No sound device found G6 2103AX running XP

Hi...my very very elderly aunt bought the G6 2103AX laptop but just couldnt get her head around Windows 7
and asked me to install Win XP on it. Rather than wipe win 7 i set up a seperate partition
with XP on it...and after much work and many hours got it all up and running with the exception of sound.
Try as i might the laptop says no audio device detected and i cant find anything on line in the way of drivers that will make it work. I even did the add new device thing under control panel and it says it finds the HD audio and does some installing
(well it did it once) but still nothing shows up under audio devices. No volume icon in try. The sound card section
of device manager shows shows AMD high def audio device and says its working but the sound section of control panel shows nothing. Please help me as she has spent alot of money on this laptop and it has sat for nearly a year
un used as she cant fathom win 7 and is too old to learn (well i dont think so but she has convinced herself its too hard)
Im desperate to get this going for her as to be honest i just want to be rid of it and i cant give it back with no sound as she
wont be able to do much with it. is there ANYTHING you can recommend?  many thanks

Hi
Officially, You will not get any drivers for xp for your system on hp website..
you can try another source as specified below.. hope it helps!
go to your device manager and see can you see some devices named " unknows devices"
if yes then >
Try following some steps
go to your device manager > right click on unknown devices > go to  Properties > then Details tag 
select from drop down list called  Hardware ID's (PCI\VEN...) Copy it via right click...
and search it according to it on google or any serch engine you will get the right drivers..
here are the print shoot of process!
Hope it helps!
if still not getting your driver with this then post your hardware id and will try to help!
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