After installing Vista Beta 2 Build 5384, I can not get my audio device to work. I have a HP Pavilion zv6130 laptop with a Conexant CX20468-31 AC97 audio chipset. When I try to run the hardware wizard, I get the following message 'Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. Conexant AC-Link Audio The system cannot find the file specified' I've looked at planet AMD and downloaded the realteck audio driver for AC97 for Vista. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to get my sound working? Hardware Configuration: Gateway MX6428 Notebook (originally bundled with Windows XP SP1, 1GB or 333MHZ ram, Hitachi 5400rpm drive, AMD Turion64, a 64-bit single core 2GHZ CPU) Upgrades: 2GB of 333MHZ of ram, Hitachi 7200rpm drive To Robert Mileski to all other interested parties: Attempted Migration of Host to Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) Like you I started with a clean machine due in part to a notebook Hitachi IDE 7200rpm cluster failure.

I switched drives to another like drive and low-level formated the bad drive with success with a diagnotic utility from Hitachi. I loaded as host the 64-bit version of Vista Ultimate on my Gateway MX6428 laptop. The device manager had problems with three devices which I recall to be the Texas Instruments PCIXX21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller (a mass storage device), the AC97 Soft Data Fax Modem with Smart CP, and the Conexant AC-Link Audio device. I am not sure if the modem and the audio device are some hybrid device from Conexant; Conexant makes some devices that are a two-for-one deal.

I am having problems installing the audio driver for my Conexant AC-Link Audio device. It worked fine for WinXP, but won't install from the CD or the web. Download the latest version of Conexant AC Link Audio drivers according to your computer's operating system. Use the links on this page to download the latest drivers for your Conexant AC-Link Audio from our share libs. 3 related questions.

Given the missing drivers and even the slowness of the computer, I decided that now is not the time to move to 64-bit Vista. My Direction - Load Microsoft Vista Ultimate (32-bit) as Virtual Machine under VMware •.

I downloaded the driver installation information from that I received from Gateway available to download on its website. Audio Driver version [6.14.10.575].02142006 D00377-002-001.exe is a self-extracting file containing all files for the driver installation. • I executed D00377-002-001.exe which self extracts the following files to 'c: cabs D00377-002-001 '. Insert Adobe Flash Cs3 Professional To Continue Installation. I then ran Setup.exe to install the driver. I will note the location each file was mapped or copied when appropriate. I suddenly had a idea. Could I reclass the driver in the INF file, ari2041a.inf, from being marked as a Chicago driver to that of an NT driver?

In other words, I replaced the line in the Version section from 'Signature='$CHICAGO$' to 'Signature='$Windows NT$'. I again tried to update the unknown Multimedia Audio driver within Device manager allowing Microsoft to search for the driver. I suddenly had success. I could not believe. I am not positive my change did the trick here, but a driver loaded and I now have sound. Ediabas 7.3.0 Torrent. How about that! You might try switching the signature back in the INF file and see if everything still works.

Below, is the information that loaded to give me audio within Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit) Device Manager reports: Sound, video and game controllers 1.) Creative AudioPCI(ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) Provider: Creative Technology Ltd., Date: 6/18/2002, Version: 5.2.3633.0, Signer: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher 2.) Unsupported Game Port for Creative Publisher: Microsoft, Date: 4/11/2006, Version: 1.0.0.0, Signer: Microsoft Windows The model number for the Conexant AC-Link Audio within my Gateway MX6428 is CX20468-31. This information can be found in the Gateway User Guide titled 'Gateway 6400 Series Notebook Specifications'. () If my path to a solution works for you, great. If not, I would also try the INF folder in the new Vista File Repository on the path I mentioned above. Last, we now know this driver's origin comes from Creative Technology. We can also assume that the 'ca' in the beginning of the driver files stands for CreativeAudio.