- Unlocked Realtek Hd Audio Drivers Windows 10 32-bit
- Unlocked Realtek Hd Audio Drivers Windows 10 Windows 10
Issue: Attempting to install RealTek Audio Drivers for Windows 10 leads to an endless uninstall/install loop. This happens with RealTek audio drivers from manufacturers like Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus or directly from RealTek. The install loop happens due to the new Windows 10 Driver Updates from Microsoft. Realtek HD Audio Driver Description The Realtek High Definition Audio codecs are compliant with Microsoft's UAA (Universal Audio Architecture). The top series provide 10 DAC channels that simultaneously support 7.1 sound playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the front panel stereo output. Steps needed to simply replace the Windows 'Generic' driver for Realtek HD Audio is simple. The problem persists because Realtek's latest driver has globs and blobs of unexpected interfacing issues with older adapters 2017, 2018 and even 2019.
The quality of recent Realtek sound controller and audio drivers has taken a nosedive in recent years, and the automatically installed drivers on Windows 10 have introduced a significant delay in the time it takes for sound to come out of the speakers after it is initiated by the PC. This lag, once noticed, becomes incredibly annoying and can be a constant source of stress and irritation. This problem has been especially noticeable by users of Deal XPS 13 and 15 models as well as users of the Dell Precision 5520 and Dell Precision 3520 models, which are especially susceptible to this problem. The problem is especially noticeable when the sound card hasn’t been “warmed up” and a sound (such as that triggered by an alert) is played after some silence, in which case it can take almost a full second for the sound to be played.
Fortunately there is good news: Microsoft has “generic” audio drivers for all high-definition audio devices – including Realtek’s – that work significantly better. There’s no downside to this, except that you will have to manually install them now and after any Windows update that reinstalls the default Realtek audio drivers. The instructions below will walk you through the process.
Unlocked Realtek Hd Audio Drivers Windows 10 32-bit
Installing the Microsoft High-Definition Audio Device Drivers
Unlocked Realtek Hd Audio Drivers Windows 10 Windows 10
- Launch the device manager by searching for “Device Manager” in the start menu
- Expand the “Sound, video, and game controllers” node to locate the “Realtek Audio” device, then right-click it and choose “Properties”
- In the resulting dialog, switch to the “Driver” tab then select “Update Driver”
- Choose the “Browse my computer for driver software” option
- Choose “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”
- Uncheck the “Show compatible hardware” option to force the display to include drivers not written by Realtek (all versions of which are affected by this problem)
- Select “Microsoft” in the first listbox on the left (the list of manufacturers) then select “High-definition audio device” from the resulting list in the listbox on the left (the devices), then click “Next”
- A warning dialog will appear, attempting to dissuade you from selecting a driver not written by Realtek and expressly intended for the sound card in your PC. That is OK, we are using Microsoft’s own drivers and they’re guaranteed to work, so press “Yes” to continue
- Windows will begin updating the driver and installing the one you selected. Depending on the speed of your PC, this may take a minute or two, but it should complete on its own without any intervention, and then you’ll see an “Audio Drivers Installed” dialog confirming the update has completed
- At this point, close the driver dialog and the device manager, and then restart your PC to complete the process
- Restart your PC to complete the process. You may or may not see a prompt asking you to do so, but you should restart in all cases