Windows XP won't use Realtek Drivers properly

[HugaTheFox]

Okay, first of this is my PC (Yes it old):

• Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 (Which is just really Windows XP SP3)
• HP Pavilion a1102n, everything stock
• Intel Pentium 4 516
• Intel GMA 900 (Graphics/Video Chip)
• 512MB of DDR2 Ram
• No internet (since it uses only ethernet and I can't connect it)
• Realtek HD Audio
• ASUSTek Goldfish3 motherboard.

Now anyways, heres the issue:

Im trying to play GTA SA. It states that "Could not find Audio Card installed". So naturally I check the readme and it said you need the drivers. So I head to Realtek.com and download it for Windows XP and try to install. It went through and restarted the PC. However it won't work. I check the Sound and Audio devices in control pannel and it shows everything set to none, and I can't change it. I check the Hardware tab and it shows the Realtek HD Audio device and it states it is working properly.

Now I have tried a lot of things to fix it, reinstalled DirectX 9.0, Service Pack 3, Intel GMA 915G chipset drivers, Visual C++, and even tried the audio drivers from Intel them selves (however it will say Driver Version older than PC one) and nothing works. Any ideas?

 

[Deleted User]

Go to Device Manager, head to Sound Controllers, press on Action and "Add legacy hardware"

[This is Windows 10 but Device Manager works the same way since Windows XP]
You should have a dialog popup, press Next and Next again then select "Realtek HD Audio" from there and Add. Wait till it completes and check if you have sound.
If you still don't have sound, right-click on sound device and click "Uninstall driver/device" then either try installing legacy hardware again or just reinstall Intel drivers.

Post Inception, lmao

 

[Lacius]

Aside from GTA, does the sound work properly?

 

[HugaTheFox]

Aside from GTA, does the sound work properly?

Haven't tried. The only thing that works is the windows error sounds. (The beeps)

 

[Lacius]

Haven't tried. The only thing that works is the windows error sounds. (The beeps)

If you can hear the Windows sounds and the drivers appear to be functioning otherwise, then the problem probably isn't your audio driver. The problem is likely the game. If you haven't already down so, try deleting the GTA_SA.set file. The game was also never designed to be able to run on Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, so the differences between it and Windows XP SP3 might be causing the game to misread the computer's driver situation.

If I were you, more for fun than anything else, I would attempt to update to Windows 10 and see how the machine functions with its limited hardware. If Windows 10 doesn't work well enough, I would try Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

 

[HugaTheFox]

Go to Device Manager, head to Sound Controllers, press on Action and "Add legacy hardware"
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[This is Windows 10 but Device Manager works the same way since Windows XP]
You should have a dialog popup, press Next and Next again then select "Realtek HD Audio" from there and Add. Wait till it completes and check if you have sound.
If you still don't have sound, right-click on sound device and click "Uninstall driver/device" then either try installing legacy hardware again or just reinstall Intel drivers.
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Post Inception, lmao

Theres no Option to "add"

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If you can hear the Windows sounds and the drivers appear to be functioning otherwise, then the problem probably isn't your audio driver. The problem is likely the game. If you haven't already down so, try deleting the GTA_SA.set file. The game was also never designed to be able to run on Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, so the differences between it and Windows XP SP3 might be causing the game to misread the computer's driver situation.

If I were you, more for fun than anything else, I would attempt to update to Windows 10 and see how the machine functions with its limited hardware. If Windows 10 doesn't work well enough, I would try Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Windows XP SP3 wouldn't work either. Windows 10 would not install because the old specs (512MB of ram. Windows 10 requires at least 2GB)

 

[HugaTheFox]

I know it says that Windows DirectX 9 is required? But should it be DirectX 9.0c?

 

[Captain_N]

If you can hear the Windows sounds and the drivers appear to be functioning otherwise, then the problem probably isn't your audio driver. The problem is likely the game. If you haven't already down so, try deleting the GTA_SA.set file. The game was also never designed to be able to run on Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, so the differences between it and Windows XP SP3 might be causing the game to misread the computer's driver situation.

If I were you, more for fun than anything else, I would attempt to update to Windows 10 and see how the machine functions with its limited hardware. If Windows 10 doesn't work well enough, I would try Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

lol dont put windows 10 on a Pentium 4.... The OS will take more system resources then the game hes trying to run. Even windows 7 runs like crap on a Pentium 4. The game does run on windows xp. You could try a fresh install of windows xp but you should clone your existing drive first. Reinstalling the OS is a last resort.

That pentium 4 is a prescott chip. its possible that board might take a pentium D. Which is a updrade as a Pentum d Is 2 pentium 4s on a single chip. and a pentium D chip is hella cheap. Knowing HP it might not.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

This is more a problem with GTA SA then your PC, as mentioned.

Try disabling the sound device, then reenabling it, and see if GTA gives the same error. This fixed the same issue I had on an older laptop, it'll likely work for you.

 

[Lacius]

Windows 10 would not install because the old specs (512MB of ram. Windows 10 requires at least 2GB)

There are ways to bypass that and other system requirements.

lol dont put windows 10 on a Pentium 4.... The OS will take more system resources then the game hes trying to run. Even windows 7 runs like crap on a Pentium 4. The game does run on windows xp. You could try a fresh install of windows xp but you should clone your existing drive first. Reinstalling the OS is a last resort.

That pentium 4 is a prescott chip. its possible that board might take a pentium D. Which is a updrade as a Pentum d Is 2 pentium 4s on a single chip. and a pentium D chip is hella cheap. Knowing HP it might not.

