Installed it, nothing good came of it. My sound icons in the systray dissappeared upon restart and still had no sound (every sound option was greyed out at this point). Did a shutdown, upon starting, windows found new hardware wizard, auto'd my way through, sound icons are displayed again in the systray.
Device mangager shows everything is working properly, and I cannot see any conflicts or question marks (nor unknown devices).
I've read a few posts before and noticed everest was a common thing in the no sound department, so I have included the report below until PCI.
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition © 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------
Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Computer FRIESENALX
Generator Henry
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2009-03-23
Time 12:10
--------[ DirectX Sound ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ Primary Sound Driver ]
DirectSound Device Properties:
Device Description Primary Sound Driver
Driver Module
Primary Buffers 1
Min / Max Secondary Buffers Sample Rate 8000 / 192000 Hz
Primary Buffers Sound Formats 8-bit, 16-bit, Mono, Stereo
Secondary Buffers Sound Formats 8-bit, 16-bit, Mono, Stereo
Total / Free Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free Static Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free Streaming Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Static Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Streaming Sound Buffers 33 / 32
DirectSound Device Features:
Certified Driver Yes
Emulated Device No
Precise Sample Rate Supported
DirectSound3D Supported
Creative EAX 1.0 Supported
Creative EAX 2.0 Supported
Creative EAX 3.0 Not Supported
[ Realtek HD Audio output ]
DirectSound Device Properties:
Device Description Realtek HD Audio output
Driver Module RtkHDAud.sys
Primary Buffers 1
Min / Max Secondary Buffers Sample Rate 8000 / 192000 Hz
Primary Buffers Sound Formats 8-bit, 16-bit, Mono, Stereo
Secondary Buffers Sound Formats 8-bit, 16-bit, Mono, Stereo
Total / Free Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free Static Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free Streaming Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Static Sound Buffers 33 / 32
Total / Free 3D Streaming Sound Buffers 33 / 32
DirectSound Device Features:
Certified Driver Yes
Emulated Device No
Precise Sample Rate Supported
DirectSound3D Supported
Creative EAX 1.0 Supported
Creative EAX 2.0 Supported
Creative EAX 3.0 Not Supported