Realtek Audio drivers for Win7 are here.

[chev65]

Realtek

Just in case some of you havn't tried them yet.

 

[Joeyddr]

they wont install for me says driver files are in use by another process... no av running nothing that would hold it what gives?

 

[chev65]

You may need to uninstall the old drivers first or try a reboot and see if the files aren't used anymore.

 

[Dwarf]

I use this method to install the Realtek audio driver. This is from Vista, but the same method works in W7 as well.
Device Manager - Install Driver - Vista Forums

 

[Orbital Shark]

I've just installed the latest Realtek audio drivers and they just installed straight over the original ones. No uninstalling needed

Also, it took me 2 hours to download a 34MB file!!! What up with that?

 

[chev65]

I've just installed the latest Realtek audio drivers and they just installed straight over the original ones. No uninstalling needed

Also, it took me 2 hours to download a 34MB file!!! What up with that?

Let me check on the speed...I'm using my Asus Xonar so I havn't needed to try these but my onboard is realtek.

Oh man your right..it is pretty slow, it's going to take me 15 minutes with cable connection. I hope they work good after waiting that long. I picked the express server of course but I don't know if that made a difference

 

[AllMac]

I've just installed the latest Realtek audio drivers and they just installed straight over the original ones. No uninstalling needed

Also, it took me 2 hours to download a 34MB file!!! What up with that?

Next time you do that, make sure you click on that express link where you confirm a password.

 

[banderz777]

Next time you do that, make sure you click on that express link where you confirm a password.

Did that and it is still slow as hell.

 

[chev65]

Seemed pretty slow for me also for just a driver. I guess that is just how realtek rolls. If the drivers helped don't forget to rep.

 

[Joeyddr]

just an fyi for you guys i had to disable system restore reboot then it allowed me to install them without the file in use error. After i installed them i turned sys restore back on.... weird.

 

[chev65]

just an fyi for you guys i had to disable system restore reboot then it allowed me to install them without the file in use error. After i installed them i turned sys restore back on.... weird.

That is strange indeed, unless system restore was making a back up at the same time you were trying to install the drivers.

 

[Locutus]

whats more strange is the fact that i cannot really install the driver. first it installed the old ones, then restarted. tried to install the new ones, but at first it always gave me the message "the pc has to be restarted now" after several restarts and uninstalls of the drivers (win7 always kept reinstalling some? that somehow kept the installer in that restart-thingie) it finally tried to install - but the installer always times out with an error-message and those damn drivers just won't install on my rc.

 

[Joeyddr]

try turning off sys restore reboot then do a manual install through devmngr.

 

[chev65]

whats more strange is the fact that i cannot really install the driver. first it installed the old ones, then restarted. tried to install the new ones, but at first it always gave me the message "the pc has to be restarted now" after several restarts and uninstalls of the drivers (win7 always kept reinstalling some? that somehow kept the installer in that restart-thingie) it finally tried to install - but the installer always times out with an error-message and those damn drivers just won't install on my rc.

That's because those drivers were made for the newer RTM not the RC. My Asus Xonar drivers for the RC wouldn't run in the RTM without a patch. They made some pretty heavy changes to the sound between the two it seems. Try and find the RTM if you can.

 

[G2gCya]

for those people who experienced a slow connection, maybe you can try using internet download manger

 

[Locutus]

That's because those drivers were made for the newer RTM not the RC. My Asus Xonar drivers for the RC wouldn't run in the RTM without a patch. They made some pretty heavy changes to the sound between the two it seems. Try and find the RTM if you can.

i got the rtm via the msdnaa, but there are no language packs working for it.

 

[chev65]

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