I just installed a fresh version of windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and my audio drivers aren't working. Any Help?

Hoffdog

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So i have realtek audio drivers on my motherboard and here are the following steps i took to install working audio drivers.
1- Went to realtek's website to install the right audio driver executable files.
2- opened the program and went through the installation wizard and as it finished it said i needed to restart my computer to complete the installation process. I Restarted my computer.
3- I then went to my device manager to add a legacy device to my sound category. Added realtek and it prompted me with an error 10 as it finished installing which said "could not open this device". I tried reinstalling it and still did the same thing.

In the sound section in the control panel it says no audio output device is installed. And yes i do have disabled devices showing and nothing is showing.

Specs:
Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 645
Propus 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 401MHz (6-6-6-15)
Motherboard
ASRock N68-VS3 UCC (CPUSocket)
Graphics
DELL U2412M (1920x1200@59Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (EVGA)
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10 EARX-00N0YB0 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio




I downloaded my graphics software ( don't know if that would mater)
Here is the link i installed my audio drivers from
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsview.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

i downloaded the 64 bit version EXE file as well.

Any help would be nice. thanks.:)
 

Hoffdog

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thank you! ok but when im installing it i opened the zip folder and im lost there's no like installation wizard .exe or anything i should open what do i do? And what one should i be installing? sorry i might seem kinda clueless bit im not a computer wizard
 
1. Prepare for Windows installation with USB tool or other media
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

2. Connect boot drive data cable to lowest numbered SATA port .... but don't connect:
-Ethernet cable
-SATA Data Cable for any other drives

3. Install Windows to boot drive

4. Turn off Windows ability to install Hardware drivers - IMPORTANT
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8013-windows-update-
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html

5. Install all hardware drivers from original media in boxes See Item 7 below

6. Connect ethernet cable and run Windows Update till it stops doing anything

7. Install latest drivers for ALL hardware from manufacturers web sites. The reason we didn't do this in step 5 is 3 fold:
-Sometimes MoBo CD comes with licensed utilities with product key embedded and these are not on web site versions
-Its advisable to establish a working out of box conditions
-Sometimes newer drivers require latest Windows Updates

If you have a 2nd drive ....

8. Shut down and connect HD data cable to 2nd lowest numbered SATA port.

9. Boot to BIOS and make sure that SSD is the 1st boot device, if not fix it

10. Boot to Windows


As to install zipped driver files....

1. Unzip the file using your utility of choice.

2. Find the exe file which runs the installation process (typically setup.exe)

3. Double click the file
 

Barty1884

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You're downloading the " high definition audio driver" file, correct?

Have you extracted the .zip file? If so, what do you see? (post a screenshot if you want). There should be a .exe in there.
 

Hoffdog

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I got it. I just had to extract it.. Thank you so much man i love you