Lenovo 3000 N100 Audio Driver Problem on Windows 7
Posted by Erhan Abay in Tips, WindowsNov 10th, 2009 | View CommentsAfter installing Windows 7, everything was fine except sound. It seems like sound drivers were installed correctly but it wasn’t.
You did try to download drivers from lenovo site and install them but shit(!), software installer says that “I have no idea about your operating system”.
Here are the instructions (applies Soundmax, no idea about Realtek (Xavi reported it works for Realtek too, thanks Xavi!)):
- Don’t worry. :p
- Download driver.
- Installer will extract the package the path you choose (default is C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio).
- Open Device Manager.
- Go to “Sound, video and game controllers” section.
- Select currently installed device and right click.
- Select “Update Driver Software”.
- Select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
- Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.
- Click “Have Disk” button.
- Select the location where you have extracted package (#3) and browse “<path>i386\Vista” folder (amd64 for 64bit).
- Select the inf file.
- Click “Next”
And you are done!
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Well, this did not work for me. I have win7 spanish.
it works; and I’m about to cry right now… teşekkürler
i have laptop (3000 N100), I TRIED TO FIND THE AUDIO DRIVER FOR WIN-XP,BUT I FAILED…
PLEASE HELP FOR THE SAME…..
THX!!!
any solution for the sound drivers of my lenovo 3000 n100 0689_a31 i can’t find the drivers and the ones you post don’t work.
thanks.
Erhan,
You saved my audio – thanks a million! Audio works great now; your instructions were perfect. One update & one clarification:
2. Download driver: the site is now at http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67400
4. Open Device Manager = Start > Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Device Manager (under “Devices and Printers”)
Hello
i have lenovo N100 0768-BNG with realtek audio didn’t work on windows 7.
i tried the driver on that page and it gave me a blue screen and i had to reboot in safe mode and remove it again.
any ideas that help on installing the audio driver.
Thanks
see the above explained instructions its the solution
Thanks that fixed the problem for me with realtek
Merhaba Erhan,
Sana çok teşekkür ederim. Yukarıda yazılanlar kadar varsın. Lenovo’nun destek vermediği bir konuyu çözmüşsün. Windows 7 yi bugün kurdum ve senin çözümüne kadar resmen başımdan aşağı kaynar sular döküldü. Sanırım 2 bilinmeyen driver daha var ama onları da keşfetmeye çalışıyorum.
(Lenovo 3000 N100 0768-6VG / Windows7 Ultimate)
hye erhan..sound nice when everyone here told that they were succeed.i once tried before..my sound work properly..but unfortunately,the mic still having problems.did ur microphone work properly??
thanks soooooooooooo much…i was frustrated and frustrated..no voice in the lappy seems no life in it…thanks alot..got d voice bak
Erhan – thanks so much….you don’t know how frustrating not having sound was. Now, do you know how to get the VOLUME BUTTONS to make the VOLUME graphic appear? I mean when I press the buttons the volume is going up and down. I just can’t see the graphic unless i click on the sound button.
Many thanks!
Hi Erhan Abay (&xavi)
I’m using n100 0768 with realtek.
which driver should i d/l (line 2 in your post)
THX!
Mosh
Thanx A lot i got it.
Good Job What bout us that have the realtek Sound Card and help their.
perfect man! and on my 3000 N100 with win7 ultimate i can’t find the wireless drivers
can you help me?
you are a legend!!!! great work…
Thanks buddy it worked perfectly with me see how much blessing you are getting with one gud job carry on ma brother…………..thanks a lot…………
Thank you very much for solution.. i also had this problem and searched google much, finally found solution on your blog
WoW.. U the Man, Erhan…. After a few hours of searching for a solution, I found yours. It worked like a charm instantly. Did not even have to reboot.
My system is: Lenovo 3000 N100 0768 EFU originally with XP upgraded to Win 7 32bit Ultimate.
THANKS for posting Erhan…
Thank you for your tip ! Regards -B-
Ok, I used this blog and this:
http://technetphilippines.net/blogs/mafi_mok/archive/2009/11/01/enabling-lenovo-n100-soundmax-audio-in-windows-7.aspx
post to cure my problem with my 3000 N100 0768.
Basically, delete all of the Windows 7 HdAudio.sys drivers as described in the blog, go into Device Manager and remove the sound device (uninstall), then use Erhan’s blog to finish up the install, and all should be good.
Nope, didn’t work for my 3000 N100 0768-35U. I had actually already tried this, but stumbled upon you site while doing a Google search for the problem. Tried it again, per your directions, and still no sound. May have to go back to Vista, unfortunately.
thanks, working perfectly
Merci d’avoir publié cette solution que les techniciens de Microsoft n’ont pas su me proposer.
Vraiement merci! et bonne année.
il n’y a pas de quoi!
I hope Google Translate works because I don’t speak French.
Do you have any solution for NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7300 graphic card, because its not working with nvidia official website drivers
Actually I don’t remember how I solved it but it should work with the drivers either nvidia or lenovo released.
There was no officially released driver for Windows 7 and I used Vista drivers instead.
If it didn’t work with nvidia official drivers try this link: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67339
Dear Erhan, You are really a genius, i don’t know why these giants make it so complicated, i tried your way and i got sound in no time on my Lenovo 3000 N100 0768, which i was trying since last two days in various ways.Thanks a lot.
Teşekküerler Kardeş,
Thanks brother…
WoOoW, thanks sooo much it worked w/ me
but I don’t know why Lenovo didn’t give to their customers the simple way to do it!!
Now, everything is OK but the fingerprint, camera and other devices are not working! hope to find a solution
Hi again,
Please can anyone tell me how to install the mic to work? “the sound has already worked”
thanks
I did the same for my Lenovo, this one uses Realtek and the same worked for it.
Thanks for posting this, good job!
can you specify which driver you used for the realtek?
THX!
Thanks! Worked great.
can u please let me know how to get the bluettoth working on Windows 7 on Lenovo 3000 N100 0768-A39?
If possible can u post me a step by step guide? I have installed a driver but i think its not uninstalling nor connecting?
i will be obliged.
I used Vista drivers at http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-63572.html#bluetooth, and it worked for me.
U are a techinical genius
Hi Erhan Abay,
Thank you so much for your post detailing the solution to the Lenovo 3000 N100 Audio Driver Problem on Windows 7.
I have tried every option available, even LENOVO help desk was’nt able to provide a solution to this problem.
I now have a N100 running windows 7 with full audio and I am a very happy man.
Again, thank you very much.
Regards
Anthony
It’s your welcome