System Devices--HD Audio Driver--Yellow Flag

[earwicker7]

I'm getting a yellow flag in Device Manager under System Devices--High Definition Audio Driver. I haven't noticed any problems at all with audio, but it's got me wondering what is going on. Any ideas on how to find out? Here are the messages I see.

General
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.

Under events, there are two clickable fields:

Device Configured
Device PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AAA0&SUBSYS_AAA01002&REV_00\4&f2959ff&0&0118 was configured.

Driver Name: hdaudbus.inf
Class GUID: {4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Driver Date: 07/25/2012
Driver Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Section: HDAudio_Device.NT
Driver Rank: 0xFF2006
Matching Device ID: PCI\CC_0403
Outranked Drivers:
Device Updated: false

Device Started
Device PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AAA0&SUBSYS_AAA01002&REV_00\4&f2959ff&0&0118 was started.

Driver Name: hdaudbus.inf
Class GUID: {4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Service: HDAudBus
Lower Filters:
Upper Filters:

 

[carnageX]

Try downloading the newest drivers from ATI for your graphics card. www.ati.com

Sounds like the audio driver for (possibly HDMI) from the card is not working properly; and it looks like it's a Windows-update driver (shows it's from Microsoft rather than ATI/AMD).

 

[earwicker7]

I've got 13.1, which is the newest.

 

[carnageX]

Did the audio driver install properly when you installed 13.1?

 

[earwicker7]

To the best of my knowledge, yes. I'm having no problems at all getting audio, and the audio device shows up in the Sound, Video, and Game Controllers section.

There are a few other instances of High Definition Audio Driver listed under System Devices... I'm not at home right now, but I think there were a total of three or four of them listed. I wonder if the installation package installed multiple redundant versions?

By the way, I think the drivers are from Asus, not ATI... the motherboard I have has audio on it; at least that's where I'm plugging in my optical cord.

 

[carnageX]

Going by this string: Device PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AAA0

The VEN code points to ATI, hence why I suggested to update your graphics drivers w/ audio.

Try finding what brand / model your audio chipset is (i.e. Realtek) and go to their website for the most up-to-date drivers.

 

[earwicker7]

It is a Realtek... I got the drivers from the ASUS website. I checked Realtek's website and they said that their drivers don't feature board-specific features, and should be used with caution.

I'll just run Driver Sweeper on Realtek and ATI and reinstall everything. I'll let you know if that doesn't work.

 

[earwicker7]

You're the man! I reinstalled both of them, and the ATI driver solved it. Thanks!

 

[earwicker7]

And it's back. It was fine right after I installed the drivers, but it's yellow again. Any ideas?

 

[carnageX]

Which driver made it install properly?