Vista - Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

New driver, version R2.28, released.

2.28 is out? Blast darn it, I just downloaded 2.27 yesterday, lol!

~Ibrahim~

Thank you Dwarf. First post updated, and will finish the update when it is downloadable.

New Realtek HD Audio driver 2.29 version released, but the download links at Realtek are not quite working yet. See first post for more details.

I am sort of afraid to update as each and every time I do, the update does not work and creates many problems. I prefer to just keep with what I have that works fine. If there is a major benefit then by all means I will figure out the problems and spend the time to make it work. I just really hate spending the time to correct the download and work out the install problems in order to improve what works now. That is just me!

Ok, it is available and downloading now at Realtek.

Just installed the drivers successfully yesterday. First the old ones are installed followed by a reboot, then allow Vista to install drivers, then re-run the installation and reboot again. You can check by clicking the speaker icon to see what version you are running or from dxdiag and the sound tab.

The driver alone works perfectly with no problems.

Hi,

I have a problem here. I downloaded the latest drivers 2.29 (a zip file of size ~34mb that i downloaded from realtek website) and installed it. This is the first time I ever updated my audio drivers. After restarting, I observed the following scary changes:

1) I no longer see a realtek audio manager or that brown audio button on the bottom right system tray.

2) In the control panel I cant find any realtek related icons.

3) In the device manager, under 'sound, game, video controllers' - the sound driver's name is now high definition audio device instead of realtek high def audio device.

4) I no longer see a notification when I plugin my headphones. Sound comes out from the speakers until I change my audio preferences by making headphones as default everytime I plug it in.

5) I disabled the system restore so I dont have that option now, I tried seeing if I can uninstall this driver that I just installed from programs but It shows NO INSTALLATIONS on today's date. I searched for the word 'realtek' and it is no where except in the file I just downloaded.

So does that mean the udpate that I just installed didnt even get installed?..where is the realtek audio manager now??..Are these the ill effects of updating the driver?? ..

I use a 32bit vista system and till today the sound thing was just perfect...donno y this thought of updation came in ...now I am skeptical if the current sound quality is the same as the one it was before or it actually got a bit worse ..

PLEASE PLEASE Suggest a solution as soon as possible.

Alright I got it...I just missed a line while reading some of the posts. The solution is "Install it TWICE, the first time it just uninstalls and the second time it is actually installed". Now all my problems are solved. Thanks guys...hope my long query will help the future readers to get a clear view of 'what exactly happens when u think u have installed the drivers while u actually havent' - The symptoms and the solution.