Editor's note: This article and Part 1 provide an overview of the Intel HD Audio system. It is excerpted from the book Intel HD Audio for the Digital Home published by Intel Press. This excerpt is ...

Recently several users have been making a lot of noise about issues relating to Intel Smart Sound Technology. Apparently, the driver has stopped their computer audio from working, so the question ...

I actually experienced the exact same issue with my Windows 8 install on an ASRock CoreHT 252B Mini PC, which acts as my HTPC. Probably the same or similar as you, I'm outputting both video and audio ...