Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [3]

sandyt · 2 Weeks Ago

If you are getting RPC errors, then go to task manager and make sure realtek universal audio service is enabled on startup. Your post also didn't tell us whether your motherboard comes with oem uad drivers and how you installed it (must use installer i.e. setup.exe). Do you have a motherboard with legacy driver and you are forcing it to install DCH drivers? That doesn't work.

What has HDA got to do with anything?

Fireberd (a member of this windows 10 board) back in Windows 7 days (on the previous windows 7 forum) had already figured it out that the reason why his gigabyte's realtek hd audio manager didn't have a 10 band EQ was because his gigabyte got soundblaster app which has the equalizer.

Realtek HD Audio: Equalizer not working properly - Windows 7 Forums

This is not new. It's been around for 15 years. It has nothing to do with HDA vs DCH drivers. If they give you 2 separate EQ then you will mistakenly enable both EQ at the same time and ruin your sound. This "there can be only one" rule is super simple to understand. If you have a premium audio computer, then the stock realtek EQ will be deleted and you have the premium EQ instead. Stop you rant about this simple to understand issue that will never be changed.

Quexos · 2 Weeks Ago

sandyt said:

What has HDA got to do with anything?

Fireberd (a member of this windows 10 board) back in Windows 7 days (on the previous windows 7 forum) had already figured it out that the reason why his gigabyte's realtek hd audio manager didn't have a 10 band EQ was because his gigabyte got soundblaster app which has the equalizer.[/B]

Some of us prefer to NOT have "soundblaster app", "Nahimic" or whatever other third party "hijackers" they're using now. The HDA drivers have all the "features" they add included already (read: not disabled) without the use of buggy third party bloatware to restore it, or requiring a specific driver version for Winduhs $tore to download/install the control panel without the "error: 0x803FB005".

That's all. If someone prefers the mainboard maker + Windows store + third party (Nahimic, etc.) UAD driver stuff, and the grief it brings, knock yourself out.

HDA = All in one, just works, and done! I'm sure eventually we'll be forced to use UAD, but for now...

...and this is Realtek HDA 6.0.9326.1 on my AsRock B550 Pro4 that "requires/supports" Nahimic garbage:

sandyt · 2 Weeks Ago

If you installed your OEM HDA driver, then you would have experienced what Fireberd had --- the EQ would be missing. So this has nothing to do with HDA driver. Just because you were able to install SOME OTHER HDA driver on your motherboard doesn't mean HDA driver has anything to do with it. All it means is that you were able to bypass the OEM restrictions in the old regime and now you can't. But the OEM restriction regime has been around for at least 15 years, nothing to with with HDA vs DCH drivers.

It's called taking personal responsibilities.

First you bought a motherboard with nahimic (so the EQ got moved to nahimic). We told you the reason. Fool me once, shame on you.

Then you bought a new motherboard that clearly advertised to come with creative soundblaster app (so the EQ got moved to the soundblaster app). Fool me twice, shame on me.

Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [2]

If you want a plain realtek audio console app with all the features, then buy a motherboard that doesn't advertise to have these premium audio features.

testcy · 2 Weeks Ago

sandyt said:

If you want a plain realtek audio console app with all the features, then buy a motherboard that doesn't advertise to have these premium audio features.

Are premium audio features always advertised? For example, I read "Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio" in the specifications of one of the cheapest B650 motherboards. Should this be avoided as such?

Rekart · 2 Weeks Ago

Quexos said:

Yeah, most people do, it is, but thought I'd throw it out there. My main suggestion would be to stick to the HDA drivers, because they are 100% stand alone and contain all the parts, control panel, effects, etc., without having to fight with Windows Store + some buggy third party app (Nihimic, Creative) to get your EQ, Loudness EQ and/or effects.

Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [3]

+rant
Hopefully this nonsense marketing gimmick trend of trying to disguise a cheap, but perfectly capable Realtek Chip as some "high end gamery audio device" via forcing hijacking of it's features by some third party "malware", will friggin' F/O and die soon!

Typical marketing crap:
"Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5!"
A new world of cinematic audio that delivers unprecedented levels of audio realism, dynamics and blah blah blah, B.S. blah blah. Blink blink, flash flash...

