sound card driver

ever since ive gone to vista ive had problems with sound on and off.
sometimes suddenly the sound goes out of everything and not only will no
program make a sound, itunes, media player wont play a track. i need to
restart the computer to solve this. sometimes after time the sound coming out
starts degrading like it has a wobble to it. i no this isn't the actual
speakers as it is the same when i plug the headphones in. at the moment sound
goes out throught the realtek AC'97 driver is this the most modern or right
one. do i need to upgrade sound driver.

thank you for any help

Hi gehan,

For someone to help you, you need to provide a bit more information. What
make and model number is your system? Did you upgrade or clean install? What
does it say under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager?
Dwarf

"gehan" wrote:

> ever since ive gone to vista ive had problems with sound on and off.
> sometimes suddenly the sound goes out of everything and not only will no
> program make a sound, itunes, media player wont play a track. i need to
> restart the computer to solve this. sometimes after time the sound coming out
> starts degrading like it has a wobble to it. i no this isn't the actual
> speakers as it is the same when i plug the headphones in. at the moment sound
> goes out throught the realtek AC'97 driver is this the most modern or right
> one. do i need to upgrade sound driver.
>
> thank you for any help

my computer is getting quite old now 4 years i think. HP pavilion t490.uk if
u need spec ask.
i upgraded to vista ultimate 32 bit from xp which was the original
operating system.
in device manager it says under sound... :
Realtek AC'97 Audio
USB Audio Device

thanks


"Dwarf" wrote:

> Hi gehan,
>
> For someone to help you, you need to provide a bit more information. What
> make and model number is your system? Did you upgrade or clean install? What
> does it say under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager?
> Dwarf
>
> "gehan" wrote:
>
> > ever since ive gone to vista ive had problems with sound on and off.
> > sometimes suddenly the sound goes out of everything and not only will no
> > program make a sound, itunes, media player wont play a track. i need to
> > restart the computer to solve this. sometimes after time the sound coming out
> > starts degrading like it has a wobble to it. i no this isn't the actual
> > speakers as it is the same when i plug the headphones in. at the moment sound
> > goes out throught the realtek AC'97 driver is this the most modern or right
> > one. do i need to upgrade sound driver.
> >
> > thank you for any help

Hi gehan,

You can download the latest Realtek AC'97 Audio driver from the Realtek
website. The current version is dated 2007/9/3.
Dwarf

"gehan" wrote:

> my computer is getting quite old now 4 years i think. HP pavilion t490.uk if
> u need spec ask.
> i upgraded to vista ultimate 32 bit from xp which was the original
> operating system.
> in device manager it says under sound... :
> Realtek AC'97 Audio
> USB Audio Device
>
> thanks
>
>
> "Dwarf" wrote:
>
> > Hi gehan,
> >
> > For someone to help you, you need to provide a bit more information. What
> > make and model number is your system? Did you upgrade or clean install? What
> > does it say under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager?
> > Dwarf
> >
> > "gehan" wrote:
> >
> > > ever since ive gone to vista ive had problems with sound on and off.
> > > sometimes suddenly the sound goes out of everything and not only will no
> > > program make a sound, itunes, media player wont play a track. i need to
> > > restart the computer to solve this. sometimes after time the sound coming out
> > > starts degrading like it has a wobble to it. i no this isn't the actual
> > > speakers as it is the same when i plug the headphones in. at the moment sound
> > > goes out throught the realtek AC'97 driver is this the most modern or right
> > > one. do i need to upgrade sound driver.
> > >
> > > thank you for any help