[DRIVERS] Realtek Audio (Intel 2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx/7xx & AMD 3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx)

Hey, this was asked before by others but it seems that some replies are missing or were removed after the forum maintenance so I can't find the answer.
What drivers should I get for the x570 Dark Hero?

Also a bit of a different question - is there a fix for the Nahimic service causing severe system slowdowns (making most programs take 30+ seconds to open) that isn't just disabling the service? I've had this issue with my Z390 Gaming-F system as well, and there have been posts about it here and on Reddit for years reporting similar issues, is there perhaps a piece of software I'm missing that's causing the Nahimic service to hang, or is it really just that bad? (I'm also assuming it's injecting itself to every new process for the equalizer controls and w/e, followed by hanging for around 30 seconds which causes the process to hang)

Thank you so much !

Does anyone know which driver I should use for z690 Apex? Is there a list of mobas?

TUF X570-PLUS DTS Custom
I am so glad I found this thread. I got through the install and update for my motherboard (thanks for the great instructions). I am trying to figure out an audio issue.

I have my rear audio I/O ports connected with 3.5mm to RCA jacks going to my Onkyo receiver in the multichannel inputs. In the Realtek Audio Console I have it set to 7.1 Speaker and have verified that the test sound plays correctly for each and every speaker. I also ran the same test in the windows sound settings and it also plays the test sound through each and every speaker.

So I have confirmed by playing the test that all the speakers are connected properly. They all played the test sounds fine.

Now, when I play any media it will only play out of the front right and front left speakers. I tried youtube, pandora, spotify and I even downloaded some 7.1 media files to make sure that the content was more than just 2 channel. Only the front right and front left speakers played anything. I also tried clicking on individual speakers for the test sound while the 7.1 media was playing and they were all playing the test sound as expected, but audio from the media still continued to play just from the 2 speakers.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Shawn

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Hi,

You have an ASUS TUF DTS Custom motherboard, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS TUF/PRIME DTS Custom) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.


Note : Your motherboard built-in audio controller/licence can only :

- SPDIF port : Output only Stereo PCM, so no 5.1/7.1 PCM (uncompressed) or 5.1/7.1 DTS/Dolby (compressed).
- 3.5mm jack port : Output only PCM (stereo or multichannel), so no 5.1/7.1 DTS/Dolby.
- Channel Upmix / Surround : No upmix (so whether the audio content is in stereo PCM or in 5.1/7.1 DTS/Dolby, it will be played in stereo and not upmixed in 5.1/7.1, only audio content in 5.1/7.1 PCM will be played in 5.1/7.1), however your Onkyo audio equipment should be able to do the upmix processing on its side (Stereo PCM to 5.1/7.1).

But in your case, if your audio equipment is DTS:X or Dolby Atmos compatible, I would advise you not to use the built-in motherboard audio controller for your Onkyo audio equipment, and go through the HDMI port of your iGPU or your GPU with DTS Sound Unbound or Dolby Access.

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Thanks for the reply. I see what you are saying. I went to https://www.jensign.com/bdp95/7dot1voiced/index.html and he has a 7.1 PCM file that I tested and it does play through all the channels. Unfortunately my Onkyo receiver is too old to accept audio over HDMI so I am stuck going this route. Is there any software or setting that will make my PC convert all audio to 7.1 PCM before sending it to the receiver?

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Only SS3 can upmix all audio content to 7.1 PCM but SS3 need SS3 licence & SS3 hardware APO which are only built-in with ASUS ROG motherboards.

However, instead of upmixing the sound on the source side, you can mostly upmix on the Onkyo receiver side even if your receiver is old and doesn't support the latest standards via HDMI, it should still be able to upmix Stereo PCM in multichannel on its side (just plug in Stereo, and not in 5.1/7.1, via 3.5mm jack or SPDIF and configure Realtek Audio Control/Windows accordingly in Stereo) by switching the Stereo mode of your receiver to a Dolby/DTS multichannel upmix profile according to the possibilities of your receiver (if you are in multichannel mode as is currently the case, it will not offer you an upmix, you need to switch to your Stereo mode).

