Realtek Audio Driver Problems

BDA14 · 07-03-2008, 10:10 PM

I installed all the drivers on my intel setup disk for my motherboard and all worked perfectly except for my realtek audio driver. I have no idea how to fix it or where to start. I really need some help with this so if you can give me some suggestions that would be great. Thanks

badgersbum · 07-04-2008, 04:45 PM

Howdy, you didn't say what level of IT skills you have, so I'll assume you are a happy amateur like me. I assume that the soundcard is onboard so a good start would be to uninstall it through device manager, put your driver cd in and reboot, haerdware wizard should find device, tell it to install from a list and point to cd drive. If that doesn't work let me know and we'll try something else.
Have fun!

BDA14 · 07-05-2008, 02:09 PM

I did all of that and it said successfully installed but when I went back to the driver screen it is not showing up for my audio drivers... What do you think I should do next?

Houndog777 · 07-05-2008, 05:04 PM

Hi, download the latest sound drivers from your motherboard manufacturers website.
Uninstall any audio drivers and software you find in Control Panels Add/Remove Programs and uninstall your sound device from Device Manager. Right-click and select uninstall.
Restart and cancel Windows looking for drivers etc. It will tell you no drivers have been installed and your hardware may not work properly.
Now, run the Realtek Setup.

badgersbum · 07-05-2008, 05:08 PM

Sorry for the delay, 1 of my pcs went down big time and bin fixing it all day. Have you been to the realtek website to see if they have a better driver? if it is a soundcard, the drivers are relevant to the o/s not the mobo. Also, go on the net and download "Aida 32"
It is a system analysis tool that should tell you the exact model of soundcard you have, if you can gather as much info as poss and post it here, I'll see what I can find out.

07-03-2008, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
BDA14 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Ser Pak 2	Realtek Audio Driver Problems I installed all the drivers on my intel setup disk for my motherboard and all worked perfectly except for my realtek audio driver. I have no idea how to fix it or where to start. I really need some help with this so if you can give me some suggestions that would be great. Thanks

07-04-2008, 04:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
badgersbum Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista ultimate/XP pro SP2	Re: Realtek Audio Driver Problems Howdy, you didn't say what level of IT skills you have, so I'll assume you are a happy amateur like me. I assume that the soundcard is onboard so a good start would be to uninstall it through device manager, put your driver cd in and reboot, haerdware wizard should find device, tell it to install from a list and point to cd drive. If that doesn't work let me know and we'll try something else. Have fun!

07-05-2008, 02:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
BDA14 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP Ser Pak 2	Re: Realtek Audio Driver Problems I did all of that and it said successfully installed but when I went back to the driver screen it is not showing up for my audio drivers... What do you think I should do next?

07-05-2008, 05:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: Realtek Audio Driver Problems Hi, download the latest sound drivers from your motherboard manufacturers website. Uninstall any audio drivers and software you find in Control Panels Add/Remove Programs and uninstall your sound device from Device Manager. Right-click and select uninstall. Restart and cancel Windows looking for drivers etc. It will tell you no drivers have been installed and your hardware may not work properly. Now, run the Realtek Setup.

07-05-2008, 05:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
badgersbum Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Vista ultimate/XP pro SP2	Re: Realtek Audio Driver Problems Sorry for the delay, 1 of my pcs went down big time and bin fixing it all day. Have you been to the realtek website to see if they have a better driver? if it is a soundcard, the drivers are relevant to the o/s not the mobo. Also, go on the net and download "Aida 32" It is a system analysis tool that should tell you the exact model of soundcard you have, if you can gather as much info as poss and post it here, I'll see what I can find out.