Satellite Pro A200-1MI - no sound under WXP

I downgraded from Vista to XP and after that I have no sound, I installed sound drivers from official Toshiba driver's site and still nothing. Also tried this one: http://www.programs.pl/program,739,1.html.
Anyone have some sollution to this problem?

Finally, my sound works! I'm not sure if i remember everything but i'll try to explain how did i do that:
1. Open your Device manager and do everything as Miseik wrote.
2. If your sound still doesnt work open Device manager and find Unknown device (or something like that) in System device.
3. If you dont have Unknown device in System device there must be PCI device under Another devices tab. Right click on it and chose Uninstal. Uninstall it and restart your notebook. Now, you will probably have Unknown device in System device tab. (we are still working in Device manager. I have another language on my notebook so I'm trying to translate)
4.Double click on Unknown device and chose upgrade driver or install driver (button is found under Driver tab) . Chose "No, not now" ( or sth like that). Now chose Install for seznam... (for advanced users). Now check "Dont search, I will chose driver to install" (it's last option, I rly dunno whats there in english). Now click on botton "from floppy". Go to folder where you installed driver. (probably C:\\Program files\Realtek\InstallShield) Click on file HDA and than click on button Open. Click on OK.
5. While installing it will ask you for some files, they're found probably in C:\\Program files\Realtek... or in folder with downloaded driver.
6.After installing it will show blue window (Sound manager). then it will ask you for a file called AGRSM.sys I dunno whats that but sound works without it. Restart your notebook and sound should work now.
I hope this will help to every1 who has problems. If not, keep trying like me, you can be lucky ;-) .
Thanks to Miseik, i wouldn't be abble to make it without your post :-)

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IDE Device 3 None
IDE Device 4 None
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Satellite Pro A200-1MN
PSAE4E-01R00WEN
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