Compaq Presario CQ40 – IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver

You need to have Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver (required with a reboot before Audio driver) for High Definition Audio installed on the computer before installing the audio driver. Here is the link for the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture driver that needs to be installed before installing the audio driver: download here

After the installation of above drivers install the following drivers : IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver (copied from Microsoft Update Catalog) : download

How to install
Unzip to a folder.
From Device Manager,right click “Audio Device on High Def Bus”,choose Update driver,

No to connect,

Install from a list or specific location,

Choose search for the best driver in these location, Browse to the extracted folder.

Next – up to finish and Reboot.


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