I had same problem until I downloaded the drivers for AC97 Realtek from
following link:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloa...uID=35&LanID=0
"ReMeE" wrote:
> My system specs are:
> Mobo Asus K8N4-E deluxe
> AMD 64 3200+ processor
> 2 x 1024 Gb Kingston memory
> 1 x 300 Gb Maxton SATA harddisk
> 1 x Geforce 6600LE videocard
> 1 x hauppauge 500MCE tv-card
> blue tooth microsoft mouse and keyboard
>
> After installing Vista RC1 (with lots of trouble) I finaly managed to
> install it but get while working now and then a blue screen saying 'irq not
> less or equal' of 'memory management error' so my installation propebly is
> not 100%.
>
> My question is that after te installation there is no soundcard detected by
> Vista. So I let it search for drivers. I have the latest vista beta drivers
> vor Nvida (i have a nforce4 board) so it finds the nvidia sound drivers.
> After installing them without any problems I don't hear a sound (in xp the
> Nvidia drivers also don't work so I don't find this strange). I decided to
> uninstall the soundcard and drivers. Second I tryed the latest Relatek Vista
> drivers but with this also no succes. The sound-pictogram in the system-tray
> says 'no sound hardware installed' (or something like this) although in the
> software session I see the software (and drivers) are installed. So I
> uninstalled these drivers also and tryed searching drivers through
> windows-update. It finds the drivers and installes them. But again no sound.
> When I look in the devicemanager there is a exclamation mark besides the
> soundcard wich says 'drivers are installed but can't be loaded.
>
> Anyone with the same problem? What can cause the driver not to load?