Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

[brianzion]

REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER R268 WINDOWS 7 32BIT at mediafire.com >>>

 

[dsperber]

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.

 

[Dwarf]

The Realtek site is still not playing ball for me. However, the combined 32/64 bit Vista/W7 R268 executable file is available from Major Geeks.

|MG| Realtek High Definition Audio for VistaWin 7 2.68 Download

 

[brianzion]

The Realtek site is still not playing ball for me. However, the combined 32/64 bit Vista/W7 R268 executable file is available from Major Geeks.

|MG| Realtek High Definition Audio for VistaWin 7 2.68 Download

i posted two links for media fire to get the 64 bit and 32 bit file hippo also has it here Download Realtek High Definition Audio 2.68 Vista - FileHippo.com

 

[Dwarf]

Thanks for the other links. It's as though Realtek have switched their servers off once these other sites have got hold of the files.

 

[brianzion]

hi all
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.

 

[dsperber]

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?

 

[brianzion]

@dsperber
hi yes just had a look its enabled in system configuration

 

[Cata]

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

 

[brianzion]

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

one of my first checks but thanks

 

[brianzion]

i have it working ok now i uninstalled and downloaded a fresh copy and all seems ok now

 

[Canti]

Is there any reason why I should install this driver if everything seem to work out of the box after a fresh Win7 install anyway?

 

[Dwarf]

The driver included with W7 only provides basic functionality, and does not allow you to configure/enable the front panel audio sockets. In addition, the Realtek driver also includes an equalizer.

 

[Canti]

The driver included with W7 only provides basic functionality, and does not allow you to configure/enable the front panel audio sockets. In addition, the Realtek driver also includes an equalizer.

But there's no difference in audio quality though?

 

[dsperber]

The driver included with W7 only provides basic functionality, and does not allow you to configure/enable the front panel audio sockets. In addition, the Realtek driver also includes an equalizer.

But there's no difference in audio quality though?

The fact that the Realtek HD Audio Manager includes a user-customizable 10-band EQ makes a HUGE difference in audio quality, assuming you have good speakers.

 

[Canti]

Does the driver run without the program located in systray? can I disable it?

 

[dsperber]

Does the driver run without the program located in systray? can I disable it?

I'm not entirely sure but I would think that yes, the driver should run entirely by itself, having nothing directly to do with the HD Audio Manager object which is what is running in the System Tray in support of Realtek HD Audio and the driver.

But without HD Audio Manager object in the System Tray you will not be able to take advantage of any of the setup configuration and customizations supported by the driver (e.g. multi-speaker setup, using an EQ of either Realtek-provided "effects" preset or one of your own design, etc.), so I can't even imagine why you wouldn't want it available. Certainly right after driver installation you would want it for initial sound setup.

Anyway, that HD Audio Manager object in the System Tray is auto-started at Windows boot by virtue of the Registry entry which corresponds to the item which appears in MSCONFIG -> Startup tab"

Presumably you can un-check that item if you want, but my own recommendation would be to NOT un-check it. You can instead "hide" it as an icon, using the "customize notifications" properties for the System Tray. That way it's still running, can still be accessed (through a view of the "hidden" icons), and thus it just is not visible unless you really want to see it and use it.

But personally I cannot see any real rationalization for inhibiting it and all of its related functionality.

 

[Teerex]

Does the driver run without the program located in systray? can I disable it?

If you mean the orange ''loudspeaker'', and the issue you have with it is esthetic, than you can open Realtek HD Manager, click the letter 'i' in the lower right corner, and uncheck the 'Display icon in notification area' option.

 

[boohbah]

thats ridiculous ,download time uk1=44min, dl time us2=9min :huh:

 

[shingen]

good day guys, i have a packard bell laptop model mh35-u-57 that has an alc268 audio chip, it originally came with vista, and i cant seem to find a GOOD realtek driver that wont do crack sounds everytime something has to sound, of course the manufacturer didnt bother updating the drivers so im stuck with a win7 with crackling sounds i ran the program that showed always yellow and red bars of latency. Which is the version for the alc268 that will stop this, latest version didnt work.