How to fix the SiS 7012 Fail To Install UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices -536870397 error
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This video will show you a workaround to fix the following error message when installing the SiS PCI Audio Driver Setup For SiS 7012 in Windows XP, normally encountered after downloading and extracting the a12112d.zip from the SiS website and then trying to run SETUP.EXE:
UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices
-536870397
SiS 7012 Audio Driver Setup - InstallShield Wizard
Fail to install audio driver for windows XP. Setup will exit.
Luckily, I myself had kept a ghost image backup of a previous Windows XP installation which was made when I still had the motherboard driver support CD handy (including its driver for this integrated sound card chipset.) Using Driver Genius, I created a new installer executable and put it on my Google Drive.
Download link for the Vinyl AC97 Codec Combo Driver (WAVE) for Microsoft Windows XP 32bit:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B4GpCp8cqxa6NHFWNnBJVVh0Q3c/edit?usp=sharing