need realtek hd audio codecs driver 64 bit vis

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

Re-download the realtek "Vista Beta driver" I had to do it a couple times also, don't know why.
"Morten Lande" wrote:

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

Hi, I'm experiencing the same issue! When the driver (ALC880 right?) install correctly, i can't hear any sound. I think this is a real compatibility problem...
tomhyde2 > wow you're lucky, man!
"Morten Lande" wrote:

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

download beta driver from Realtek and install it 1. Start 2. control panel 3. audio devices and sound themes 4. double clixk on Realtek 5. select Properties 6. unselect Realtek Digital output 7. apply 8. listen to the music
hope it works for you

"Morten Lande" wrote:

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

Try control panel, system, device manager, sound video, game controllers, find your audio device and right click do update driver software... not sure if it will work but it was what did for me. "Morten Lande" wrote:

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

Ok, I had been having the same problems as it seems everyone else did. I tried multiple drivers from Realtek.tw, (Ac'97 and HD drivers) but I also had the red cross over the icon. If I double clicked it, a box told me there were no devices installed, but if I check the properties, the audio stuff was installed.
One interesting side note before I give the solution that finally worked. If the computer went into sleep mode, the sound would work when I woke it up (and green sound lines appeared instead of the red X).
It works now, and there are only two things that I did. I uninstalled the EZtrust antivirus (not sure if this affects it or not). Then I uninstalled the driver for the sound from device manager. When I restarted the computer Vista recognized the sound device and found a driver somewhere (don't know where) that works now.
I hope this helps.
"Morten Lande" wrote:

I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

I have very similar problem (but not exactly same as your case) with my ALC880 HDA audio device with Vista x64 beta 5384 and Realtek Vista beta driver dated 2006/6/30. This latest driver looks successfully installed and ALC880 Audio Output is submitting some sound signal. I noticed this behavior by the green bar animation in the Speakers icon in the High Definition Audio Device property screen. This screen is available through sound icon in CP. However I cannot hear any sound from speakers. I am suspecting this is because I cannot have speakers cable plugged into correct ALC880 output terminals (one out of four, i.e. Front, Rear, Surround, Center + Subwoofer) Usually this plug assignment is programmable in HDA but in case of x64 Realtek ALC880 driver won't allow this plug assignment possible. I'm sure this is true because the Plugged Into of my Speakers property tells it is connected to Center + Subwoofer, which is not what I intended. This assignment could not be corrected even when I change the speakers plugged location physically. In case of Vista x86 beta 5384 the same Realtek ALC880 driver (which is valid for both x86 and x64) this plug allocation is programmable and you can easily allocate which plug will correspond to Front or others. So you can listen HDA quality sound through ALC880 under Vista.
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I have downloaded the drivers from realtek.com.tw and innstalled them. But I still get a redcross on the taskbar over the volumecontrol icon.
Anyone who can help me?

Well this is self updates to my previous posting. I have set the speaker cable to the predefined front output on the mother board and tried again installing the Realtek Vista beta driver. Then everything went perfect. When I opened Speakers property (which is available through CP>Sound>Audio Devices>Speakers) I noticed "Plugged Into" tells it is connected as FL FR (Front Left and Front Right) This is what I intended and my ALC880 generates correct sound signal to my front speakers. If I had 7.1 speakers I believe I could enjoy full surround sounds, Front(2), Rear(2), Surround(2), Center(1) and Subwoofer(.1)