Using Vista audio driver in under Windows XP

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My new Toshiba Satellite P105-9339 came with Vista installed. However my new
project requires Windows XP and DirectX 9. No problem, I figured I'd just set
it up as a dual-boot system with both, and install any required device drives
for XP.

Which I did. Toshiba so-called tech support suggested using the drivers for
the P105-9312, which as far as they could tell has the same hardware and
shipped with XP. Which mostly worked. Some drivers I had to download from
elsewhere.

But the Conexant High Definition Audio driver for that unit does not install
on mine, and an XP audio driver for this PC does not appear to exist.

The Vista audio driver that shipped with my PC does install successfully
under XP, and the control panel shows the device is working correctly. All
appropriate "use this device" checkboxes are checked. Control panel assures
me the device is working correctly and all necessary drivers are installed.
Control panel says I have "Conexant High Definition Audio" device, but does
not seem to provide any more detailed hardware ID than that.

Yet there is no volume control and no applications can see an audio device.
Windows media player, for example, says "no audio device installed".

Although I do get beeps on some errors, I don't get any system sounds and
have no sound device capability.

Does anyone know of a way to use a Vista audio driver under XP? Or if there
is a way to identify more precisely exactly what conexant audio hardware is
installed, and if an XP driver exists for it? Toshiba so-called tech support
is unable to tell me precisely what audio hardware is installed on their PC.

Any and all suggestions or assistance would be much appreciated!
 
I have a 9312... and it is definitely the Conexant HD Audio... I went the
other way last week and upgraded to Vista Ultimate!

This is the one I was using (before Vista)
Conexant Audio Driver for Windows XP (v3.11.0.51; 08-30-2006; 1.75M)

I can't give you the actual link because Toshiba's site is all run with
cookies. Just Technical Support, Portables, Satellite, P105-9312 and then
filter for SOUND drivers.
 
I'm having the same issue you are with a Toshiba laptop. Did you find the driver? I tried the one from the reply ut it does not work.

I just bought a new Toshiba Laptop – model: P105-S6197 – and I want to create a dual boot OS with Vista (Shipped with this OS) and XP Pro. Well, Toshiba does not make drivers for XP if the system was shipped with Vista. Vista will not run all of the applications a need and I really need XP loaded.

I loaded a fresh copy of XP pro and was able to locate all of the drivers I needed through Intel – chipset, graphics, NIC, and WLAN. The only driver I have left to find is the Conexant HD audio driver - Conexant "Venice" 5045 HD Audio.

Things I have tried:
- Checked Toshiba’s web-site for the audio driver of the P105-S6197 system – no luck
- Downloaded every audio driver for all of the P105 series laptops – no luck
- Tried to download the driver from Conexant’s web-site – they only have modem drivers
- Used the Vista Driver – This works but no sound is played – device mgr show no more yellow ! sign and the system thinks its happy. In the control panel under sound and audio devices it says: no audio device. I also get an error in the event viewer: The XAudioService service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.
- Tried using the HP audio driver in this forum: http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?pid=8701
- Called Toshiba’s tech support who told me I should have bought an XP system.

Please help me find this driver! If you need me to get you any info from my system I can do that for you.

Thanks for you help!


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