Mostly Me (MM) wrote:


Hi,
If you are certain of the mobo model number, then you do not need the
Realtek drivers for any reason. Download the VIA audio drivers and the
4-1 chipset drivers.

Boot into safe mode (press F8 at boot-right away, before the Windows
logo-select safe mode from the Startup Menu). Go to device manager,
remove everything listed under Sound\game controllers. Don't reboot yet,
instead, find all the Realtek stuff and delete it from your system.

Reboot, go into your BIOS and disable the on-board audio, then boot into
Windows. Windows should not attempt to install the audio device.
Disable any anti-virus software and install the 4-1 drivers, *not* the
audio drivers. Reboot, let Windows fully load. Reboot once again to get
into BIOS and enable the on-board audio. Let Windows load and cancel the
"add new hardware wizard". Disable your anti-virus software and run the
VIA audio driver setup program. Reboot if directed.

BTW, the "Plug-n-Play OS: yes\no option in BIOS does not disable
Plug-n-Play, it just determines what assigns resources, the BIOS (No) or
Windows (Yes).

mm


One more thing, I do recall once that the audio drivers I downloaded for
a VIA device came in a folder (instead of a single .exe program); inside
that folder were numerous files including a setup.exe file. For whatever
reason, setup.exe didn't work, so I had to use the add new hardware
wizard and manually browse to the folder containing the downloaded files
to get it to install the drivers. So, if it's a folder full of files
instead of a single .exe file, you may just want to go ahead and use the
add new hardware wizard that comes up when you boot after enabling the
on-board audio and just point to that folder.

mm