Determine the HDA Realtek driver needed for your Audio

Hello - having issues getting alc889 to work in windows 10. audio works great in win7 with the hda driver from supermicro but under windows 10 no sound at all from speakers or front panel headphones.

Been looking through the various posts and have tried hda drivers (supermicro ftp: 6873, 8496, 8988; realtek: r281, r282; stationdrivers: 9018; mochiku 9057; muc: 9065) as well as uad drivers but still no sound output. If anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it!

Here's output from the powershell script with the original win7 drivers (6.0.1.6873):

Device HWID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS_15D9062A&REV_1000
Audio CODEC: ALC889

Realtek Driver Version: 6.0.1.6873 (HDA)
Proposed HDA driver : Supermicro specific - Multiple Integrations
INF needed to install : hdxrt.inf

-------------------------------------------------------
FF01 - Fortemedia (FMAPO) Integration
-------------------------------------------------------
FMAPO64.dll
FMAPP.exe

-------------------------------------------------------
FF03 - Nahimic Integration
-------------------------------------------------------


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FF04 - Conexant (CXAPO) Integration
-------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------
FF06 - MaxxAudio Integration
-------------------------------------------------------
MaxxAudioAPO20.dll
MaxxAudioAPO30.dll
MaxxAudioAPO4064.dll
MaxxAudioAPO5064.dll
MaxxAudioAPOShell64.dll
MaxxAudioEQ64.dll
MaxxAudioRealtek64.dll
MaxxVolumeSDAPO.dll
WavesGUILib64.dll

Hi!
Repairing an ASUS F556UA.
Inititally, it stuck in a BIOS loop. Audio was working.
Turns out, if you press down below the alt key, the connector that has flexed loose will make contact and things will work again.

So, this sub board has the hdd controller, a connector for the speaker bar, and another connector for another sub board with a USB 3.0, headphone, and card reader on it.

I replace the OEM version 2 with a version 3.1 and replace the damaged hard drive. Success!

... except now the thing crashes on a realtek audio dll. So, I completely uninstall the sound stuff in the device manager, clear out the registry and the driver stores.

Go to reinstall, and windows cannot find the card, period. The hard drive is working, the sub board usb works. No pop or click putting a headphone into the jack.

I tried the powershell script, but it says this box doesn't use a realtek driver. I know it's a realtek chip; it has the crab on it, and the 2.0 is an ALC 3236.

Does the script interrogate the chip similar to how the device manager populates the hardware ID field?
Is there something else that can talk to the chip and tell me if it is responding?

thanks in advance, I've donated about as much time as I can on this.

Device Manager does not see an audio device.

I even tried 'add legacy device', and of course, scan for hardware changes. I know the motherboard is talking to that sound board, because it provides hard drive, dvd, and usb, but it could be one bad pin keeping it away from the sound chip.

Thanks!

Needed to update the bios to get sound working.

zsm said:

Hello - having issues getting alc889 to work in windows 10. audio works great in win7 with the hda driver from supermicro but under windows 10 no sound at all from speakers or front panel headphones.

Been looking through the various posts and have tried hda drivers (supermicro ftp: 6873, 8496, 8988; realtek: r281, r282; stationdrivers: 9018; mochiku 9057; muc: 9065) as well as uad drivers but still no sound output. If anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it!

Here's output from the powershell script with the original win7 drivers (6.0.1.6873):

Device HWID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS_15D9062A&REV_1000
Audio CODEC: ALC889

Realtek Driver Version: 6.0.1.6873 (HDA)
Proposed HDA driver : Supermicro specific - Multiple Integrations
INF needed to install : hdxrt.inf

-------------------------------------------------------
FF01 - Fortemedia (FMAPO) Integration
-------------------------------------------------------
FMAPO64.dll
FMAPP.exe

-------------------------------------------------------
FF03 - Nahimic Integration
-------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------
FF04 - Conexant (CXAPO) Integration
-------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------
FF06 - MaxxAudio Integration
-------------------------------------------------------
MaxxAudioAPO20.dll
MaxxAudioAPO30.dll
MaxxAudioAPO4064.dll
MaxxAudioAPO5064.dll
MaxxAudioAPOShell64.dll
MaxxAudioEQ64.dll
MaxxAudioRealtek64.dll
MaxxVolumeSDAPO.dll
WavesGUILib64.dll

Hello and thanks for the scripts, I used RealtekAudioDriverIntegration but it outputs lots of errors

Also it claims my codec is different from what I actually have.


Audio device Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168&SUBSYS_10438724&REV_1000
Realtek Audio CODEC : ALC1168


My codec is actually ALC1220 since its a z270 motherboard Asus tuf mark 1 to be precise which is how its identified in the reatek audio gui about



So IDK what exactly Ive done wrong but heres hoping someone can shed some light.

Here are the errors generated while running the said script.


PS D:\Downloads> Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose
you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic at
https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. Do you want to change the execution policy?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): y
PS D:\Downloads> .\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1
Get-WindowsDriver : The requested operation requires elevation.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:32 char:11
+ $Driver = Get-WindowsDriver -Online | where {$_.ProviderName -Match ' ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-WindowsDriver], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.GetWindowsDriverCommand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:34 char:31
+ $DriverInf = Split-Path -Path $Driver.OriginalFileName -Leaf
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand


Audio device Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168&SUBSYS_10438724&REV_1000
Realtek Audio CODEC : ALC1168
Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:109 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:109 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:109 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:109 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:118 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:118 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:118 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:118 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:127 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:136 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:145 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand

Split-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At D:\Downloads\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1:154 char:84
+ ... ion += Get-ChildItem -Path (Split-Path $Driver.OriginalFileName) $_ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Split-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCo
mmand


The Audio device is controlled by Realtek Audio driver version (HDA) with No Integration (Generic)
Proposed HDA driver : FF00
INF needed for installation:


ddelo said:

@youzername

You need to run the script from an elevated Powershell console, i.e run it as Administrator.

AH, that takes care of errors, still it misidentifies the audio codec. It detects


Audio device Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168&SUBSYS_10438724&REV_1000
Realtek Audio CODEC : ALC1168

The Audio device is controlled by Realtek Audio driver version 6.0.9071.1 (HDA) with No Integration (Generic)
Proposed HDA driver : FF00
INF needed for installation: hdxrt.inf


ALC1168 is incorrect, it should be ALC1220 in my case.


Also re: RealtekAudioDriverCompatibility.ps1

It says


PS D:\Downloads> .\RealtekAudioDriverCompatibility.ps1

No '.inf' file found in the provided location, for the Audio device: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168&SUBSYS_10438724


However in the path it requests contains HDXRT.inf and it inded supports my card which is HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168

"Realtek High Definition Audio" = IntcAzAudModel, HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1168

I was indeed running as admin this time on both scripts. Hope this is helpful for you to debug issues.