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Anyone got RealTek HDAudio driver 229 working

flexy

flexy

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There are new Realtek HDAudio drivers out, version R229.

On my Windows 7 i tried to install those about a zillion of times, but it seems that the realtek drivers are never getting installed. The install takes about 20mins....and then it reverts back and installs Microsoft HDAudio drivers. The sound works with the MS drivers, but i just think its odd that the Realtek drivers cant be installed.

My audio is a ALC885 and i am on Windows 7 64bit.
 
The ones I am using are R193. I already had the drivers stored on a drive so I just used them. They work fine in everything so I never bothered to get newer versions. Audio is ALC888 7/64bit/RTM.
 
I'll give it a try later tonight. Just loaded Win7 x64 RTM a few days ago but haven't got around to installing the Realtek HD drivers yet.

This is on an IP-35E board. I don't recall the specific Realtek chipset though.
 
Honestly, if the Microsoft in-box drivers are working and providing the functionality you want/need - I'd just use them. Third party drivers are the source of soooo many headaches. Some companies hire good programmers and some hire...well... not so good programmers. The problem lies in the fact that drivers run in kernel mode, and a single poorly written driver can cause you a whole host of problems that eventually leads to system instability and blue screens. I'm not saying the Realtek drivers have any specific known problems, I'm just saying that if the default Microsoft drivers (which go through extensive testing) work good..

Ray
[MSFT]
 
Originally posted by: rackley
Honestly, if the Microsoft in-box drivers are working and providing the functionality you want/need - I'd just use them. Third party drivers are the source of soooo many headaches. Some companies hire good programmers and some hire...well... not so good programmers. The problem lies in the fact that drivers run in kernel mode, and a single poorly written driver can cause you a whole host of problems that eventually leads to system instability and blue screens. I'm not saying the Realtek drivers have any specific known problems, I'm just saying that if the default Microsoft drivers (which go through extensive testing) work good..

Ray
[MSFT]
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No company writes good sound drivers.. there's no money to be made in that business. Creative is about to go bankrupt, Realtek sells its chips for $3 apiece.
 
The only reason I installed the realtek drivers is because the default win7 drivers will not allow me to have two output devices at one time off the same sound card. I need that feature since I like to use speakers on the pc and use the extra audio out for the tv when I play a movie. It is annoying to have to remember to switch default outputs when I play a movie.
 
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