Problem installing Intel Desktop Board DG965SS Audio Driver (IDT* 92XX) in Windows 7

I had problems with Intel IDT Audio drivers in Windows 7. Intel doesn't plan to make any updates for DG965SS drivers including Intel IDT sound card driver. Drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista are available. Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx doesn't have any problems with this sound card as well. The only problem is that both Microsoft and Intel doesn't want to do anything to make sound card drivers work in Windows 7.

How to install IDT 92xx sound card drive in Windows 7:

1. Go to Intel support web-site and download sound card drivers for Windows Vista. I downloaded AUD_allOS_D20001.0x_PV_IDTGUI_v105_Legacy.exe.
2. Run AUD_allOS_D20001.0x_PV_IDTGUI_v105_Legacy.exe and it will unpack all files to some folder like C:\Drivers\Sound\IDT\.
3. Navigate to the folder you extracted your drivers to. Then go to the WDM folder and to the Vista folder..
4. In the Vista folder find the stwrt64.INI and stwrt.INI files and open them with a text editor like Windows Notepad. Then remove the following from them:
   

   &subsys_######

   
   but leave the "=" and next characters,
   
   Example:
   

   HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7680=I3.INI

   Note: I opened both files with Notepad++. Then used the following regular expression to remove "&subsys_######":
   

   \&SUBSYS_[A-Z0-9]+

5. Then launch setup.exe and install the driver.
6. Reboot your PC
7. Go to Control panel -> Sound -> Manage audio device -> Select the Speaker icon -> click onto Configure. Set 5.1 mode if needed.
   Note that Windows 7 shows Headphones as your default sound device. You may need to right click on the Speaker and set it as a default playing device.