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terryma1215 · 10-12-2009, 05:40 PM

Greetings,
I recently installed Windows XP Media Center Edition (SP2) so I can dual boot WinXP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit). It's a laptop (Gateway MD2614u, which shipped with Windows Vista 64-bit). I am missing the sound drivers for Windows XP. The sound works fine when I boot into Vista but doesn't work when I boot into XP. From Windows Vista, I opened Dxdiag and discovered that the sound device is Conexant High Definition Smart Audio.

In Device Manager, there are 4 devices with question marks, they are:
Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus (Code 28) (Ven_14F1 and Dev_5051)
Ethernet Controller, Mass Storage Controller and SM Bus Controller (which I do not believe to be relevant to the audio problem, however if you need the Vendor ID and Device ID, I can provide that).

I have tried using the pcidatabase and other sources and found drivers that are/are related to the device, but I get an error every time. The error is: "Driver Installation Failed: Culd not find the MEDIA device for this driver).

I opted to use Windows XP so I can use Windows Media Player 10 to play some streaming audio files, so the sound is a "vital" component.

Thanks in advance for reading.
Best Regards,
Terry-

10-12-2009, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
terryma1215 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 39 OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition SP3	[SOLVED] Missing Sound Drivers (Conexant) Greetings, I recently installed Windows XP Media Center Edition (SP2) so I can dual boot WinXP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit). It's a laptop (Gateway MD2614u, which shipped with Windows Vista 64-bit). I am missing the sound drivers for Windows XP. The sound works fine when I boot into Vista but doesn't work when I boot into XP. From Windows Vista, I opened Dxdiag and discovered that the sound device is Conexant High Definition Smart Audio. In Device Manager, there are 4 devices with question marks, they are: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus (Code 28) (Ven_14F1 and Dev_5051) Ethernet Controller, Mass Storage Controller and SM Bus Controller (which I do not believe to be relevant to the audio problem, however if you need the Vendor ID and Device ID, I can provide that). I have tried using the pcidatabase and other sources and found drivers that are/are related to the device, but I get an error every time. The error is: "Driver Installation Failed: Culd not find the MEDIA device for this driver). I opted to use Windows XP so I can use Windows Media Player 10 to play some streaming audio files, so the sound is a "vital" component. Thanks in advance for reading. Best Regards, Terry-