Window Certified Driver Needed for Realtek AC'97 Audio Codec

Lady_Inversneckie

HELP:eek:

Hello,

I am so frustrated.

I have no sound on my pc - Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Service Pack 3. The pc itself is a Packard Bell.

I have tried many downloads from the Realtek site. My pc crashes everytime. Windows comes up with the message that the driver is not certified and then it recovers from a serious error.

Microsoft tell me, after the automatic error reporting, after the crash, to go to Realtek but I just go round in a circle.

I've googled it, I read other peoples problems along the same line but I am no further forward.

I did have the older version of AC'97 Audio Codec but it had the yellow sign with code 10. Cannot start.
I uninstalled and re-installed but again I was going round in circles.
I uninstalled the old version and deleted it out of the bin so it would not automatically load again.

Have I reached the end of the line?
Will I not be able to have sound again?
Is my computer too old?
It has never given me any problems before.

Any help to bring back my sound would be appreciated :j

Thank you

Amanda

fwor

There's probably an elegant solution to this problem out there somewhere, but when I had the same issue with someone elses PC I couldn't find it!

I came to the conclusion that life was too short to spend hours on it - and bought a USB soundcard off eBay for less than £2 shipped - for example Uk item number 290366278243, though a search for "USB sound card" will find you thousands of others.

If you take that route, probably best to disable built-in sound in the BIOS to avoid any confusion...

ROY47

try the download from one of these instead

http://download.cnet.com/Realtek-AC-97-Driver-Windows-98-Me-2000-XP-2003/3000-2120_4-10238712.html

http://www.filehorse.com/download-realtek-ac97/

bod1467

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f23/solved-realtek-ac97-audio-this-device-cannot-start-code-10-a-640827.html

Recommends getting drivers from the Packard Bell website.

TakeThis

What is the model number? iMedia ****?

Lady_Inversneckie

Hi fwor,

Thank you for your input.

You are right that life is too short. I have spent the weekend with my darling computer :-)

I think I would like a more elegant solution but I will bear in mind your idea.

Thank you

Hi Roy47,

I tried both of your downloads - thank you.

The first one, my internet security that normally works away quietly was going daft. Although, I told Eset to accept, it wouldn't and the download kept failing.

The second one from Filehorse. I tried twice but it kept coming up with errors.
Unable to launch setcdfmt.exe
and the second time was "alcxwdm.cat not found.

Thank you for your input Roy.

Hi Bod1467,

I came across the Packard bell forum post yesterday but Packard Bell didn't seem to like my pc details. I got the impression it was too old.
Unless i was not in the right place :-)

Thank you for your help :-)

Hi TakeThis,

I hope I have this right;

I have a Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4cpu2.

I hope that is a model number if not I shall be checking back.

Many thanks Everyone

Amanda

briclegg

its not the codec you need its the driver for your sound card suitable for windows xp

briclegg

post the model of your packard bell pc and i will supply the link to download it for you

Lady_Inversneckie

Hi briclegg,

Many thanks for posting.
I have a Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4cpu2.

Any help would be appreciated.

I've just come off a site that wanted £28 to be given an answer!!

Cheers

Lady_Inversneckie

Hi,

I have just noticed up the side of the pc is "imedia"
I don't know how to find the model number.
Going into properties it gave me the above info Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4cpu2.

Thanks

An old invoice shows it is a Imedia Model 5061.
I've just been onto Packard Bell Support again and the site just doesn't know my serial number or model number - too old I guess. :-)

-TangleFoot-

Lady_Inversneckie wrote: »

An old invoice shows it is a Imedia Model 5061.

It's a long shot, but you could try the audio driver for this board.