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Hi all - a friend of the family asked me to update their old Acer laptop to Win10...it was running Win7 before (it's an Acer Aspire 7720).
I have everything working (including sound), except the mic. Sound seems to be running off Microsoft's generic drivers at the moment, but the built-in mic gives nothing but static. I'm hoping installing some actual Realtek drivers would do the trick to get the sound working, but am hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
I know somebody had a tool for telling you the appropriate Realtek drivers for your laptop on here awhile back, but I can't seem to find it.
The Hardware ID for the sound card, as listed by Device Manager is:
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1025011E&REV_1000
Anybody have any ideas what drivers I would need to find to get the mic working again?
Thanks! :)
It's probably ddelo's Thread you are thinking about ( link below) but on a laptop that old I doubt it is using DCH drivers so you'll need a HDA Driver for the Audio Chipset in it eg AL 889 etc. a place to start maybe Necacom
Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) Version 6.0.8934.1 WHQL (necacom.net)
ddelo's Powershell Script Thread:
Determine the DCH (UAD) Realtek driver needed for your Audio - Windows 10 Forums (tenforums.com)
I think it may have been, but I just managed to solve it - mic working now! :)
I just Googled the Hardware ID and then downloaded the first drivers I found...they worked perfectly, haha! :)
Thanks though!
MoKiChU's ASUS RealTek UAD driver list has an update to v6.0.9045.1
[DRIVERS] Realtek Audio (MB | Intel 2xx/3xx/4xx & AMD 3xx/4xx/5xx) - Page 48
I am trying them out now...
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ok everything is working fine...
at first I couldn't figure out why I had no sound at all.. LOL I forgot I powered down my speakers because I was playing Unreal Tournament 2004 while talking to my Dad on the phone (speaker mode)... so all good now..
This happens to me if I switch over to my headset for a bit, and my soundbar auto shutsdown after 10-15 minutes without a signal, then I want to switch back to it, and forget that it shutoff, and forget that it does it automatically.
By the way, I think 9045 is my new favorite now. My last go-to favorite was 8867 for the longest time, but this one is even closer to HDMI passt-hrough quality.
Hi!
What is the latest version of HDA drivers that support speaker fill enhancement etc?
The last official drivers from realtek (2.82) do work with all enhancements but the security flaws are not patched on those, right?
I tried various drivers from windows update catalog, station drivers etc.
Either they don't work (no audio is played, error playing test sound, not possible to change any settings -> format not supported by device) or they are missing the enhancements.
The UAD drivers (released by PAL?) do seem to work but it seems like they give a huge fps drop in games?
I also don't like to use the DCH drivers apps (is it NVIDIA, Realtek or what ever...)
I use LTSC version of windows, so there I no store -> no automatic updates.
The Apps work fine though... if the setup of driver installs it....
But meh.. Who uses window store + apps anyway?
I found a newer version (HDA 8838 FF00, 12/11/2019) that works fine (all enhancement working) but this version is also not patched to fix the most recent security flaws, right?
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Sorry, i don't know how to edit my post :|
I just wanted to add 8918 also has the speaker fill and other enhancements working.
By searching around the internet, it seems like many people have this problem.
Maybe this info is useful for someone.
If memory serves me: Security vulnerability fixed in HDA ver.8857 or newer.
What main-board do you have? Curious because the last driver I found that had all the features intact (including "Make front and rear output devices play two different audio streams simultaneously") on my ASRock B450 Gaming K4 with ALC892, was HDA 6.0.1.8328.
I can get the other Enhancements Tab (EQ, Loudness EQ, etc.) all the way up to HDA 6.0.8978.1, the last one I tried. It's just missing "Make front and rear output devices play two different audio streams simultaneously" so I have to physically unplug my front headphones in order to use the rear output to my receiver rather than just change the default output.