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I have a Lenovo/IBM desktop M55 8810 Win XP Pro SP3.

I have the error for the "HDA Audio Bus Driver Required but Not Found." when trying to install the required sound drivers for the computer.

I've tried the other fixes I've found and I get the error "The packjage you are trying install detects a higher service pack than this package."

Any ideas...

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Quick summary and what usually causes this on XP: the “HDA Audio Bus Driver required but not found” message most often means the system is missing the Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) / High Definition Audio class support that XP-era vendor installers expect, or the vendor installer is refusing to run because it detects an OS/service-pack mismatch. was right to flag video-card HDMI audio as a possible extra HDA device; was also right to check the vendor install instructions and readme. The Microsoft UAA/HD Audio class details explain why that bus driver must be present before some vendor drivers will attach to the codec. (Microsoft UAA article)

Checklist and practical steps to try (in roughly this order):

  1. Open Device Manager -> View -> Show hidden devices. Look under System devices for any “Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio” or under Other devices / Sound, video and game controllers for “Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus” / unknown audio entries. If UAA is missing, install the UAA/UAA hotfix first (see Microsoft note above).
  2. If the vendor setup refuses to run (service-pack check), extract the downloaded driver package (use 7‑Zip/WinRAR to unpack) and install via Device Manager using “Update Driver” -> “Install from a list or specific location” -> “Have Disk...” and point to the folder with the .inf. This bypasses some installer OS checks. Intel’s have‑disk procedure documents the exact steps. (Have-disk install instructions)
  3. If a GPU/card provides HDMI audio you’ll also see an HDA device tied to the video driver; install the GPU vendor package (or temporarily disable the GPU audio device) and then re-run the audio driver install if needed. See Microsoft’s HD Audio DDI notes for how bus/codec drivers interact. (HD Audio DDI)

Other quick checks: confirm onboard audio is enabled in BIOS, uninstall any broken/unknown audio entries before reattempting, and use the exact XP/SP3 driver package listed for the M55 on Lenovo’s support pages if available. ()

If those steps still fail, using a small USB sound adapter is a low-effort workaround on an older XP machine.

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Where did you get the drivers you have tried from?

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The drivers I have tried were from the following, each with their own type but all with the same end result.

HP
Microsoft
Lenovo

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I have a Lenovo/IBM desktop M55 8810 Win XP Pro SP3.

I have the error for the "HDA Audio Bus Driver Required but Not Found." when trying to install the required sound drivers for the computer.

I've tried the other fixes I've found and I get the error "The packjage you are trying install detects a higher service pack than this package."

Any ideas...

Yes, the video card drivers have a built-in HDA audio that needs a driver, look-up the video card on your system and then check Lenovo website for a "newer" driver.

Let us know, if this fixes it.

Topbarhive

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try this link below hope it will work..


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No this still came up with the same error as before with the missing HDA Driver.

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Did you check out the install instructions that Lenovo provide as a .txt file?

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Yes I did. Still the same result after doing it again.

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So, did you ask them for the patch?

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Still received the same problem. The install goes fine and the comp restarts but i try to install the driver itself for the audio i have on the computer and it still fails on the HDA error.

The download from the previous link and I've tried the suggestions from Lenovo but they failed.

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Are you doing a new installation of windows or is it one you have had on it for a while? If it's an old install, did the audio work previously?

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The audio never worked for the six months that i was using this station since i've had no need for it now that i have been asked to do audio editing and video snip editing i now have a need to have it. I looked under device manager and it shows nothing wrong and all audio devices installed and working properly but when i go to control panel and view the audio menu i get a screen stating that no audio devices are installed. All audio devices are integrated with the motherboard and should work just fine since the computer is not really that old and i've been using a laptop for my work instead but i need to computer to work for me.

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Some sound devices will only show up properly if speakers are connected to them! Just an idea!

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And yet i'm just trying to use the audio jack in the front for a headset since i would like to edit the files peacefully in the office. But i do have a set of small speakers attached but they don get power from an external source.

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Try plugging the headphones in the back audio socket.

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I have still received nothing from the computer when i have the headphones plugged in the back.

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Well, now that I don't need to have sound on this computer anymore, ya'll can ponder on this subject as now it is an object taken to the back burner. Hope you all have a good day.

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