Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

robertwnielsen said:

Ran the installer--

Uninstalled previous drivers
rebooted
Installed new drivers
rebooted
Back to work.

Things worked exactly as advertised.

Given that Realtek sound on my systems is working fine, I find that the extreme inconvenience of doing an uninstall/reinstall and thus losing all of my saved "custom EQ" presets far outweighs any possible benefit present in the "latest and greatest" driver version.

Given that Realtek has made it impossible to preserve these "custom EQ" presets across an uninstall/reinstall, this is simply a "deal breaker" for me. I can take screenshots of my presets, to look at when trying to recreate them precisely (on a new Windows install, or a new driver version install if I must), but this is again imprecise because Realtek has failed to put any type of digital readout on each of the EQ sliders.

There is no "flyout help" when hovering the mouse over a slider, nor is there a digital number at the top of each slider giving its +/- setting offset from +0... either of which would allow the user to exactly recreate a preset after a new driver install. So even taking a series of screenshots for each EQ preset is only a "visual assistance" when recreating them, rather than an exact roadmap as to what you're shooting for precisely.

So other than manually writing down on paper "how many clicks" it takes to push each slider up to produce each of your presets, the sheer annoyance of having to go through this every time a new driver is installed makes it something I rarely do. Avoid it like the plague, unless it's absolutely necessary.

brianzion said:

is anyone experiencing the realtek icon missing in the notification area on booting up the pc? i have the settings to show it in the program and have checked notification settings in properties.mine only appears if i open the program from control panel or start menu.

You mean the orange icon for the Realtek HD Audio Manager?

It's supposed to be auto-started at Windows boot, because of its Registry entry (as shown by MSCONFIG):



Is the item still shown present and "checked" for you if you run MSCONFIG? Or has it disappeared?

Open Realtek HD Audio Manager from Control Panel\All Control Panel Items and click "i" in right corner and check Dispay icon in notification area