Re: audio problem with win xp sp3 black edition

Hi:

You probably won't be able to get the audio to work in XP on your model.

If you did not first install the Chipset driver and Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio before you attempted to install any of the audio drivers you tried, then that is part of the reason nothing is working.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=0&prodSeriesId=3688868&prodNameId=3688870&swEnvOID=1093&swLang=13&taskId=135&swItem=ob-73340-1&mode=3

You may have to start from scratch and install XP if you can't uninstall the audio drivers you tried.

You can also refer to this guide, read the audio info listed under the Difficult Models section, and hopefully one of those suggestions will work for you.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-e-g-Windows-8-and-Software/General-XP-Downgrade-Guide-for-HP-Laptops/m-p/83267#M12776