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    No sound in Leopard/Boot Camp with Win XP SP3

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by olphus, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    I have been serching through forums for two days without finding a solution to this.
    I'm using Leopard and Win XP, and the sound works on Leopard but not in XP. Everyng is working great in Xp otherwise.
    I did install the drivers from the Leopard disc for XP.

    I have tried different workarounds but nothing seems to work.
    There are two audio drivers that get intalled from the Leopard disc; sigmatel and Realtek - when the disc installs sigmatel it says that there is anothere instance of it already running, although it's not and this is from a completely clean install.

    I need a solution that is specific to the Leopard/Boot Camp and Win XP SP2/3 combination.
    EDIT: I forgot to mention I'm on a MBP SR @2.4Ghz.
     
  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I've been hearing that SP3 as caused some audio issues. Don't know if there is solid evidence of it, but I keep reading threads about a similar problem on the forums here.
     
  3. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    when did sp3 come out? I did the windows update a while ago, and sp3 didn't come up.
     
  5. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    Release candidate? You guys must be mad....
     
  7. boycom

    boycom Newbie

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    I've been fighting this problem for many days, on two different computers, from two different manufactures (Apple and HP). The only common thing was trying to install Windows XP with SP3 (BIG MISTAKE!).

    But if you've already made it, here is the solution:

    http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=490

    Basicly, download the file at the bottom of the page, unzip, go to Device Manager, right click the yellow (?) PCI driver, mark to select your own location and direct it to where you unzipped your file. That's it. UAA driver should be found and you should be able to hear sound.

    If not yet, try now to re-install your audio drivers, and it should work. (if on mac, that means re-install boot camp drivers).

    You welcome :)

    Omri.
     
  8. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    Why install an rc? you're just asking for trouble :p
     
  9. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    It's an RC release and your complaining about it? lol
     
  10. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    @ boycom, THANKS :D :D :D :D :D and :D
    It worked! Rep points for you!
    Following the instructions was easy.

    I've had no other problems with SP3 - it's working great too :p
     
  11. boycom

    boycom Newbie

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    You welcome :)

    Mostly I only utilize web forums.

    Thought it was time to contribute.
     
  12. yankeehoo

    yankeehoo Newbie

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