Hello,

I installed Windows 8 Ent Edition on my PC on new Partition (100 GB) Installation was fine and everything worked as charm except the AUDIO . I could not hear anything from my PC. I checked the DeviceManager but there is no Problem shown (yellow exclamation mark) and everything looks properly installed and working..

Win 8 installed drivers automatically but they do not suggest the name provided by the manufactures (ADI AD1986A SoundMAX High Definition Audio)

And one more query.. why my Win 8 Device manager shows AUDIO/SOUND devices twice ? (screen attached)

Does your MB have a built in sound ? if so you need to disable it from the BIOS, otherwise it will show up in device manager in addition to your sound card.

Windows 8 installed the default sound driver, you need to go to ASUS website, download the sound driver for your sound card then install it.

Originally Posted by topgundcp

Does your MB have a built in sound ? if so you need to disable it from the BIOS, otherwise it will show up in device manager in addition to your sound card.

Windows 8 installed the default sound driver, you need to go to ASUS website, download the sound driver for your sound card then install it.

Yes,My MB has a built in sound (no additional PCI/PCIe card installed).
The motherboard site (ASUS) do not have drivers updated at all .. any help ?

Manufacturers will not yet have drivers for Windows 8 but you can download driver for Windows 7 instead, most driver will work with Windows 8

Toshiba has full support and even an upgrade utility for windows 8. ^^ the only company i think that has an entirely free utility tool to help upgrade.

Originally Posted by topgundcp

Manufacturers will not yet have drivers for Windows 8 but you can download driver for Windows 7 instead, most driver will work with Windows 8

one more thing I noticed in devicemanager was Windows 8 installed drivers for SPDIF output...(there is one out connector on back panel) but im not sure how can I connect my existing speakers/headphones (3.5mm stereo jack) to that output...

regards

topgundcp ,hello


Thanks for your time.

I v managed to solve the issue by installing Soundmax Analog Drivers for Windows 7 64bit...this setting is working fine for some time now....will be using this till Asus/Soundmax releases drivers for Windows 8

regards

Hello Inwell,

Could you give some more detail to your solution? Which site did you download the drivers from and the steps for the successful install of the drivers. I have a similar setup except for the graphics card and my OS is just the 64 bit standard addition. However I cannot get the sound to work. Thanks.

Originally Posted by inwell

topgundcp ,hello


Thanks for your time.

I v managed to solve the issue by installing Soundmax Analog Drivers for Windows 7 64bit...this setting is working fine for some time now....will be using this till Asus/Soundmax releases drivers for Windows 8

regards

glad to hear it's working