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Makes sense. I wonder why they would even have these ports included on the motherboard and instructions stating this will give you 7.1 when almost everything media wise on the computer will not be PCM. Hopefully I can return all these cables I bought. Sorry for the rant!

these forums change every time :P
from driver posts not sticky to sticky driver posts and now not sticky again

i have a rog strix z390-f gaming, which drivers do i need?

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Hi,

You have an ASUS ROG SS3 motherboard, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.

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HI, ty for the reply i did the cleanup and install process correctly. after the automatic restart user account control asked for the a-volute install and i hit yes i think drivers are working perfectly fine but i dont see realtek driver in apps & features like i used to this is normal right?

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Correct, as I stated here Realtek installer is no more used to install the drivers : https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...149#post881635.

The drivers packages contains an Drivers folder with Drivers Only (like most of the drivers packages I offer), an Apps folder with direct shortcuts to your apps in your Microsoft Store app, and an install/update script (Install.cmd) using Microsoft PnPUtil (Windows built-in) to install/update your drivers.

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Understood :)

Question.. what audio drivers are the correct ones for the Z790 Hero board? Since Day 1 of having the board and with a fresh install of Win11. I have constantly gotten random AudioDG.Exe application crashes. 72 of them in the last 2 days. I'm not sure what to do... I have reinstalled the audio drivers based on the official ones from the support site. I'm unsure if these will help or not. Thanks

Faulting application name: AUDIODG.EXE, version: 10.0.22621.755, time stamp: 0x636ebaf7
Faulting module name: KSUSBAPO64.dll, version: 1.2.71.0, time stamp: 0x59913642
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000724c4
Faulting process id: 0x0xC40
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D938D820BE5BB6
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KSUSBAPO64.dll
Report Id: 602a602d-3d22-44ed-88f0-14efd28d95cd
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

i have a ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING, which drivers do i need?

Hi,

I have a Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, which driver I need?

Thanks

Hi, i have a rog strix x670e-f, which drivers do i need?

Hello, cannot get the Realtek Audio Console to work. "Realtek Audio Cannot connect to RPC service" I have tried the Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS) and followed the meticulous install docs on a fresh windows 11 install. Sonic Studio works but no Realtek Audio Console. Any help would be appreciated.

Misses has a tuf gaming x570 plus wifi (version 1), Which one for that board please... Gets a bit confusing as to which boards and which drivers... Had to recover hers from a backup after choosing what i thought was right set of drivers and it wasnt andddd lost speaker output and even after reinstalling the original from Asus it would not see the speakers/only digital output.. Maybe could put a spredsheet together for which drivers for which boards... Id be willing to help if need be.

Thank you... Ill back up and try again today..lol

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Hi,

You have an ASUS TUF DTS Custom motherboard, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS TUF/PRIME DTS Custom) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.

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My Speakers are detected as a microphone even though the Jack is in green backspeaker output? there is no way to fix this i tried everything? ASUS TUF X570 PLUS DTS Custom Driver btw!

I have an Asus Prime A z690 motherboard. I have struggled to get realtek working on my system. I followed instruction for "Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS TUF/PRIME DTSX Ultra). Looked like it would work but in the end, I got the " can not connect to RPC service when I tried to open realtek audio console.

Did I follow the correct set of instructions?

I should have added that I am running Windows 11 22h2. Also the DTS Ultra app worked -- which it never did before. Just the Audio Console that won't connect to RPC service.

Realtek was not enabled in the start up apps. Enabling it fixed it.

Thank you. This has been a long term battle and I can't tell you how much I appreciated having it work.

whats the driver i should install in z370-f asus

Hi @MoKiChU
Many Thx for this Thread!

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Note : In order to know which drivers package to use, match the audio specifications of your motherboard with the apps or ask me.

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About which apps are talking about?

I've got an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G 14 GA401QM with ALC285 ; which drivers should I use?
++NoNo

Hi everyone. Im posting here cause idk what can i do. I have ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING mobo and I downloaded the "outdated" realtek drivers throught asus support page and after installing the drivers and rebooting no realtek drivers showing up in device manager or anywhere. I found this thread and i installed "ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboards" as Mokichu recommended (with CLEAN installation step by step) to others users with same mobo but nothing changes.
I have disabled fast boot on windows and mobo but no effects. Thanks in advance

i have z370-f rog strix motherboard asus what should i install

A ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI is coming to me in the next few days. Which audio drivers should I use?

