Lenovo 3000 N100 Audio Driver Problem on Windows 7

After 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!)):

  1. Don’t worry. :p
  2. Download driver.
  3. Installer will extract the package the path you choose (default is C:\Drivers\WIN\Audio).
  4. Open Device Manager.
  5. Go to “Sound, video and game controllers” section.
  6. Select currently installed device and right click.
  7. Select “Update Driver Software”.
  8. Select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
  9. Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.
  10. Click “Have Disk” button.
  11. Select the location where you have extracted package (#3) and browse “<path>i386\Vista” folder (amd64 for 64bit).
  12. Select the inf file.
  13. Click “Next”

And you are done!

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25 Responses to “Lenovo 3000 N100 Audio Driver Problem on Windows 7”

  1. John Jones says:

    Good Job What bout us that have the realtek Sound Card and help their.

  2. moreno says:

    perfect man! and on my 3000 N100 with win7 ultimate i can’t find the wireless drivers :(

    can you help me?

  3. khan says:

    you are a legend!!!! great work…

  4. 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…………

  5. Pankaj says:

    Thank you very much for solution.. i also had this problem and searched google much, finally found solution on your blog

  6. Chris from NY says:

    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…

  7. Bonjo says:

    Thank you for your tip ! Regards -B-

  8. TT says:

    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.

  9. TT says:

    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.

  10. Flake says:

    thanks, working perfectly

  11. Raymond FOUCHARD says:

    Merci d’avoir publié cette solution que les techniciens de Microsoft n’ont pas su me proposer.
    Vraiement merci! et bonne année.

  12. Alp Yavuz says:

    Do you have any solution for NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7300 graphic card, because its not working with nvidia official website drivers

  13. Alp Yavuz says:

    Teşekküerler Kardeş,
    Thanks brother…

  14. Moafaq Jamal says:

    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

  15. Xavi says:

    I did the same for my Lenovo, this one uses Realtek and the same worked for it.

    Thanks for posting this, good job!

  16. Robin says:

    Thanks! Worked great.

  17. Hemant says:

    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.

  18. Hemant says:

    U are a techinical genius

  19. Anthony says:

    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

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