The installation of the High Definition Codec audio driver fails and the audio hardware does not appear in the Control Panel.
Note: This issue will not be seen when using the preloaded operating system, Recovery CD set, or the hard drive service partition. This issue would only be seen when installing a retail operating system or when performing a RIS install.
Affected configuration
The following notebook systems may experience this error:
Note: For additional information, search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for the following articles:
835221 - Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver available for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Window 2000. 888111 - Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver version 1.0a available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000