Thank you very much and sorry for bringing up the topic. It was an oversight on my part

Hello. Can you please tell me what driver is needed for ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX?

Hey there, thanks for all the updates.

Riot Vanguard (Valorant) flags Avolute SS3 , is there any way to avoid this?

I didnt have this problem back in the day / Latest windows 11, all updated.

Cheers!

Thank you MoKiChU.

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Hi,

You have an ASUS ROG Realtek motherboard, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG/TUF/PRIME RTK) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.

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Removed old drivers and installed new ones, thanks!

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Originally Posted by LocoDiceGR

Hey there, thanks for all the updates.

Riot Vanguard (Valorant) flags Avolute SS3 , is there any way to avoid this?

I didnt have this problem back in the day / Latest windows 11, all updated.

Cheers!

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Anyone can help with this?

Thanks MoKiChU!

Reinstalled Windows a week ago and got around that A-Volute/Sonic Studio malware with those drivers <3 (never installed the armoury crate on purpose, too)
They work like a charm and i have no useless gamebreaking virtual sound device anymore on my Crosshair VIII Dark Hero :)

I only have the issue, that i can't download the Realtek console from the Windows store anymore, and according to the last reviews there, i'm not the only one.
It seems to be delisted, too.

Is there any standalone version one can use?
I found a few results using google, but some of them seem to be shady or not a recent version.

Thank you!

Thank you!
Cleaned up and Installed the correct drivers and removed the "Third Party" folder and it works like a charm. And this time the Realtek Console did install correctly :)

Hey guys, I'm using an ASUS Prime B450M-A and the latest drivers from Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG/TUF/PRIME RTK) broke my back panel, it can no longer recognize my Microphone, and when I try to reconnect it, the entire Realtek Audio option disappears (means no audio as well).

I been using this driver package for months now with no issues, with only the latest one giving this problem, I even tried to do a clean install to no vail.

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, and I apologise in advance, if it's indeed a driver bug the warning was given.

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Originally Posted by MoKiChU

Hi,

It seems to be the case since an Vanguard update from Riot this week, you have to report this to Riot and/or ASUS (by contacting ASUS Support and/or open a thread here : ROG Care - Hardware & Software Support) so that they forward to A-Volute/Steelseries so that they works with Riot to fix this.

In the meantime, as workaround follow this process :

- Press Windows key + X > "Device Manager" > "Sound, video and game controllers" category
- Disable your Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer device by right-click Disable device then restart your PC

Hi,

Please follow the instructions given here : https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...nic#post854207.

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That didnt work for me! Vanguard still flags it..

Hi Mokichu,

I recently got a ROG Strix Scar laptop, it is G533ZW-XS96 and it looks like it uses Realtek audio. I am not sure which driver package I should use, could you point me in the right direction?

Thank you for everything.

Hi Mokichu, thank you for your response, yes, I remember now that you had mentioned this before. Apologies, I must have forgotten about it. I still have my PC so I am looking forward to new drivers as always, thank you again.

Hey...
I've got the Rog Strix B550-F Gaming (WIFI) and im fighting with my sound....
from what i could read i should use the ss3-DTS driver...
And now im missing my Realtec console, so i cant meddle with my sound, bass trebel or set length of my cables.
The Sonic 3 is there but only Basic...
Plz
What to do... Or should i try the Unbound ?
or a third setup...
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Barney

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Originally Posted by D.Warley

Hey...
I've got the Rog Strix B550-F Gaming (WIFI) and im fighting with my sound....
from what i could read i should use the ss3-DTS driver...
And now im missing my Realtec console, so i cant meddle with my sound, bass trebel or set length of my cables.
The Sonic 3 is there but only Basic...
Plz
What to do... Or should i try the Unbound ?
or a third setup...
.
Barney

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Hi,

You have an ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboard, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.


Note : The equalization is done via SS3 app (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-1yhNrwASU).