Friday, April 18, 2008

What is the standard operation procedure of HD audio driver installation under WINXP?

Before installing HD audio codec driver please make sure Win XP has been updated with SP1 or SP2. If SP1 or SP2 has not yet been installed, please try install service pack through Windows Update.

Please make sure service pack and patches are properly installed. If SP1 or SP2 has already been installed, kindly make sure that the system is not overclocked and also that onboard HD audio codec works at default settings.

Follow by inserting the driver CD’s which is provided with the motherboard, when prompted with a pop-up box please select "Xpress Install" on the top right corner to install all the necessary drivers.

If you want to manually install the HD audio drivers then you will have to firstly download the Microsoft Bus driver and install it. After you restart the system please check the model of your onboard HD audio codec, and download the matching audio drivers for installation. After the mentioned procedures are done the onboard audio should work accordingly.

The following links are drivers for different audio codecs:

Microsoft UAA Bus Driver:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Driver&FileID=836

Realtek HD Audio driver:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Driver&FileID=837

VIA HD Audio driver:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Driver&FileID=2883

C-Media Aduio driver:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Driver&FileID=835


source gigabyte

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