Hey all,
I have an HP m8120n with the P5BW-LA (Basswood3G) motherboard. Ever since I wiped the drive clean, and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Pro x64 bit, the sound on the computer has started acting up.
My speakers have a static/humming sound whenever I plug them into the rear port on the computer. It's just a constant, static buzz, regardless of whether I have anything else plugged into the computer. If I play any music or audio, the sound will drown out the noise, but as soon as the system is idle or quiet again, the sound becomes audible again.
The speakers are a pair of Alesis Prolinear, and they work fine in other computers, also running Windows.
Thinking it was a driver issue, I decided to update my audio codecs. Getting the drivers for this machine proved to be easier said than done. There is absolutely no Windows 7 supported audio driver on the m8120n's download page. The Vista version, whether for 32 or 64 bit, does not work at all on my OS, even when running in Vista compatibility mode with administrator privileges enabled.
Asus doesn't support OEM boards, so they didn't have any downloads for me. I finally had to go straight to Realtek and use their Windows universal download. It seems to have installed the right driver version: 6.0.1.6873. Codec ALC888S, which matches the codec listed on the mobo specs page: (Motherboard Specifications, P5BW-LA (Basswood3G) | HP® Support).
I don't use a sound card or any other drivers that would interfere with the onboard audio or Realtek driver. I also don't have any other devices plugged into the computer or the computer's outlet that would cause interference. It's just my computer and speakers that are part of my desk setup.
I think it is the audio driver, since the system never had this issue with the speakers while it was running the OEM copy of Vista. Is there another driver I could install that would still be compatible with my system? Or is there something I could change in my Realtek Audio Manager settings that would allow me to adjust the speaker noise?
I have an HP m8120n with the P5BW-LA (Basswood3G) motherboard. Ever since I wiped the drive clean, and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Pro x64 bit, the sound on the computer has started acting up.
My speakers have a static/humming sound whenever I plug them into the rear port on the computer. It's just a constant, static buzz, regardless of whether I have anything else plugged into the computer. If I play any music or audio, the sound will drown out the noise, but as soon as the system is idle or quiet again, the sound becomes audible again.
The speakers are a pair of Alesis Prolinear, and they work fine in other computers, also running Windows.
Thinking it was a driver issue, I decided to update my audio codecs. Getting the drivers for this machine proved to be easier said than done. There is absolutely no Windows 7 supported audio driver on the m8120n's download page. The Vista version, whether for 32 or 64 bit, does not work at all on my OS, even when running in Vista compatibility mode with administrator privileges enabled.
Asus doesn't support OEM boards, so they didn't have any downloads for me. I finally had to go straight to Realtek and use their Windows universal download. It seems to have installed the right driver version: 6.0.1.6873. Codec ALC888S, which matches the codec listed on the mobo specs page: (Motherboard Specifications, P5BW-LA (Basswood3G) | HP® Support).
I don't use a sound card or any other drivers that would interfere with the onboard audio or Realtek driver. I also don't have any other devices plugged into the computer or the computer's outlet that would cause interference. It's just my computer and speakers that are part of my desk setup.
I think it is the audio driver, since the system never had this issue with the speakers while it was running the OEM copy of Vista. Is there another driver I could install that would still be compatible with my system? Or is there something I could change in my Realtek Audio Manager settings that would allow me to adjust the speaker noise?
