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Mon, 04/10/2010 - 09:56 — egyember

If you install Windows 7 guest in Virtualbox, there is no sound even after you installed any Virtualbox drivers. This short article will help you fix this issue. The problem is, that there is no driver in Windows 7 for the audio hardware Virtualbox emulates. You will need to download the Realtek AC97 Audio Codec Driver to fix this issue.

1) Set you Virtualbox Audio settings as follows:

Host Driver:

PulseAudio

Controller:

ICH AC97

2) Install the Virtualbox Guest Additions

3) Download the Realtek AC97 Audio driver here: http://goo.gl/YS92

4) Install the audio driver.

5) Restart Windows 7

Audio should now work after restart. Cheers!

Tested in VirtualBox 3.x - also works in VirtualBox 4.x

Comments

Mon, 20/06/2011 - 21:10 — JV (not verified)

Didn't work for me. I'm on an

Didn't work for me. I'm on an ASUS using an Intel i5. I would love to hear of others having this same issue.

Thanks.
Mon, 14/03/2011 - 23:53 — dusi (not verified)

It did not work for me. The

It did not work for me. The driver installs, W7 does not complain, applications look like they played sound but no sound is coming out... oh well, it seems that I will have to live without the sound in W7.
Thu, 13/01/2011 - 23:09 — medhatshow (not verified)

thank u and i setup driver

thank u and i setup driver and it work fine

Sun, 19/12/2010 - 03:20 — Anonymous (not verified)

work really good TQ

work really good TQ
Sun, 14/11/2010 - 12:54 — Vlada Veliki (not verified)

and my problem is solved too

and my problem is solved too :)
tnx a loot :)
Fri, 05/11/2010 - 06:38 — miro (not verified)

wow this fixed my prob.

wow this fixed my prob. thanks!

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