- Translation: Buggy, badly made third party crap must be installed to confuse the $#i% out of everyone, hijack, then restore the built in but disabled "enhancements" tab in an inferior, intrusive way compared to the original HDA drivers that just worked, because we think you're too stupid to know it's just the same Realtek chip we've been using for decades, that works completely fine without all the extra nonsense! "Look! Shiny!!1"
/rant

Thanks I will try with the installer this link
FF00 HDA 6.0.9326.1 non-whql - 03/15/2022, with installer.

sandyt said:

If you are getting RPC errors, then go to task manager and make sure realtek universal audio service is enabled on startup. Your post also didn't tell us whether your motherboard comes with oem uad drivers and how you installed it (must use installer i.e. setup.exe). Do you have a motherboard with legacy driver and you are forcing it to install DCH drivers? That doesn't work.

What has HDA got to do with anything?

Fireberd (a member of this windows 10 board) back in Windows 7 days (on the previous windows 7 forum) had already figured it out that the reason why his gigabyte's realtek hd audio manager didn't have a 10 band EQ was because his gigabyte got soundblaster app which has the equalizer.

Realtek HD Audio: Equalizer not working properly - Windows 7 Forums

This is not new. It's been around for 15 years. It has nothing to do with HDA vs DCH drivers. If they give you 2 separate EQ then you will mistakenly enable both EQ at the same time and ruin your sound. This "there can be only one" rule is super simple to understand. If you have a premium audio computer, then the stock realtek EQ will be deleted and you have the premium EQ instead. Stop you rant about this simple to understand issue that will never be changed.

My mother is h310m h
https://www.gigabyte.com/ar/Motherbo...H-rev-10-13#kf
when I tried to install the universal realtek service from the device manager, I got a warning that no compatible hardware was found.

sandyt · 2 Weeks Ago

Install dch driver with installer only. You cannot install using device manager.

EddieTan · 2 Weeks Ago

Lucky for me I using my favorite JBL Quantum Duo gaming speakers which deliver solid bass and sound for my home gaming desktop

sandyt · 2 Weeks Ago

testcy said:

Are premium audio features always advertised? For example, I read "Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio" in the specifications of one of the cheapest B650 motherboards. Should this be avoided as such?

When's the last time you buy anything and I mean anything --- breakfast cereal --- that doesn't advertise that they include an add on (like a toy in the breakfast cereal box)?

They will always advertise because they want to charge you more money on a premium product.

My position --- a 10 band EQ is a 10 band EQ --- they have been around for 60-70 years. It's a bunch of marketing BS to tell you that one 10 band EQ is better than the other 10 band EQ. So it's not worth the money to buy these "premium audio" products. The flip side of the coin is that Quexos' dozen step process to ditch the new DCH drivers and install legacy HDA drivers AND to mod the registry to get back his stock realtek EQ is equally dubious as Quexos is insisting that the realtek stock 10 band EQ is somehow better than the nahimic 10 band EQ.

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Rekart said:

My mother is h310m h
H310M H (rev. 1.0/1.3) Key Features | Tarjetas Madre - GIGABYTE Argentina
when I tried to install the universal realtek service from the device manager, I got a warning that no compatible hardware was found.

You have to install the gigabyte oem driver first and must install using the installer exe (setup.exe). Then run Microsoft Store to pull the realtek audio console app. Only after you install the OEM realtek audio driver, then you can update the various software components. Read my sticky tutorial.

Quexos · 2 Weeks Ago

sandyt said:

The flip side of the coin is that Quexos' dozen step process to ditch the new DCH drivers and install legacy HDA drivers AND to mod the registry to get back his stock realtek EQ is equally dubious as Quexos is insisting that the realtek stock 10 band EQ is somehow better than the nahimic 10 band EQ.

Nope. A 10 band EQ is a 10 band EQ (I never said anything about that), which is why we don't need Nahimic. I never said install HDA and modify the registry. Using HDA means you don't need to. The registry changes are for using the UAD/DCH driver without Nahimic, but it also works for a plug-n-play SybaSonic DAC SD-DAC63118 that uses a default Windows driver.

