New Realtek HD Audio Drivers (ver. 1.75 31-September-2007)

[Cal Bear '66]

New Realtek HD Audio Drivers (ver. 1.75 31-September-2007)


http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Correction:

Re: New Realtek HD Audio Drivers (ver. 1.75 31-AUGUST-2007)

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs

 

[Ryka]

Thanks for the update. New driver installed nicely.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

You're welcome.

Do you hear any difference or see any difference in the Realtek Audio Manager?

Seems like Realtek is releasing new drivers almost every week now. It was about
every two weeks earlier. It's hard to keep up with all these driver updates from
these vendors.

 

[Steve Easton]

Ok.

How do you install the darn things so that you don't get the "Elevation" / "Blocked program" prompt when
logging on as a standard user?

I've tried every way possible with no success.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

1. Right click on the downloaded file before installing and press the Unblock
button and the Apply button.

2. Even installing when logged on as an administrator, a UAC approval prompt is
required. (Note the shield on the icon.) I believe this is required for all
device driver installs.

 

[Steve Easton]

Did that.
Still got the blocked program prompt when logging on as a standard user.

I'll uninstall and try again.

 

[Aq]

When I install these my 6.1 audio reverts to 2.0 stereo even though the
speakers all respond properly in the set up panel. Any one know of a fix ?

 

[John Barnes]

Try right clicking and set to always run as administrator.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

The set up panel in Control Panel (Classic view) > Sound > Playback > Speakers,
or Control Panel (Classic view) > Realtek HD Audio Manager (also right click on
the RED speaker icon in the Notification Area of the Taskbar and select Sound
Manager)?

 

[Aq]

Tried them all. Installed as admin. Logitech X-530 speakers. Every thing is
set to 6.1 surround, all speakers give the proper test tones, Windows Media
player set to 6.1., all connections are correct. But playback is stereo
only. Had to do a system restore to get 6.1 back on original Realtek
drivers. Vista Premium on AMD dual core 3600 with 1 GB ram. Everything else
on Vista runs like a charm. Except of course for the wonky Windows Mail.
Even unplugged the speakers and plugged them back in to let the drivers
redetect them, they were picked up flawlessly; just don't work to play
stuff.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

You might have to run the setup twice: It seems that the first install removes
old drivers and after a reboot the second install actually installs the new
drivers, then after a second reboot everything is A-OK.

I manually uninstall the drivers in Device Manager ***including checking the box
to delete driver files*** and I uninstall the Realtek Audio Driver in Programs
and Features, reboot, install the new drivers, and reboot again.

 

[Aq]

Now that odd. Trying that gives me front, center and sub but no rear or
surround. A system restore ends with a message that restore has failed and
no files have been changed but the Realtek driver is rolled back to 6.0
version and I have full sound on all speakers. I better stay with the 6.0.5
drivers for now. Thanks for your help.

 

[Dave Turner]

Correction:

Re: New Realtek HD Audio Drivers (ver. 1.75 31-AUGUST-2007)

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs

Hey Cal Bear,
I downloaded the new driver from the link above, and installed it. When
it was done installing the machine rebooted and I received a notice that
it was ready to use, but it wasn't there. The realtek audio manager was
gone, and a check of the driver showed that windows had installed a
generic driver. I didn't even have the option to roll back because the
install file first uninstalls the original driver. A system restore made
me all warm and fuzzy again, but what do you suppose happened there?

Vista Home premium, 32 bit...

Dave

 

[dean-dean]

The first time you run the installer, if removers the Realtek driver, and
restarts your computer. In the meantime Windows will try to install it's
generic driver; just let Windows do it's thing (it may fail or "succeed", it
doesn't really matter. Should it "succeed", the generic driver won't
work). You then have to run the Realtek installer one more time, and reboot
one more time. Then the new driver will be installed.

 

[Aq]

What driver did restore roll you back to ? 6.0.5 ?

 

[Dave Turner]

What driver did restore roll you back to ? 6.0.5 ?

It went back to 6.0.1.5361. Yeh, it dawns on me that I was told to
install the driver a second time by the install dialog box, but the
message saying that it was ready to use fooled me. Maybe I'll try again.
Dave

 

[Dave Turner]

It went back to 6.0.1.5361. Yeh, it dawns on me that I was told to
install the driver a second time by the install dialog box, but the
message saying that it was ready to use fooled me. Maybe I'll try again.
Dave

Addendum;
A second try succeeded. Thanks to all for the help.

Dave

 

[Ryka]

I have to readjust the settings after each update. I have 5.1 speakers and
it keeps reverting back to 2 2.1 by default. The only real sound
difference/improvement I noticed was after the 7/15 update. Have you noticed
any changes?

 

[Cal Bear '66]

I haven't installed them yet.

Damn, these Realtek driver updates are becoming a full time job -- every two
weeks and now every week!