On 20 Mar 2008, David <david@invalid.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
[color=blue]
> I wish I could shed some light on it, but I methodically worked on
> the 3 driver issues separately, and found that SP1 didn't show up
> until all 3 were updated (UPEK, Intel video, and Realtek audio).
> At least version of realtek doesn't create the awful distortion my
> laptop was plagued with last summer. It wasn't until about 3
> versions later, from Realtek, that the distortion cleared up.
> When I bought my Toshiba in the late spring, sound was ok. Along
> the way an update goofed it up big time and there was no solution
> for me until Realtek went through several iterations.[/color]

I wonder why Toshiba hasn't updated their drivers in so long?

I always thought the sound on this laptop was thin and anemic, though
not necessarily distorted. I blamed it on the tiny speakers. I don't
look to a laptop for good sound, anyway. But I updated the audio
drivers from the realtek site as described in this thread, and it
sounds better to me, now, so maybe the old drivers were hampering it.

I downloaded the big standalone SP1 file, not from Windows Update, so
maybe that's while there was no complaint. The service pack installed
over and kept the old drivers and they were still working afterward.

Maybe I'll update the other drivers from the peripheral manufacturer's
sites, and not depend on Toshiba for drivers any more.