no audio device installed error

[garagetinkerer]

Hi All!

Any and every help/advice is appreciated... I have an Asus K8-8VM mobo, and (yes it's) an Athlon 3000+ (K8 proc, i know i am to upgrade in a week or 2). The problem is that every time i restart after having installed audio drivers, the OS shows that no audio device is installed. I did some comprehensive googling about the same... however, i only found that i need to switch off my dsl router, if i must have audio on Vista. XP, it does fine for playback and all, it's only Vista which is causing me grief. My speaker system is a 4.1 setup, could that be an issue?

This happens on both Vista X64 or X86 (ultimate versions)

Any and every help/advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[zeromaster]

Uh please dont tell me your trying to use onboard sound on vista with that old motherboard. If you are Im LOL at you. If not what kind of sound card is it

 

[garagetinkerer]

Thanks dude for replying!

but ya weren't much help... it's old... and i did get vista(both X86 and X64) to work on that... and it does have High-def audio onboard, and that is what i use... as of now...

Cos am waiting for the auzentech soundcards with the cmedia chips to come that support dolby live and DTS blah blah blah....

anyways... this is the problem and am not the only one with this problem, google it for yourself to find many people with shiny newer mobo's having the same problem. it's the OS and not the hardware which is the sour grape... so help if you would.

Thanks!

 

[garagetinkerer]

Hi again!

t was going through the read me notes for the install of the latest realtek drivers. In that i found that it says, please click on continue installing once a message saying "no digital signature found!"... damn, Vista and Realtek... looks like both are the culprits...

Anyone knows any workaround??? The problem is i get "no audio devices installed" after i restart... It is a common problem for people using onboard Realtek audio with Vista whether X86 or X64 version... any advice?

 

[Choogster]

I don't have any problems installing uncertified drivers on my vista x64 installation. try looking at 64bitdrivers.com: home for more up to date drivers.

 

[guapowesley]

I had this same problem and my solution might not be much help, but...

I left my computer sitting on overnight and I honestly woke up the next morning and Vista had fixed the problem itself. I guess it realized that I didn't have an output device installed and it found one for me or something. Probably not much help, but that's what worked for me.

 

[rgongora]

I left my computer sitting on overnight and I honestly woke up the next morning and Vista had fixed the problem itself.

I should be so lucky! you should report this to Microsoft. Self repairing systems that fix their own problems arent how they are designed to work. these systems need to get worse over time and eventually blue-screen every 15 minutes as per MS design specs.