Okay, so I put together a little package here for anyone with a Realtek HD or AC'97 chipset on their boards; you may find it useful if you're going for a heavily nLite'd / tweaked setup, or are just looking for a way to cut down on some of the Realtek bloatware that gets installed by the official version. Code: ------------------------------------------ Realtek Streamlined HDA Driver v1.0 (R249) ------------------------------------------ This streamlined driver is built from the latest R249 source (11/06/2010) and will provide you with a barebones sound setup for your system. If you find that you're missing some of the Realtek control panel features, you can install the appropriate driver over the top of this one. Bear in mind, however, that the Realtek Driver download is 30mb for XP/2k3 and 60mb for Vista, and will load far more libraries into memory on bootup and during day-to-day use of your PC; on a netbook, the performance hit that this can cause can be sizable. Either slipstream using nLite or install using "Have Disk..." from Device Manager (devmgmt.msc); it works for me, and it should work for any Realtek HD Audio chipset - your mileage may vary. Enjoy! Download: (7-zip archive, 4.48mb) Hotfile - Rapidshare - MegaUpload And here's the AC'97 version Code: --------------------------------------------------- Realtek Streamlined AC'97 Driver v1.0 (6035 & A406) --------------------------------------------------- This streamlined driver is built from the latest 6035 source (09/07/2009) for Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit and 64-bit, and A406 source (10/01/2008) for Windows XP 64-bit, and Server 2003 32-bit and below. These drivers will provide you with a barebones sound setup for your system. If you find that you're missing some of the Realtek control panel features, you can install the appropriate driver over the top of this one. Bear in mind, however, that the Realtek Driver download is 18mb for XP/2k3 and 30mb for Vista, and will load far more libraries into memory on bootup and during day-to-day use of your PC; on a netbook, the performance hit that this can cause can be sizable. Either slipstream using nLite or install using "Have Disk..." from Device Manager (devmgmt.msc); it works for me, and it should work for any Realtek HD Audio chipset - your mileage may vary. Enjoy! Download: (7-zip archive, 2.54mb) Hotfile - Rapidshare