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HP Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler Driver Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
David
Tested on Windows XP
29 Dec 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Had REAL problems finding the right driver - found several on this site. The first one I found works great.. so far.... ;-) NOTE: My system identified the correct driver as "82801 DB/DBL - not "DBM""
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
DWAYNE

19 Jul 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"I AM SO HAPPY TO FOUND DRIVERGUIDE.COM"
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Lsdmeasap
Tested on Windows XP
11 Nov 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked perfect for a gateway XP, Driver exact name needed was "intel 82801db ich4 ac'97 audio controller" But this worked fine so must ne the one! Mother board I believe was Intel Rexburg"
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
JMD

24 Jul 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Worked on a HP Pavillion 514n running WIN XP Pro."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Josefo
Tested on Windows XP
5 Feb 2009
(4 weeks after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Have used in several systems and has yet to fail. seems very stable, but only time will tell"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Brad
Tested on Windows XP
4 Dec 2008
(5 months after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Driver worked great I keep coming back when I need more Drivers!"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Techsys
Tested on Windows XP
2 Jun 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Works on Pavilion 752c."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
fx

27 Apr 2005
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"didnt work with nx9005"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
vik
Tested on Windows XP
24 Apr 2005
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Used it on an Optronix mobo with onboard sound. Didn't work out. Better try the chip manufacturer."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Paul Madden

5 Apr 2005
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This driver worked for an emachine T1840 when the regular Avance AC97 would not. Thanks"
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
RB
Tested on Windows 98SE
26 Jan 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"6630, needed to download OS independent update for sound/audio on HP site for companion files driver install asks for."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Amaki

31 Oct 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Download and extract to folder."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
ryan

7 Oct 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"after searching many of the drivers. this one worked for me on Windows XP. I had deleted my Multimedia Audio Controller. This got my sound back. thank goodness."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
adam

6 Sep 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Worked great on my hp desktop model# 563w"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
rotnjhny
Tested on Windows XP
5 May 2010
(17 hours after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Needed this from Driver Guide in 2005. When I needed it again...seamless."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Al Castor
Tested on Windows XP
15 Apr 2010
(10 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Me funciono correctamente en win xp pro. GRACIAS"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Larry
Tested on Windows XP
4 Jul 2009
(10 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"download Ok but couldn't get it to work"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
antonio
Tested on Windows XP
1 Jul 2009
(7 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"driverguide is #1 site to download drivers"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hal
Tested on Windows XP
4 Jun 2009
(55 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"worked fine on a HP Pavilion 532w"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Klaus Jakobsen
Tested on Windows XP
21 Apr 2009
(3 minutes after download)
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Didn't fit my system - despite having the correct PnP ID in wdmaudio.inf"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
touchdown
Tested on Windows XP
6 Mar 2009
(2 months after download)
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Installs through device manager simple, easy and no surprises. Installed on HP Pavilion 542x."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Antvzwgin
Tested on Windows XP
19 Jan 2009
(2 months after download)
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked like a charm"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
david silva
Tested on Windows XP
27 Nov 2008
(18 hours after download)
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"didn't work for what I wanted, intel 82801 ich4"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
tangym
Tested on Windows XP
3 Aug 2008
(3 hours after download)
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Microphone does not work !"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
sb
Tested on Windows XP
5 Sep 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"thank you , a tremdous help !"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
MZucra

13 Aug 2007
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Driver is working fine!

Saved my skin...;)"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
thetpaingsoe

12 Jun 2007
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"now i got my color back

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
no mercy
Tested on Windows XP
26 May 2007
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"as good as always"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Julynn
Tested on Windows XP
21 May 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"The driver works great, it solved the issue, no problems to report. I would certainly recommend this driver."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Michael Lilly
Tested on Windows 2000 Professional
29 Oct 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 2 out of 5
 
"It turns out I didn't need this particular driver so I can't accurately rate how well it worked. I recommend it only because of it's ease of use."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alukard
Tested on Windows XP
21 Oct 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"the driver is not bad i work as sistem admin and it realy helped me"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
STIRFRYE53

16 Aug 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"could not open the file."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Russell
Tested on Windows XP
16 Aug 2006
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"This driver did not work."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kipkangor

28 Jun 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"was updating drivers and was very successful; thanks to driverguide

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Joe Mullen
Tested on Windows XP
21 Jun 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"driver worked well on system installed"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Cam Stewart

28 May 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Iwas looking for another file so it was an accidental download.But it seems to be working ,without problems"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
graham bond

24 May 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"could not install. think it is the wrong one"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
celi_byte
Tested on Windows XP
3 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This is the same file that is available from the HP site."
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
oe

13 Aug 2004
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"worked with 563w. excellent"
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Me

25 Jun 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"This driver worked perfect for me on HP Pavilion 763n. You just have to know what you are doing. Recommend highly. Thank you for uploading this file."
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
jon

11 Jun 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"excellent - installed & worked first time"
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
dan

16 Apr 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"seems to work ok so far at least i have sound now format hard drive on hp and of course no disks came with. thanks"
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Ernest

21 Mar 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked great,thanks so much"
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
janice

5 Apr 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Thanks, always find the drivers that work here!!"
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
John Tam
Tested on Windows XP
24 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 2 out of 5
 
"Seems not work on Compaq Presario 3907HK model. The built-in sound card of that computer is identified as Intel 82801DB ICH4 sometimes, and Realtek AC'97 sometimes. When installing using "Add hardware" dialog, it will ask for Realtek AC97 drivers in the middle of installation. However, picking the driver files of Realtek AC97 package may cause blue screen at near
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Robert
Tested on Windows 2000 Professional
23 Jan 2007
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked great, was hard to find this driver."
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Mike Ballard

29 Oct 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This driver worked well for me"
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Bill
Tested on Windows 98
22 May 2005
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"This didn't work on a Pavilion XE973!"
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Keene

16 Feb 2004
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Well...I downloaded it but I haven't got a CLUE as to how to install it."
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Chuck

1 Dec 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This driver also works with HP Pavilion 512c. The search is over! Let'um know. Thanx"
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