Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

[bbbwex]

Guys, when will you realize that the crackling/popping is NOT caused by the Realtek drivers but is caused by DPC Latency?!?!?

I've got no problem with latency here, the tester keeps me in the green and says should be no problem handling video/audio data streams


Gotta love the people with all the answers excpet the right one!!!!

 

[Aphelion]

doesn't matter if I bring my surround back to stereo or not, still got the same crackling noise........... Having hard time using my computer as a full entertainment center

(full explanation in case newbies are reading)

When I first installed the Realtek drivers I also had pops, skips...etc.
Granted I'm only using stereo and this may be particular to my system only.
Here's the steps I took:

Go to the Realtek control panel.... right click on on all of the graphic input jack representations, select "Connector Retasking" uncheck the "Enable auto popup dialog" selection then setup the audio configuration the way you want it.

Next go to into the registry and remark OUT the Realtek cpl.
I do not want something that invasive running in the background, besides, you only need to to setup/change the initial configuration, a semicolon will prevent it from loading.

;C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RtHDVCpl.exe -s

Find it here...

HKey_Local_ Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/RUN

Reboot, make sure RtHDVCpl.exe isn't running in the background.

If DPC latency checks out check that you're not getting processor spiking which coincides with the cracking, pops, sputters....etc.

Make sure your motherboard's inf drivers are up to date.

Check MS updates for more recent hardware drivers...etc.

Ap

 

[bbbwex]

Thanks aphelion, but that didn't work for me

 

[blas]

hi

is this supports p5q onboard realtek chip also? cant make the mic work right now with asus's driver + audio crackling and stuttering.

 

[plasmaxonic]

Use this. The R222 drivers work fine on my Asus F81Series laptop.

http://download2us.softpedia.com/dl...61b05d/300077890/drivers/sound/Vista_R222.exe

 

[Gnome]

Guys, when will you realize that the crackling/popping is NOT caused by the Realtek drivers but is caused by DPC Latency?!?!?

I don't think thats right because with vista 2.2 hd audio driver it worked fine but now it has created crackling and popping

 

[cappy06]

Agreed, the Aphilion solution didnt help me.
I called Asus support, and they said that it is not a latency problem. Merely, a driver issue with Realtek. I have reverted back to using Vista Realtek drivers, and the popping/cracking have disappeared. This is merely a short term solution until Realtek and Microsoft work out what is wrong. I have an Asus Pro61SL notebook BTW.

 

[blas]

Use this. The R222 drivers work fine on my Asus F81Series laptop.

Redirecting to correct download page...

this one for me mate?

 

[Aphelion]

Agreed, the Aphilion solution didnt help me.
I called Asus support, and they said that it is not a latency problem. Merely, a driver issue with Realtek.

Sorry to hear that, at least you have a usable set of drivers.

I'm using the latest Realtek drivers on a Gigabyte P35-S3G mainboard, 4GB RAM without any issues. Well, one small problem, if the computer enters sleep mode, there are some audible pops/crackling after wakeup. Disabling/enabling the Realtek HD audio driver in Device Manager clears this up, basically I don't put the desktop to sleep for now, other than that it's all good.

I'm also running an M-Audio PCI Delta 24/96 Audiophile in the same machine without issues.


Motherboard chipset drivers up to date.
Latest BIOS.
Processor minimum/maximum percentage adjusted.
Run DPC latency checker, note maximum DPC latency.
Check for processor spikes that coincide with the crackling.

Good luck all!

Ap

 

[plasmaxonic]

Use this. The R222 drivers work fine on my Asus F81Series laptop.

Redirecting to correct download page...

this one for me mate?

I tried the latest driver, bios updates, disabling mic, using default MS drivers. only this worked. You may want to give it a shot.

 

[kenabi]

the crackling? seems it really is a latency issue. installed asio, and the asio foobar plugin, routed it through my realtek drivers (latest version), jacked latency samples to 96 on both in/out, unchecked resample option, turned buffer offset to 0. boom, no more crackle.

set output in foobar back to directsound. bam, crackle was back.

that asus tech had no idea what they were talking about, or is under orders to blame someone else, or something equally stupid.

latency can be a pain.

run; DPC Latency Checker
while playing audio, if it spikes above the green line, you've got a latency issue. period. so if you have crackle, that should spike above the green line, etcetc.

try it, see. you may be surprised.

 

[jdop]

I was checking the 16k bar on the equalizer (Win 7 x64) and I don't think it is doing a dang thing.

Could someone else try that slider and see if they hear any change. ver 6.0.1.5995

 

[Aphelion]

I was checking the 16k bar on the equalizer (Win 7 x64) and I don't think it is doing a dang thing.

Could someone else try that slider and see if they hear any change. ver 6.0.1.5995

Ok, this is odd, note, I'm on Win 7x32.

All of the other EQ sliders operate in real time, the 16K slider requires you stop, make the eq adjustment, then restart your music player. I used extreme setting just to make sure this was what's going on.

See if that's it on your system.

Ap

 

[jdop]

There's something going on like that after restarting Winamp. The effect seems small, and on my system , if you lower the 16k EQ realtime it drops, but won't increase realtime.

Very odd.

 

[DarrylGittins]

I definitely have a latency issue causing noise over my sound.
I found that by using the DPC Latency Checker V1.2.0 (DPC Latency Checker), I can see that after system startup, latency is good (in the green levels), but after running a day or so, it's perpetually spiking (running in the red). This is when I hear the horrible crackles and stutters in my sound card.

If I then disable the network adapter (NIC), latency immediately drops to green levels and sound is good. However, if I then enable the network adapter, it immediately spikes perpetually into the red and I hear the crackles and stutters.

I have to reboot to reset the condition so that it's running in the green (so that I can listen to music without horrible crackles and stutters).

I tried swapping the network adapter but I have exactly the same issue with both network adapters. I've also swapped several sound cards, video cards and such, updated the BIOS and all drivers and every other imaginable troubleshooting step.

This is driving me nuts!

Thanks bundles for any suggestions!!

 

[bbbwex]

I've got it solved on my computer, and it is NOT a latency prob.

Downloaded a realtek driver from 5898_PG281_VISTA_TurnOff_PullMode_Upd.zip. installed, rebooted and perfect 5.1 sound.

Have it running now for a few days, computer restarted twice ( 2x seperate chkdsk on external HDD startup), otherwise its on 24/7 as I use this one to store all the media for entertainment over the Wi-Fi troughout the house.

Hope I could help any1 with this post

BBB

 

[Aphelion]

Looks like there is a new HD driver version (R242) posted today....

Downloading now.

Ap

 

[step]

New version out , R2.42 , 2010/2/12 , 55157k.

Realtek

 

[Airbot]

Thanks.

 

[Brink]

New version out , R2.42 , 2010/2/12 , 55157k.

Thank you Step. First post updated.