realtek ac97 problems

I have downloaded the latest drivers for my onboard sound (realtek ac97) for
use with vista (5384)but cant get any windows sounds to work!! any game i
install from my Starwars collection tells me i aint got no sound hardware
installed!! however media player is playin my cd's and mp3's no probs
Any ideas???

These have been problematical drivers for at least a month. A new x86
driver just showed up in my WU optional updates and it works like a charm.
Before that, nada.

"sithlord_dude" <sithlorddude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have downloaded the latest drivers for my onboard sound (realtek ac97)
>for
> use with vista (5384)but cant get any windows sounds to work!! any game i
> install from my Starwars collection tells me i aint got no sound hardware
> installed!! however media player is playin my cd's and mp3's no probs
> Any ideas???

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> These have been problematical drivers for at least a month. A new x86
> driver just showed up in my WU optional updates and it works like a charm.
> Before that, nada.
>
> "sithlord_dude" <sithlorddude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30D9A7FE-20EE-40A7-A779-92A70D7A59ED@microsoft.com...

>
> thanx for the info! at the minute windows update tells me i have all the latest updates and no offer of any optional ones! any ideas how 2 get the update you mentioned??
>