HD Audio not working

soteman · 08-06-2007, 09:56 PM

Hi everyone,

I just got a new build pc with a VIA VT8237A audio on the motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and trying to get the audio to work, by installing the drivers from the motherboard cd but everytime, it just tells me that "we can't find a hd audio device" and in the control panel, under sound, everything is blanked out. In device manager, it says I have audio and audio legacy drivers, and under properties, some audio codecs are listed. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thank you so much in advance!!!

phucng_10 · 08-06-2007, 10:08 PM

Onboard audio. Try restarting your computer and go to the Boot Selection Menu. Select your optical drive, and I'm sure it might be able to find the motherboard's CD and install the onboard audio drivers.

soteman · 08-07-2007, 06:13 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. I just tried that and it doesn't seem to have changed anything at all

Anyone have any other ideas?

08-06-2007, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
soteman Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	HD Audio not working Hi everyone, I just got a new build pc with a VIA VT8237A audio on the motherboard. I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and trying to get the audio to work, by installing the drivers from the motherboard cd but everytime, it just tells me that "we can't find a hd audio device" and in the control panel, under sound, everything is blanked out. In device manager, it says I have audio and audio legacy drivers, and under properties, some audio codecs are listed. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you so much in advance!!!

08-06-2007, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
phucng_10 One dumb Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 2,438	Re: HD Audio not working Onboard audio. Try restarting your computer and go to the Boot Selection Menu. Select your optical drive, and I'm sure it might be able to find the motherboard's CD and install the onboard audio drivers. __________________ //phucng_10's WM\\//b1gapl's RCL\\ "If you buy something cheap, you'll always have to buy it twice." Going to stick with what I have, not going to upgrade.

08-07-2007, 06:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
soteman Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	Re: HD Audio not working Thanks for the quick reply. I just tried that and it doesn't seem to have changed anything at all Anyone have any other ideas?

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