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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
    2014-04-19T06:06:10+00:00

    I am having the same problem.

    the following is listed under "value":

    HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_1179FA30&REV_1000

    HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_1179FA30

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-18T06:15:12+00:00

    HI DaveRay59,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft community!

    I am sorry to hear that you have issue with sound in Windows 8. I will definitely help you with this.

    What is the make and model of the computer?

    You can download the High Def Audio Driver here is the link

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

    Let’s follow the steps from the following link and check if it helps.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/no-sound-help#no-sound=windows-8&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

    If you’re unable to overcome the issue try installing the drivers in Windows 7 compatibility mode

    Follow the Steps:

    Set the default playback device as Speakers:

    a. Click on Start and then click on Control Panel.

    b. Click Hardware and Sound and then Click on Sounds.

    c. Under Playback tab, right click on the empty area and make sure “Show Disabled Devices” has a check mark on it. If Speakers are disabled, it will now show up in the list.

    d. Right click on the device and select “Set as Default”. Click OK.

    Please post back if you have any questions. I will be glad to provide you with the additional options available that you can utilize to get the issue resolved.

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

    Auggy,

    Thanks for your response.  

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-13T11:32:31+00:00

    .. DON'T LEAVE JUST YET....

    On power up this morning, no audio.   I went forward with your suggestion to remove the Upper Filter value, rebooted and still no sound. The HDA driver no longer referenced that logitec driver.

    I'm gonna take it out back and shot it at sun-up.

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  5. 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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