Well, I guess I could try that...

I can download the ATI southbridge package from October 11, 2007 which
"should" have my audio driver in it (I hope)
"wheelman" wrote:
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> i had vista do the same thing to me...so i looked for what ..would fix it..i
> think i remembered,,that vista had set up sound with no problem..at first
> install..so i knew it was not my ..driver..i have asus..so what i did
>
> was get out my mother board..disc cd and found the sound driver on the cd
> and reinstalled it..that fixed the problem..hope this helped..hope it fixes
> yours
>
> "Jonathan Yaniv- Windows Live Butterfly E" wrote:
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> > This is seriously getting on my nerves, I have never been so mad at
> > Microsoft.
> >
> > I installed the "Critical" updates that Microsoft wants me to do, I reboot,
> > it "Configures updates" and then, all of a sudden, no more sound!!!
> >
> > I get the error "Failed to play test tone" when I try to test my audio, and
> > I have installed the fix for it, but the fix did nothing, it just removed
> > the "sound icon" from my system tray.
> >
> > Can someone (preferably Microsoft) please help me!!
> >
> >
> > Any one who has any suggestions on how to fix this, please post here
> >
> > I have Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit installed, audio driver is a Conexant
> > AC-Link audio driver version 6.14.10.0575
> >
> > The driver works properly, Windows is stopping the audio from playing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> >
> > Jonathan Yaniv
> > Microsoft Windows LiveT Butterfly Expert
> >
> >
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