Onboard Audio Driver Required for: HP Pavilion 712a

**acidicc** · October 31st, 2009, 05:09 AM

Hello there. Just wondering if anyone knows where this driver is? I've looked through driverguide and found several; all of which don't work with this particular system.

I also ran a search through this forum and found two entries

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=57777 (one of them here).

However those links are down (not surprising given their age).

Thanking everyone and anyone in advanced.

**CCT** · October 31st, 2009, 05:53 AM

Download and run Everest Home (it is free):

http://www.filehippo.com/download_everest_home/

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-16369.html

Once you download it, click on it and let it install and then run it from the icon on your desktop. Click on file, preferences, report and uncheck the 'include debug information in the report' box. People rarely want to see that stuff.

Click on the + sign beside 'Computer', then on 'Summary', then go to the VERY Top of the screen and click on 'report'.

Note: the 'Very Top' isn't one line down, it means what it says.

Cursor over 'quick report-summary' and then click on 'plain text' and then click on 'save to file' and change the 'save in' folder to 'Desktop' and then click 'Save'.

Clear all your open windows and on the Desktop click on that 'report.txt' icon - this will open it in a text editor (probably Notepad) and then copy and paste it to here.

NOTE: DO NOT POST ALL THE DEBUG stuff - please read and follow the directions given.

EDIT: Also, you might want to look here for the Intel 845 chipset and sound drivers;

edit: different url; http://www.pcpartner.com/download.php

**acidicc** · October 31st, 2009, 07:00 AM

In the initial post I was trying to be general, due to the fact that that is a client machine, a machine that I have not held in my possession for quite some time.

I did have this driver at the time of build (about two to three months ago) however I have recently changed backup servers and am in the process of a rebuild. Unfortunately for me the client wants the driver now (and I have no way of retrieving it until I've finished the rebuild)...

However all is not lost, I utilised Astra32 at the time and stored a copy of the read out on a local machine; here is the motherboard/audio read out.

MOTHERBOARD

System Name: HP Pavilion 04 P8570A-ABG 712a
Motherboard Vendor: Intel Corporation
Board Model: Intel Corporation NBGV -Northwood/Brookdale-G Validation Board
BIOS Model: Phoenix BIOS 31861.HPD.0000.D..0205280942 for Intel
Chipset Name: Intel 845G/GL/GV (Brookdale-G/GL/GV)
Chipset Vendor: Intel Corporation
Chipset: 82845G/GL/GV Bookdale Host-Hub Interface Bridge (A1-step)
Southbridge Vendor: Intel Corporation
Southbridge: 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
DMI/SMIBIOS Version: 2.31

SOUND

Sound Chip Vendor: Intel Corporation
Sound Chip: 82801DB/DBL AC"97 Audio Controller (ICH4/ICH4-LA1 step)

BTW. The link that you placed at the bottom of your post does not work (at least for me).

Thanking you in advance.

**CCT** · October 31st, 2009, 08:14 AM

Try this one; http://www.pcpartner.com/download.php

Enter Chipset Type 845GL and Socket 478 and ATX.

The page that appears has 6 mobo's - all appear to have the same chipset inf and audio driver downloads. You're on your own after that.

**slgrieb** · October 31st, 2009, 03:55 PM

If the computer has HP's Application Recovery software installed, (and the Recovery partition is intact) it can be used to re-install the original audio driver.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph07142