Friday, June 5, 2020

Modded AC97 Windows 95 Drivers

Unofficial AC97 Windows 95 Driver Backport


Later AC97 can now hold Windows 95 support thanks to Carlos S. M.'s hard work! Carlos, a very strong retro enthusiast has modified the INF files of existing Windows 98 AC97 drivers to work on Windows 95. Try these drivers for an Advance Logic/Realtek or C-Media motherboard!

Features

Advance Logic/Realtek AC97:
Supported codecs: ALC100, ALC100P, ALC101, ALC200, ALC201, ALC201A, ALC202, ALC202A, ALC203, ALC650, ALC653, ALC655, ALC658, ALC850
Supported chipset/southbridges: Intel ICH0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7, VIA VT82C686A/B, VIA VT8231/VT8233/VT8235/VT8237, SiS 630/730, SiS 961/962/962/964/965/966, nVidia nForce 1/2/3/4, ATI IXP/SB up to SB600

C-Media AC97:
Supported codecs: CMI9738?, CMI9739?, CMI9761, CMI9780
Supported chipset/southbridges: Intel ICH0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7, VIA VT82C686A/B, VIA VT8231/VT8233/VT8235/VT8237, SiS 630/730, SiS 961/962/962/964/965/966, nVidia nForce 1/2/3/4, ATI IXP/SB up to SB600

Requirements:
Windows 95 or later

Instructions:
1) Unzip desired driver
2) Go to control panel, then select system
3) Select device manager
4) Select your audio device
5) Update driver; direct to unzipped files!

Notes:
**Carlos' original topic can be found here!
**These drivers were not tested on Windows 98/ME. In theory, they should work.

Components (zipped inside 95AC97):
0001-VXD_A406
9738-9761 Win95
**Total file is 25.0 MB

Screenshots:

https://mega.nz/file/6pxj1Dqa#BQAuFq5OCeileYcex1V3yOV0jmzzDhV_HCCYi4u-O38