Saturday, February 7, 2009

Installing Realtek High Definition Audio on Windows XP SP3

Yesterday I reinstalled my Windows XP system upgrading from SP2 to SP3. After installation completed, I installed Ethernet Card driver. Thank God, it worked well. I need internet, just like the slogan, bring the world to me. Several minutes later there were only two hardware left unavailable, modem and audio device. I never use my modem before, so I took more serious concern in audio device. Installation of Realtek audio device is not as easy as I think. When installation completed, the hardware didn't appear in device manager and still I didn't have my sound work.
I had several episodes of Heroes left to watch. I need my sound back. That thought push me to try and try again :-) I downloaded several version of Realtek driver, all didn't work to my system. I keep searching, and finally today I got what I need. Here is the link : 
The author did a good job. He was my hero so I can have my sound back in my computer. Actually it is a thing in Windows XP SP3. The version of SP3 installed in my computer doesn't provide complete system needed for Realtek driver. I need to install Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver before installing Realtek driver. All Realtek driver I downloaded only support Windows XP SP1 and SP2. And the following is a link to UAA as mentioned on the site. 
http://www.dashken.net/uploads/technology/software/XPSP3/Universal_Audio_Architecture_High_Definition_Audio_AddOn_1.0.zip
Finally, I hear a music again sounding from my computer, and the more important thing is I can finish watching Heroes Season 2 on my computer :)