Re: Sound Blaster - Creative Sound Card Drivers this worked for me
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- Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 07:17:31 -0500
this is not my fix but after weeks of trying I found this and it works great no more sound problems
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Windows XP SP3 RC v3264 Does NOT Support High Definition Audio
in Guides, Software at 10:14
I posted this entry on 01/01/2008 and there are many who're still having the
same problem. After some googling, I've added some updates below. Hope they
help. Good luck!
In Windows XP, to add support for High Definition Audio, we have to install the
Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver. This is
either the KB835221 (for SP1) or the newer KB888111 (for SP1 or SP2).
If you've already tried your hands installing the Windows XP SP3 RC v3264 and
you have a High Definition Audio device on your computer, I bet you must be
having problem with the audio drivers as am I. When you try installing the
KB888111 which works for SP1 and SP2, it will not work for SP3, at least for the
current SP3 RC v3264 and you will be prompted with a message saying that the
current service pack installed is newer than the fix you are trying to apply.
Even the older KB835221 doesn't work.
So, is there a way to fix it? Fortunately, there is.
Well, all is not lost. You can try tinkering with the INF file to make your
Windows which is installed with SP3 to think that the KB is meant to be
installed on SP3. redxii from msfn forum did just that and created a modified
KB888111 which is available for download.
I've yet to try it out but from the feedbacks, they are positive! I've tried it
out on my system which is installed with SP3 and it worked! Just download the 7z
(7zip) file or zip file below, extract it and then right-click at the ? mark at
the device manager that you think might be the Audio device, reinstall the
driver by pointing to the folder you extracted the files to. After that's done,
install the audio driver for your motherboard. That's it!
I've created a mirror on my blog including the original link and for those who
need the fix or add-on as it's called, can download from any of the links below.
Let's hope Microsoft will include the UAA driver in the SP3 RTM and save us from
this kind of problem or else almost all audio drivers will need to be updated.
That will create lots of problems for the vendors.
Have fun with SP3!
Download (right-click and save) :
Fix for KB888111 for Windows XP SP3 RC v3264 (Original)
Fix for KB888111 for Windows XP SP3 RC v3264 (Mirror)
Update (02/09/2008) :
Received some comments saying the above fix didn't work for them, so I just went
and did some googling and found another solution which change the CSDVersion to
SP2 so that you can install the KB888111 for SP2. Once you're done with that,
just remember to change back the CDSVersion to SP3.
Below are the steps from Bored SysAdmin blog which he translated from some
Chinese websites.
Let's get on with the solution... see if it works for you.
1) Open Regedit and go to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Windows\\CDSVersion
2) Double-click CDSVersion and change it to 200, then restart your system.
100 (hex) means its sp1
200 (hex) means its sp2
300 (hex) means its sp3
3) Install kb888111xp2.exe (Microsoft UAA Patch which should be available from
your Audio driver folder)
4) Install audio driver
5) Change CSDVersion back to 300 (remember this or else you system will think
it's still SP2 and many SP2 updates may reemerge in your Windows Update, that's
my logical guess anyway )
6) Restart your system
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