Realtek HD Audio on Foxconn 865 motherboard?

Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is
refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the
retail version of Ultimate. It was working before with the beta
drivers I downloaded from Realtek, but nothing seems to work with any
version I use now.

I tried the 1.62 and 1.64 driver versions downloaded from both Realtek
and Foxconn, but neither worked. I tried the old beta drivers and they
don't work either.

There are two failure modes, both result in Vista not installing any
audio devices at all:

1. Everything installs OK using the installer, I reboot and the
hardware manager sees a multimedia device with no drivers installed.
2. If I disable the sound chip in the BIOS, boot, install the drivers,
reboot, enable the sound chip, and boot again, the Realtek device is
recognized in device manager, but it says it can't start with a "code
10.

Any advice about this? I tried this with both an upgrade install and
a complete wipe and load from scratch with the same results.....

Have you tried, in Device Manger, to update the driver using the "Browse my
computer for driver software" button? The Realtek installation should have
put the driver and inf files in this folder:

C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield

"PriusGeek" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
news:1176042821.947847.327280@n59g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is
> refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the
> retail version of Ultimate. It was working before with the beta
> drivers I downloaded from Realtek, but nothing seems to work with any
> version I use now.
>
> I tried the 1.62 and 1.64 driver versions downloaded from both Realtek
> and Foxconn, but neither worked. I tried the old beta drivers and they
> don't work either.
>
> There are two failure modes, both result in Vista not installing any
> audio devices at all:
>
> 1. Everything installs OK using the installer, I reboot and the
> hardware manager sees a multimedia device with no drivers installed.
> 2. If I disable the sound chip in the BIOS, boot, install the drivers,
> reboot, enable the sound chip, and boot again, the Realtek device is
> recognized in device manager, but it says it can't start with a "code
> 10.
>
> Any advice about this? I tried this with both an upgrade install and
> a complete wipe and load from scratch with the same results.....
>

I tried several variations, but will try this one as well. I was able to at
least get sound by installing the Realtek AC97 drivers, which seem to work
just fine. I wonder why the HD drivers are DOA?



"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:u6Hp$$jeHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Have you tried, in Device Manger, to update the driver using the "Browse
> my computer for driver software" button? The Realtek installation should
> have put the driver and inf files in this folder:
>
> C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield
>
> "PriusGeek" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
> news:1176042821.947847.327280@n59g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>> Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is
>> refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the
>> retail version of Ultimate. It was working before with the beta
>> drivers I downloaded from Realtek, but nothing seems to work with any
>> version I use now.
>>
>> I tried the 1.62 and 1.64 driver versions downloaded from both Realtek
>> and Foxconn, but neither worked. I tried the old beta drivers and they
>> don't work either.
>>
>> There are two failure modes, both result in Vista not installing any
>> audio devices at all:
>>
>> 1. Everything installs OK using the installer, I reboot and the
>> hardware manager sees a multimedia device with no drivers installed.
>> 2. If I disable the sound chip in the BIOS, boot, install the drivers,
>> reboot, enable the sound chip, and boot again, the Realtek device is
>> recognized in device manager, but it says it can't start with a "code
>> 10.
>>
>> Any advice about this? I tried this with both an upgrade install and
>> a complete wipe and load from scratch with the same results.....
>>
>

Well, having just Googled FOXCONN 865 motherboards, without knowing the
details of yours in particular, it appears that the AC97 driver for the
onboard sound might be the correct one. I'm not seeing High Definition
audio mentioned. If this is the case, then the Realtek Vista driver for
AC97 (dated 2007/3/12) is here:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false





"Gray D. McCord" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
news:uAvD6ZkeHHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I tried several variations, but will try this one as well. I was able to
>at least get sound by installing the Realtek AC97 drivers, which seem to
>work just fine. I wonder why the HD drivers are DOA?
>
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:u6Hp$$jeHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Have you tried, in Device Manger, to update the driver using the "Browse
>> my computer for driver software" button? The Realtek installation should
>> have put the driver and inf files in this folder:
>>
>> C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield
>>
>> "PriusGeek" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
>> news:1176042821.947847.327280@n59g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is
>>> refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the
>>> retail version of Ultimate. It was working before with the beta
>>> drivers I downloaded from Realtek, but nothing seems to work with any
>>> version I use now.
>>>
>>> I tried the 1.62 and 1.64 driver versions downloaded from both Realtek
>>> and Foxconn, but neither worked. I tried the old beta drivers and they
>>> don't work either.
>>>
>>> There are two failure modes, both result in Vista not installing any
>>> audio devices at all:
>>>
>>> 1. Everything installs OK using the installer, I reboot and the
>>> hardware manager sees a multimedia device with no drivers installed.
>>> 2. If I disable the sound chip in the BIOS, boot, install the drivers,
>>> reboot, enable the sound chip, and boot again, the Realtek device is
>>> recognized in device manager, but it says it can't start with a "code
>>> 10.
>>>
>>> Any advice about this? I tried this with both an upgrade install and
>>> a complete wipe and load from scratch with the same results.....
>>>
>>
>

Sure, that's the one I installed that works. However, if I go to the
Foxconn site and grab the Realtek driver they provide, its the HD version
and it just doesn't work at all. The system never recognizes the sound
function. The odd part was that this was working just fine with the RC2
version of Vista that I just upgraded.

God Bless Microsoft.


"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uz$9KtleHHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Well, having just Googled FOXCONN 865 motherboards, without knowing the
> details of yours in particular, it appears that the AC97 driver for the
> onboard sound might be the correct one. I'm not seeing High Definition
> audio mentioned. If this is the case, then the Realtek Vista driver for
> AC97 (dated 2007/3/12) is here:
>
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
>
>
>
>
>
> "Gray D. McCord" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
> news:uAvD6ZkeHHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I tried several variations, but will try this one as well. I was able to
>>at least get sound by installing the Realtek AC97 drivers, which seem to
>>work just fine. I wonder why the HD drivers are DOA?
>>
>>
>>
>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:u6Hp$$jeHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Have you tried, in Device Manger, to update the driver using the "Browse
>>> my computer for driver software" button? The Realtek installation
>>> should have put the driver and inf files in this folder:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield
>>>
>>> "PriusGeek" <gdm@sangabriel.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1176042821.947847.327280@n59g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>>>> Grrrr. The Realtek audio function on my Foxconn 865 motherboard is
>>>> refusing to work after I changed from my beta copy of Vista to the
>>>> retail version of Ultimate. It was working before with the beta
>>>> drivers I downloaded from Realtek, but nothing seems to work with any
>>>> version I use now.
>>>>
>>>> I tried the 1.62 and 1.64 driver versions downloaded from both Realtek
>>>> and Foxconn, but neither worked. I tried the old beta drivers and they
>>>> don't work either.
>>>>
>>>> There are two failure modes, both result in Vista not installing any
>>>> audio devices at all:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Everything installs OK using the installer, I reboot and the
>>>> hardware manager sees a multimedia device with no drivers installed.
>>>> 2. If I disable the sound chip in the BIOS, boot, install the drivers,
>>>> reboot, enable the sound chip, and boot again, the Realtek device is
>>>> recognized in device manager, but it says it can't start with a "code
>>>> 10.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice about this? I tried this with both an upgrade install and
>>>> a complete wipe and load from scratch with the same results.....
>>>>
>>>
>>
>