Laptop Audio Driver FAQThis FAQ has an Introduction followed by 1. Basic Un install Re installation. How to Find and Delete the Driver Files 3. Download a Fresh Copy of the Driver Files. Download an Older Version of the Driver. How to Fix a File Not Found Error When Downloading the Audio Driver. How to Install the Generic Audio Driver. How to Install the Audio Driver After Re installing the Operating System. You Installed Windows 7 But Cant Find a 7 Version of  Your HD Audio Driver. You Installed Windows 7 But Cant Find a 7 Version of  Your AC9. ResourceCenter/Upload/1382/FAE_FAQ/FAE_FAQAnsImage_23_201006251442_5119' alt='How To Install Realtek Audio Driver In Windows Xp Sp3' title='How To Install Realtek Audio Driver In Windows Xp Sp3' />This FAQ has an Introduction followed by 12 sections 1. Basic Uninstall Reinstallation 2. How to Find and Delete the Driver Files 3. Download a Fresh Copy of the. Microsoft Sound Audio Free Driver Download Free Download Microsoft Corporation Sound Audio drivers. Worlds most popular driver download site. How To Install Realtek Audio Driver In Windows Xp Sp3' title='How To Install Realtek Audio Driver In Windows Xp Sp3' />Audio Driver. You Installed Windows Vista But Cant Find a Vista Version of  Your AC9. Audio Driver. 11. You Installed Windows XP But Cant Find an XP Version of  Your Audio Driver. Crystal Drivers for Inspirons 8. Latitude C8. 40, Precision M5. Others. Introduction. The audio driver is a piece of software that forms the link between the audio hardware on the motherboard the audio codec and the operating system. Often the driver is the cause of problems. It might be not installed, incompletely installed, or corrupted. To diagnose a defective audio driver, uninstall reinstall it and then try to use your audio again. To tell if a driver is not installed at all, open the Device Manager and look for its name. Also notice if the settings are grayed out in the Audio Properties but note that the bass treble controls are normally grayed out. It is important to note that if you have re installed your operating system, there are special rules to follow when installing the audio driver. If you have recently re installed your operating system then go directly to Section 7 below. Basic Un install Re installation. Open the Device Manager find it in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt. Expand the Sound, video game controllers category. Right click on the audio driver, for example Realtek High Definition Audio. Click uninstall. Do not check the box to delete the driver software for this device. Restart the computer. Windows will detect your device and re install the driver. The driver is re built from files that are in a folder on the hard drive. How To Fix Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death Software Engineer. The reason this process fixes some audio issues is that it resets the driver settings to their default configuration. How to Delete the Driver Files. If that doesnt help then it could be that the driver files on the hard drive are corrupted, so download new files. But first you should delete the old driver files from your hard drive. Here are 2 methods for doing that. Open the Device Manager find it in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt. Expand the Sound, video game controllers category. Right click on the audio driver, for example Realtek High Definition Audio Depending on the model of your laptop, it could be Realtek, IDT, Sigmatel, or Conexant. Click uninstall. Put a check mark in the option to delete the driver software, and then ok. Restart the laptop and go back to the Device Manager and check again for an audio  driver. Keep uninstalling restarting until Realtek or IDT, Sigmatel, or Conexant no longer appears under Sound. Controllers, and High Definition Audio Device appears in its place. High Definition Audio Device is the name of the native driver. The reason you might have to go through the process more than once is because the driver files for more than one Realtek or IDT, Sigmatel, or Conexant driver could be on the hard drive. When a Realtek or IDT, Sigmatel, or Conexant driver is removed, the next one gets installed if Windows can locate the files. Windows installs its generic driver only after all Realtek files have been removed. Here is the other method Go to this location on your hard drive   c delldriversExpand all folders and sub folders there. Delete all folders that have a sub folder named WDM. Those will be the audio driver folders and it is safe to delete them. If they are not deleted Windows will re use them to build the audio driver. The 2nd method is the better one if Windows XP is the operating system. Download a Fresh Copy of the Driver Files. Next download a new audio driver package from your computers driver downloads page. To get to your page enter either your Service Tag or the model name of your laptop. When you arrive on your page first check the operating system dropdown box and make sure that your OS is selected. Then expand the Audio category and download the audio driver named Sigmatel, IDT, or Realtec. Do not download anything named Creative Labs at this time. Next, unzip the files and install the driver. When you unzip the files they will be unpacked by default to a new folder on the hard drive at c delldriversRxxxxxx similar to the one you deleted except that it will have fresh files and it will be the newest version of the driver if you did not already have that version. Dell has step by step instructions for downloading a driver at How to Use the Drivers and Downloads Website. Download an Older Version of the Driver. The audio driver that is on the downloads page in the Audio category is by default the current version the newest one even though it might be years old. If you would rather try an older version, click on the drivers name on the left side of the page, not on the download link on the right side. You will go to the drivers page. Look for the words other versions and click on it to go to a page with links to all of the older audio drivers that were offered for your laptop model and operating system. How to Fix a File Not Found Error When Downloading the Audio Driver. See the faq named Dell Download Manager Problem. How to Install the Generic Audio Driver. In addition to the driver that is meant for your specific computer, there is also a generic driver within Windows that is sometimes useful to try just because it is a different driver, but it may not have all of the features of the regular driver. Vista and 7 both have a generic HD driver. To install you must follow the instructions in Section 2 above for deleting all of the audio driver files from the hard drive all folders that have a subfolder named WDM. If any are left then Windows will reinstall them, but if they are all gone then when you reboot Windows will install the generic driver. Note that an HD driver will not work if you have an older computer with AC9. Inspiron 9. 30. 0 and all previous models. XP has a generic Intel AC9. Note that an AC9. HD audio any Dell laptop newer than the Inspiron 9. To install it follow these instructions Open the Device Manager. Go down to  Sound, Video and Game controllers and right click on Sigma. Tel the AC9. 7 models do not have IDT or Realtec. Choose properties. Or instead, right click on the speaker icon, click on Adjust Audio Properties, click on the Hardware tab, select Sigma. Tel, and click Propertties. Click on the Driver tab and click on Update Driver. The Hardware Update Wizard will open. Answer No to the Windows Update connection question. Choose Install From List or specific location. Ignore the Insert CD instruction. Hit next and then choose Dont Search, I will choose driver I want to install. You will get a list of Sigma. Tel drivers. Uncheck the box that says show compatible hardware. Select Intel, and then select Intel AC 9. Audio Controller. XP replaces the Sigma. Tel driver with the Intel AC9. To reinstall the original driver later just go back to Properties and select Rollback Driver. Download NEC USB 3. Driver 2. 0. 4. 0 for Asus motherboards Utilities. The NEC USB 3. 0 driver download features the latest USB 3 drivers for PCs with the NEC USB 3. It requires at least Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista with SP2 or Windows 7. To install the driver, unzip its contents then double click on USB3 Host Driver 2. Follow the prompts and restart your computer at the end of the installation. PC Mechanic Fix your PCs Windows registry errors. Comments. USB 3 by Buzz. Girrl. Finally its here. USB 3. 0 is a little faster than USB 2, and the driver works great on my Windows 7 system. Next up, my Windows XP dual boot. USB 3. 0 here but what next Dave. HSon. Not many devices use USB 3. Driver update already for USB 3 Lalevel. Cant believe I already have to update my USB 3.