Let me try to clarify my "position" on this. I'm not saying any way is right or wrong, just tossing out options I have found to work well with advantage/disadvantages of each.

A lot of the manufacturer's web sites call the UAD/DCH drivers they provide, "HDA Audio driver", but they are not "HDA"! As for all that about not buying a board that includes Nahimic, Creative, etc. I don't think there are any without it any more. Even if there are, they may not have other things you need, M.2 Slots, good power stage, etc. so we get the board we need and do what we can do...

#1. Helping people sort this one out is sandyt's department, I don't "go there".
You can use the UAD driver any newer mainboard manufacturer will provide, then fight with Windows Store to get the console/control panel, then install a third party app like Nahimic (depends on which your board supports) to restore the Enhancements/Effects, usually in an inferior or buggy/crashy way. I said nothing about this 10 band EQ vs that one. One thing I know to be inferior (the only "effect" I use) is the Loudness EQ (basically compression with a lot of hidden settings). In the third party apps it is tuned badly and constantly turns itself up and down at the wrong time during a movie. Nahimic is notorious for causing crashing in games.

#2. My preferred method. You can use a generic HDA Realtek driver ( will be ~120+ MB, like we all used to do before the marketing nonsense started) on any board with Realtek codec that I have seen so far. In that case, the control panel and all effects remain where they belong, in the Realtek driver. No need for any Windows Store, Third Party apps, registry modding or anything else.

#3. In the off case, or future scenario where we can no longer use #2 HDA drivers: You can add registry settings to restore the Enhancements Tab after installing a basic UAD driver via device manager with no Windows Store Control panel or third party "malware". To my knowledge this will not get you any "10 band EQ", just the Loudness EQ (compressor) and couple others I never use, but it's better than nothing.

#4. If the above doesn't work, I would simply install my Xonar SE, or one of the many USB audio devices I own, but NO WAY in HELL would I install anything from M$ $tore or marketing gimmicks from Nahimic and Co. If you want to, knock yourself out! See you in the threads about games crashing and sound stuttering, and popping later.

Rekart said:

My motherboard is h310m h
https://www.gigabyte.com/ar/Motherbo...H-rev-10-13#kf
when I tried to install the universal realtek service from the device manager, I got a warning that no compatible hardware was found.

I did not see any reference to Nihimic or any of the usual third party things. Just a little "high end capacitor" bragging. I wonder if the UAD/DCH driver + Windows Store Console app would give you "Enhancements" that are missing from the boards that do use Nihimic, etc. or if you'd just be left without?

They list a bunch of driver versions, one "for DCH" and several just saying "Realtek HD Audio Driver", but all are ~30 MB or less, meaning they are all DCH/UAD. That is the stuff I avoid. Not sure what you'd get in your case with a Gigabyte board that does not partner up with a third party for Effects?

Rekart · 2 Weeks Ago

sandyt said:

You have to install the gigabyte oem driver first and must install using the installer exe (setup.exe). Then run Microsoft Store to pull the realtek audio console app. Only after you install the OEM realtek audio driver, then you can update the various software components. Read my sticky tutorial.

I download and install Realtek HD Audio Driver for DCH 6.0.9313.1 from gigabyte website, then i download
6.0.9658.1 UAD (all OEM) (Windows - Client, version 21H2 and later, Servicing Drivers, Windows - Client, version 21H2 and later, Upgrade & Servicing Drivers). Work fine the update but when i went back to the store to update the real audio console, there was no update.

Quexos said:

I did not see any reference to Nihimic or any of the usual third party things. Just a little "high end capacitor" bragging. I wonder if the UAD/DCH driver + Windows Store Console app would give you "Enhancements" that are missing from the boards that do use Nihimic, etc. or if you'd just be left without?

They list a bunch of driver versions, one "for DCH" and several just saying "Realtek HD Audio Driver", but all are ~30 MB or less, meaning they are all DCH/UAD. That is the stuff I avoid. Not sure what you'd get in your case with a Gigabyte board that does not partner up with a third party for Effects?

There is no improvement in the real audio console, it is the same as having the old realtek control. I know there are some "AAF Optimus" mode drivers that unlock things like nahmic, dolby, dts, sound blaster, but I don't trust it.