Help with High Def Audio Driver and Win 8

Anonymous
2012-11-17T07:45:57+00:00

I installed Windows 8 - wiped out the programs and kept the personal info.  Now I dont have any sound. 

Checked the device drivers and the High Definition Audio Driver isnt working or was not installed.  I deleted the one that was there and rebooted.  Still wont work!  I cant seem to find a driver that will work. I tried updating the driver and it could find any on the pc or internet.  It was working under Vista and Win 7..

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks, Dave

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T10:57:41+00:00

    Append to reply a few minutes ago. (anticipating your next question..??)

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T10:45:08+00:00

    Auggy,

    Thanks for your response.  

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T01:50:49+00:00

    Hi ELOHMcDonald,

    Can you check the following registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

    At that registry key, in the right window, is there, under "Name", either an UpperFilters or LowerFilters value?

    If so, for each of the UpperFilters and/or LowerFilters value, what is listed under "Data"?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T01:16:16+00:00

    The link to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/default.aspx

    did not turn up any search results on various/similar descriptions high definition audio drivers.

    I have tried 3 sound cards using the: C-Media PCI [CMI8738 ChipSet], The on-board Realtek, and the Via [vt1723/Envy24] PCI. They all seem to load quite different drivers. I clean my registry and reinstall over and over. same results.  Uninstall removing all drivers and let the windows discovery install it. NOTHING works.

    I suspect this b/c the HD Audio driver is the only common item between them.  It will always have the yellow "!" as does the hardware audio device.   They both say:

    Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

    {Unable to Load Device Driver}

    %hs device driver could not be loaded.

    Error Status was 0x%x

    Hardware IDs (using the C-media - which worked for quite a while)

    HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10DE&DEV_0042&SUBSYS_103C0967&REV_1001

    HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10DE&DEV_0042&SUBSYS_103C0967

    Win 8.1. Compaq/HP 7700

    Tnx

    Soundless in the South.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-19T12:18:58+00:00

    Hi seetapathipathi,

    That appears to be "Intel HDMI Audio Chip":

    http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=2807&device_search=Search

    This audio driver should be included with the Intel graphics driver.

    If you have a matching device try the following driver:

    https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=23714

    Alternatively try the following utility from Intel to check for driver updates:

    http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect

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