Need Help With Realtek Driver

[ManDownUnder]

I am having an extremely frustrating time trying to get Realtek audio driver to work properly.

 

I have tried the early version from my motherboard website [6.0.1.8210]. sound works and the Real­tek HD Audio Man­ag­er application works, however my mic freaks out with this driver.

The mic will work fine for a little bit then start to sound like a really loud screeching alien. kinda like a feedback loop. I tried all types of settings from turning on and off echo and voice cancellation messing with the mic volume etc nothing works.

when i try to install the latest driver according to my motherboards website {Version [8586]} I get sound, but no Real­tek HD Audio Man­ag­er and microphone doesn't work at all. cant get it to work.

When i try the latest version 2.82 i get no sound or microphone at all.

I have tried running EXE from extracted folders. ive tried installing through device manager nothing works.

 

here is a list of the drivers i have been trying from my motherboard website.

https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Motherboard/Z370-AORUS-Gaming-7-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver

I am running windows 10 pro with latest updates.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Lord Vile]

2 minutes ago, ManDownUnder said:

I am having an extremely frustrating time trying to get Realtek audio driver to work properly.

 

I have tried the early version from my motherboard website [6.0.1.8210]. sound works and the Real­tek HD Audio Man­ag­er application works, however my mic freaks out with this driver.

The mic will work fine for a little bit then start to sound like a really loud screeching alien. kinda like a feedback loop. I tried all types of settings from turning on and off echo and voice cancellation messing with the mic volume etc nothing works.

when i try to install the latest driver according to my motherboards website {Version [8586]} I get sound, but no Real­tek HD Audio Man­ag­er and microphone doesn't work at all. cant get it to work.

When i try the latest version 2.82 i get no sound or microphone at all.

I have tried running EXE from extracted folders. ive tried installing through device manager nothing works.

 

here is a list of the drivers i have been trying from my motherboard website.

https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Motherboard/Z370-AORUS-Gaming-7-rev-10/support#support-dl-driver

I am running windows 10 pro with latest updates.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

What audio out you using?

[ManDownUnder]

2 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

What audio out you using?

 

I use the two back outputs green for headset sound or speaker sound (swap when needed) and pink has microphone.

I use speakers and a headset but swap when i need to use them.

[Lord Vile]

3 minutes ago, ManDownUnder said:

 

I use the two back outputs green for headset sound or speaker sound (swap when needed) and pink has microphone.

I use speakers and a headset but swap when i need to use them.

Could the mic be picking up sound from the audio outs and causing the feedback? 
 

when you downloaded the newest driver did you reset the PC after installing? My back panel audio didn’t work at all on my Gigabyte X570 board, I installed the new drivers and it still didn’t work, reset it and everything was fine. You don’t need the manager either btw.  

[ManDownUnder]

7 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Could the mic be picking up sound from the audio outs and causing the feedback? 
 

when you downloaded the newest driver did you reset the PC after installing? My back panel audio didn’t work at all on my Gigabyte X570 board, I installed the new drivers and it still didn’t work, reset it and everything was fine. You don’t need the manager either btw.  

I don't know i am so confused. when it happens my mic volume becomes very loud and distorted like an alien. To fix it i simply turn mic on and off again and its back to normal.

 

Yes, i have restarted after installation the install asks you to do it after installing.

would be nice to have the realtek audio manager because there is no other way to change the format to a higher quality. If i try and do it in windows it breaks the sound all together because its being run by another application, an application that i cannot control.

 

Everything works fine with default windows driver after fresh install of windows. this is only happening when i install realtek. now for some reason i cant even roll back to windows high definition audio driver, when i try no sound at all.

[Lord Vile]

6 minutes ago, ManDownUnder said:

I don't know i am so confused. when it happens my mic volume becomes very loud and distorted like an alien. To fix it i simply turn mic on and off again and its back to normal.

 

Yes, i have restarted after installation the install asks you to do it after installing.

would be nice to have the realtek audio manager because there is no other way to change the format to a higher quality. If i try and do it in windows it breaks the sound all together because its being run by another application, an application that i cannot control.

 

Everything works fine with default windows driver after fresh install of windows. this is only happening when i install realtek. now for some reason i cant even roll back to windows high definition audio driver, when i try no sound at all.

Could it be an issue with your mic? 

[ManDownUnder]

1 minute ago, Lord Vile said:

Could it be an issue with your mic? 

No as i had it working before like when i didn't use realtek drivers.

 

I managed to get mic working on the driver that has no audio manager, the mic volume for some unknown reason was auto turning down after installing the driver. so i have mic working again but still no manager.

[Lord Vile]

5 minutes ago, ManDownUnder said:

No as i had it working before like when i didn't use realtek drivers.

 

I managed to get mic working on the driver that has no audio manager, the mic volume for some unknown reason was auto turning down after installing the driver. so i have mic working again but still no manager.

Don’t you just love Realtek, can you download the manager Separately through them? 

[ManDownUnder]

Just now, Lord Vile said:

Don’t you just love Realtek, can you download the manager Separately through them? 

Yeah it's definitely not consumer friendly.

 

Seems i got it working now with no Audio Manager, i cannot turn on/off Noise Suppression or Echo Cancellation without the audio manager thou but i can change format.

 

Also, this driver freaks out whenever i use discord with it.

 

 

[Lord Vile]

35 minutes ago, ManDownUnder said:

Yeah it's definitely not consumer friendly.

 

Seems i got it working now with no Audio Manager, i cannot turn on/off Noise Suppression or Echo Cancellation without the audio manager thou but i can change format.

 

Also, this driver freaks out whenever i use discord with it.

 

 

Might be worth getting a sound card? 

[circeseye]

it might be this

win 10 loves to install its own audio drivers even thou you just installed the actual mobos audio driver.

uninstall drivers....install mobo sound drivers (AT THIS POINT YOUR MOBO SOUND DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED)...when you restart win 10 will pop up installing audio drivers (DO NOT LET IT)  just cancel it..its trying to install what it wants...after that there wont be any more pop ups and your mobo drivers will be installed

[The Flying Sloth]

Man I'm glad I've been using standalone audio hardware for years, haven't seen or heard Realtek audio at home in half a decade.

[ManDownUnder]

Update for anyone having the same issue.

 

it was a conflict between windows and realtek triver. need to find compatible versions for both. in my case it was the latest Realtek driver and the latest 2004 update for windows.