerry" wrote:

> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.
>
>
>

I had to get an updated driver to get it working. In fact, I had to disable
onboard sound during Vista install, as the installer will enter a BSOD cycle
with sound enabled.

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium board


AC97 Vista Driver:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

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"Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.
>

Arie

As we have said it all depends on your board.
My MSI only needed a Vista compatible video
card for a (non) BSOD upgrade.
As a matter of fact, I have never had a BSOD,
Blue, Black or Brindle. We are talking about an
old (home) toy here..chip= 478 P4 2.6Mhz
My office laptop is another ?. It runs Enterprise
and again......NO BSOD's.
Perhaps I'm just lucky.
Different strokes for different folks !

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"Arie" wrote:

> I had to get an updated driver to get it working. In fact, I had to disable
> onboard sound during Vista install, as the installer will enter a BSOD cycle
> with sound enabled.
>
> ASUS A8N-SLI Premium board
>
>
> AC97 Vista Driver:
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
>
> --
> Arie Slob,
> MVP, Windows Shell/User
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Arie.Slob
>
> MCDST, MCP
> http://www.microsoft.com/mcp
>
> http://www.helpwithwindows.com
> http://www.windowsbbs.com
> http://www.windowsnewsletter.com
>
>
> "Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:%23WAR0VeyHHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both ways.
> >
>
>

I have onboard sound Realtek AC97 chipset 655 and Realtek says that Realtek
AC'97 Vista Driver 6211 is compatible with chipset 655. Now the problem is,
I have NOT been able to download the 6211 drivers. Does anyone know where I
can download these drivers.

I did download some drivers from realtek that say are compatible with Vista,
but I have no idea if they are compatible with chipset 655. I got these at:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

Any help is greatly appreciated. I do have a contact # for Realtek in
California that is if they ever answer, I may get more information. # is
1-408-577-1832 if anyone needs it.

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> Whether or not it works depends on whether or not the hardware
> manufacturer has released Vista compatible drivers.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
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>
>
> "Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:%23WAR0VeyHHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both
>> ways.
>>
>

I could only find this link.

http://www.download3k.com/System-Uti...7-Drivers.html

The AC 97 appears to cover a whole range of chipset.



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"Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have onboard sound Realtek AC97 chipset 655 and Realtek says that Realtek
>AC'97 Vista Driver 6211 is compatible with chipset 655. Now the problem
>is, I have NOT been able to download the 6211 drivers. Does anyone know
>where I can download these drivers.
>
> I did download some drivers from realtek that say are compatible with
> Vista, but I have no idea if they are compatible with chipset 655. I got
> these at:
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. I do have a contact # for Realtek in
> California that is if they ever answer, I may get more information. # is
> 1-408-577-1832 if anyone needs it.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:ueVabdeyHHA.5204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Whether or not it works depends on whether or not the hardware
>> manufacturer has released Vista compatible drivers.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Jerry" <jhuffman@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23WAR0VeyHHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Does AC97 onboard sound work or not with Vista? I have seen it both
>>> ways.
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