diff --git a/kernel/src/Drivers/Init.cpp b/kernel/src/Drivers/Init.cpp
index b03cfbb..9541f08 100644
--- a/kernel/src/Drivers/Init.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/Drivers/Init.cpp
@@ -149,15 +149,20 @@ namespace Drivers {
             ProbeNvme,
         },
         // Order 7: Intel HDA — Normal phase, match vendor=0x8086 + class=0x04 (Multimedia)
-        //          SubClass 0x03 = "Audio device" = HD Audio controller.
-        //          SubClass 0x01 = "Multimedia audio controller" = legacy AC'97
-        //          (e.g. VirtualBox 8086:2415), which is NOT HDA and has an I/O
-        //          BAR, not an MMIO BAR — do NOT match it here.
+        //          SubClass 0x03 = "Audio device" (plain HD Audio controller).
+        //          SubClass 0x01 = "Multimedia audio controller": on modern
+        //          laptops this is the SAME HDA controller enumerated with the
+        //          audio DSP (Smart Sound Technology) enabled, so it MUST be
+        //          matched — restricting to 0x03 made the speakers vanish with
+        //          no HDA logs at all. Legacy AC'97 (e.g. VirtualBox 8086:2415)
+        //          also reports 0x01, but it exposes an I/O-space BAR0:
+        //          ReadBar0 returns 0 for I/O BARs and Probe rejects it
+        //          cleanly, so matching it here is harmless.
         {
             "IntelHDA",
             0x8086,                         // VendorId (Intel)
             0x04,                           // ClassCode (Multimedia)
-            0x03,                           // SubClass (0x03 = HD Audio; excludes AC'97 0x01)
+            0xFF,                           // SubClass (any — 0x03 HDA, 0x01 HDA-with-DSP; AC'97 rejected by BAR check)
             0xFF,                           // ProgIf (any)
             nullptr,
             0,