Vista - Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

My MB has Realtek HD audio onboard I ended up diabling and buying a sound card with it enabled I had the following issues.
Computer reset button would not work would make the lights just sit and blinkk on my video card. All overclocking functions of my motherboard would not accept any changes other than factory default would reset them back everytime. And I would constantly get lag sound It was horrible I dont know if it was a combination of maybe my video card with the sound or just the drivers either way I ended up disabling it and buying a new sound card your always better off not using on board sound anyway. After disabling all my problems went away

I'm running R1.72 (though R1.76 is out on the Realtek page (Realtek)

Everything works fine except that front panel, works, but doesn't auto detect. Very strange there. Again, mic and headphones both work great through the first panel, but the system doesn't auto-detect it. No matter - I disable autodetection anyway, because I want my headphones and rear output on separate channels (I only use the headphones for IM/phone calls).

I find that setup most useful. Advanced Settings "Untie front and rear outputs" then in the box you've been discussing, disable front panel detection. It will be on all the time now. You can configure your communication apps accordingly. I prefer setting skype to ring through the back, but use the headphones for calls..


Rob Redbeard

How exactly are you doing this? the problem is.. I have no front "jacks" that i can use. But on XP... it was able to detect if i had a headphone or what... Is there a way i can manually ASSIGN what i have installed?

I've been having Realtek Driver issues ever since I switched to Vista64 and with these newest drivers it's the same problem.

No sound from center/sub only get sound from front/back left/right.

Could I be installing the drivers wrong? You said you needed to install twice, once to uninstall and once to install? I ran setup several times it didnt say anything about uninstalling it's the same routine everytime.

I noticed theres other folders in that driver download, a vista64 folder and a plain vista, is there something else to do when installing these or am I missing something?

Hi Talon191,

Welcome to the forum.

All you need to do is run the Setup file. It will install what it needs from the vista64 folder. To make sure that you have the latest version installed, look in Device Manager and click on the Sound, Video, and Controllers listing and then the Realtek High Definition Audio device. Make sure you have driver version 6.0.1.5477 under the Driver tab. If not, you will need to install the driver again.

Well, of course (haha), double check to make sure everything is plugged in properly.

In the Control Panel (Classic View), double check your settings under the Speakers tab in the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Make sure that you have Speaker 5.1 selected under Speaker Configuration. Make sure that the Subwoofer, Center, and the other speakers are checked. Click OK to apply.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I reinstalled like you suggested and everythings working like a charm now Thanks!

Your welcome Talon191,

Glad to hear it is working now.

Shawn

I;ve been having this problem with the Realtek HD Audio device onboard my Asus P5K

Problem is that the sound, whether its on games, movies or music, the sound stutters and skips and crackles. I've pinned it down to my Graphic Card driver. Everytime I update the driver for my graphic card (8600 GTS), the problem occurs. I have the latest Realtek driver- but when I also update my graphic card driver, the problem persists

So, I am stuck using the old driver that came with the graphic card when I first bought it

Is anyone else having this problem? How can I solve this? It's driving me MAD!! Please help!

Thanks

Hi MyNameIs,

Welcome to the forum.

Not sure what the problem is from. Have you installed the lated BIOS and chipset drivers for your P5K?

Here is the link for them. Enter Motherboard (Select Product), LGA775 (Select Series), P5K (Select Models) at the link, and click Search.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Hope it helps,
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

Yes I do have the latest Bios (which was released some time ago!).

Edit: I just found out that its not actually the sound! I decided to play a game, (Colin Mcrae's DiRT) and since the menu screen is 3D and is always moving and flowing around, it paused for like a split second every 5 seconds, just like the sound was. So im suspecting it wasnt the sound driver that was causing this, but the Graphic card Driver itself! It causes my PC to crackle every 4-5 seconds for a split second