My experience has been that Windows 10 runs better than expected on a Pentium 4. My Pentium 4 machine that has Windows 10 installed also has 1GB of RAM, however. That's why I suggested that OP merely test how it runs.

 

[HugaTheFox]

This is more a problem with GTA SA then your PC, as mentioned.

Try disabling the sound device, then reenabling it, and see if GTA gives the same error. This fixed the same issue I had on an older laptop, it'll likely work for you.

Weird, it works on Windows 2000

 

[HugaTheFox]

This is more a problem with GTA SA then your PC, as mentioned.

Try disabling the sound device, then reenabling it, and see if GTA gives the same error. This fixed the same issue I had on an older laptop, it'll likely work for you.

Same error

 

[HugaTheFox]

Alright, I installed Windows XP SP3, and reinstalled GTA SA, with no luck. Im going to try and reinstall Windows 2000

 

[Ph0enix]

yep, windows xp sound is almost dead

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Haven't tried. The only thing that works is the windows error sounds. (The beeps)

It should make a ding sound when you adjust the volume from the tray. That's how I always check.

 

[HugaTheFox]

Reinstalled Windows 2000. And it works. It corrupted my Windows Embedded install, but thats easy to fix.

 

[CMDreamer]

lol dont put windows 10 on a Pentium 4.... The OS will take more system resources then the game hes trying to run. Even windows 7 runs like crap on a Pentium 4. The game does run on windows xp. You could try a fresh install of windows xp but you should clone your existing drive first. Reinstalling the OS is a last resort.

That pentium 4 is a prescott chip. its possible that board might take a pentium D. Which is a updrade as a Pentum d Is 2 pentium 4s on a single chip. and a pentium D chip is hella cheap. Knowing HP it might not.

I have an old PC with this specs:

-Motherboard: Gigabyte 8IPE1000
-Processor: Pentium IV HT 2.8 GHz (non Prescott, as those overheat)
-RAM: 3 GB (dual channel mode)
-OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1
-GPU: ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP 128MB RAM
-HDD: 40GB for OS / 60 GB for personal data

At the beginning the system didn't configured properly the sound and the graphics card. What I did was use the Windows XP drivers, but didn't run the installer directly, instead, I "updated" the driver using the Device Manager.

The graphics card doesn't support Aero (useless for me as I'm not into pretty graphics but performance), so I use the default theme for Windows. I have it connected to a HD screen (I don't watch TV that much so I use it on my PC), using a converter cable from DVI to HDMI.
As for the sound, I haven't had any issue, it works great, even the sensing feature on the mic and earphones jack.

All this is to suggest to try "updating" the drivers using the device manager instead of installing them directly. Might work.

 

[Captain_N]

I have an old PC with this specs:

-Motherboard: Gigabyte 8IPE1000
-Processor: Pentium IV HT 2.8 GHz (non Prescott, as those overheat)
-RAM: 3 GB (dual channel mode)
-OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1
-GPU: ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP 128MB RAM
-HDD: 40GB for OS / 60 GB for personal data

At the beginning the system didn't configured properly the sound and the graphics card. What I did was use the Windows XP drivers, but didn't run the installer directly, instead, I "updated" the driver using the Device Manager.

The graphics card doesn't support Aero (useless for me as I'm not into pretty graphics but performance), so I use the default theme for Windows. I have it connected to a HD screen (I don't watch TV that much so I use it on my PC), using a converter cable from DVI to HDMI.
As for the sound, I haven't had any issue, it works great, even the sensing feature on the mic and earphones jack.

All this is to suggest to try "updating" the drivers using the device manager instead of installing them directly. Might work.

You got a HT pentium 4 running windows 7, that definitely helps. I have a dell inspiron 5600 that has a pentium 4 3.2 HT. there was not many of those made as they overheat. it converted video almost twice as fast as my pentium 4 2.8 desktop with no HT. that HT makes a difference.

He can try windows 7 I know windows 7 runs decient on Pentium 4's. I have about 9 p4 desktops wasting in my garage for parts around here people toss them out. They are starting to toss out core 2 duos and core 2 quads now....
He has a 64bit pentium 4 also.

He can try windows 7 ult 64. I run windows 7 ult 64bit on this netbook i got that has an atom 1.6 and 2 gb of ram and im surprised how well it runs.... He should have no problem running windows 7 on it. He needs at-least 1 gb ram tho. He can try 512 but windows 7 ult uses almost 1 gb by its self

 

[HugaTheFox]

You got a HT pentium 4 running windows 7, that definitely helps. He can try windows 7 on his depending how much ram hes got. I know windows 7 runs on Pentium 4's. I have about 9 p4 desktops wasting in my garage for parts around here people toss them out. They are starting to toss out core 2 duos and core 2 quads now....
He has a 64bit pentium 4 also.

He can try windows 7 ult 64. I run windows 7 ult 64bit on this netbook i got that has an atom 1.6 and 2 gb of ram and im surprised how well it runs.... He should have no problem running windows 7 on it. He needs at-least 1 gb ram tho. He can try 512 but windows 7 ult uses almost 1 gb by its self

512 MB. (You should read the post sometimes). And I have tried Windows Pro and Home 32-Bit and its real slowly

 

[Captain_N]

512 MB. (You should read the post sometimes). And I have tried Windows Pro and Home 32-Bit and its real slowly

i did read it. the 512 mb is a one of the problems and the integrated video card is stealing some of that ram so its less then 512. Do you ever see computer tossed out in the trash? if so take it. free computers are fun. You might even find a quad core. I even found a 2005 era hp dual xeon workstation in the trash lol. makes a great server. I found so much good shit in the trash...

Also are there any caps that are bulged at the top?