Vista - Windows Update broke my SigmaTEL audio

I have a desktop with an Intel 955 XBK board. I installed Vista
Business a couple months back and my audio has been working fine.

I recently ran Windows Update and it listed a SigmaTel update so I
installed it. Doing that broke my audio.

I have uninstalled all SigmaTel programs from the PC, downloaded the
latest version of the Vista SigmaTel driver from Intel's website, and
when I run it, it tells me that "This is not the correct audio driver
for this system. The installer will now exit."

In Device Manager I see "Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC" with
an error that reads " Windows cannot load the device driver for this
hardware."

Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA

I am having the exact same problem, except immediately after I installed
Vista, it did not recognize it. So I need help too. If you have solved this
problem, please let me know

"Jason" wrote:

> I have a desktop with an Intel 955 XBK board. I installed Vista
> Business a couple months back and my audio has been working fine.
>
> I recently ran Windows Update and it listed a SigmaTel update so I
> installed it. Doing that broke my audio.
>
> I have uninstalled all SigmaTel programs from the PC, downloaded the
> latest version of the Vista SigmaTel driver from Intel's website, and
> when I run it, it tells me that "This is not the correct audio driver
> for this system. The installer will now exit."
>
> In Device Manager I see "Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC" with
> an error that reads " Windows cannot load the device driver for this
> hardware."
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA
>

"Kim" <Kim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F438AF6B-0EF4-49FD-A0B2-4205282B3825@microsoft.com...
>I am having the exact same problem, except immediately after I installed
> Vista, it did not recognize it. So I need help too. If you have solved
> this
> problem, please let me know
>
> "Jason" wrote:
>
>> I have a desktop with an Intel 955 XBK board. I installed Vista
>> Business a couple months back and my audio has been working fine.
>>
>> I recently ran Windows Update and it listed a SigmaTel update so I
>> installed it. Doing that broke my audio.
>>
>> I have uninstalled all SigmaTel programs from the PC, downloaded the
>> latest version of the Vista SigmaTel driver from Intel's website, and
>> when I run it, it tells me that "This is not the correct audio driver
>> for this system. The installer will now exit."
>>
>> In Device Manager I see "Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC" with
>> an error that reads " Windows cannot load the device driver for this
>> hardware."
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA
>>


Go to Intel's web site, to the download section, enter your mobo's EXACT
number, and download the appropriate audio driver. Make sure you've
completely uninstalled any previous audio drivers.