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

[Kuzja]

Can i use SS3-DTS drivers on SS3 mb? (z370h)
is it only marketing or hardware differents? (all different - id vendor?)

[Kuzja]

Hi,

No, you can't use other drivers than those designed for your motherboard type.

No matter what mb model. (the sound chip has nothing to do with the board - it is standalone device with standard specification)
DTS+SS3 drivers work on same chip as mine (alc1220a)
But its not install, because my mb vendor not present in inf file (or else hardcoded check)
It's all marketing trick and software lock

The same situation with RAMCache 3. I cant install it (your hardware is not supported) (only RAMCache 2 for my mb)
Why i shold use depricated bugged version that not update two years? buggy so much that it cannot create its own settings file - wrong file permission.
I bypass vendor check via debugger now RAMCache 3 work perfect....

p/s This is not a very good asus policy towards users and customers.
Sorry my english

MoKiChU, add this to drivers
This missed component for all ss3 versions (it is virtual mixer)

[xeromist]

No matter what mb model. (the sound chip has nothing to do with the board - it is standalone device with standard specification)
DTS+SS3 drivers work on same chip as mine (alc1220a)
But its not install, because my mb vendor not present in inf file (or else hardcoded check)
It's all marketing trick and software lock

The same situation with RAMCache 3. I cant install it (your hardware is not supported) (only RAMCache 2 for my mb)
Why i shold use depricated bugged version that not update two years? buggy so much that it cannot create its own settings file - wrong file permission.
I bypass vendor check via debugger now RAMCache 3 work perfect....

p/s This is not a very good asus policy towards users and customers.
Sorry my english

MoKiChU, add this to drivers
This missed component for all ss3 versions (it is virtual mixer)

Mokichu does not author drivers and does not work for ASUS. He is donating his time to help other users.

I don't know the inner workings of ASUS but generally if a feature is not available for your board it is either because you do not have a license for it or it is not tested for use. For ASUS to remedy either of those situations would cost money and make your board more expensive. If you wish to have a feature make sure it is available at the time of purchase. Do not expect features to be added later as that occurrence is quite rare.

[HGnDC]

I just updated my Z390-E to the ver. 6.0.9030.1 drivers, closely following the Cleanup/Install procedures. I ran the SS3 Cleaner tool in an attempt to fix the faulting NahimivSvc32.exe app. I also had to manually reinstall Realtek Audio Console. (I have not yet reinstalled either Sonic Studio app.)

Result:

Device Manager confirms that the driver is now ver. 6.0.9030.1.

The faulting application NahimicSvc32.exe has returned .

The speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen shows I have three playback devices, 1) Speakers (Realtek Audio), 2) Dell UP3017 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio), and 3) Realtek Digital Output (Realtek Audio)

I can only use device #1 (Speakers) in my web browsers (Firefox or Edge); if I select device #3 (Realtek Digital Output) there is no sound.

However, my music apps (Qobuz, iTunes) allow me to play on either device: #1 (Speakers) or #3 (Realtek Digital Output).

So for now I'm keeping audio on device #1(Speakers), and have disabled the Nahimic service.

Is this about as good as I can expect? Many thanks for advice.

-Howard

Further Information: I discovered that a Nahimic service was taking up all my CPU processing (screenshot), so now I have disabled all Nahimic services from starting using Autoruns. Does anyone have any advice about what these Nahimic apps are doing or trying to do? Thanks.

[rgen44]

Hi,

The perception of optimal listening experience of sound is different according to tastes and people. So it's up to you to choose what suits you best :

- SS3 installed & SS3 effect enabled (EQ via SS3)
- SS3 installed but SS3 effect disabled (EQ via SS3)
- SS3 uninstalled (EQ via Realtek Audio Control/Console)



Hi,

This phenomenon occurs when :

- the .cmd is started from a location with limited rights. In this case, move the drivers package folder to another location (Desktop, Downloads folder, etc.) and relaunch the .cmd.
- the drivers package folder is named ending with " (1)" because a drivers package folder named with the same version was already present. In this case, delete the folder that was existing and rename the new one by removing "(1)" from the folder name and relaunch the .cmd.

Thank you for your reply. So for the cmd issue I have previously tried what you suggested but did not work. I will work on this and see what is wrong on my end. I hope you continue to get the positive feedback you deservive and those that follow you truly appreciate all that you do. Stay well!

[rokK0]

hello, i have an rog strix z370 f gaming board, which driver should i use? This one -------> Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3 MB) :
Drivers : 6.0.9030.1 WHQL [15/09/2020]

you do a great job MoKiChU, keep it up

[rokK0]

thx m8

[HGnDC]

I just updated my Z390-E to the ver. 6.0.9030.1 drivers, closely following the Cleanup/Install procedures. I ran the SS3 Cleaner tool in an attempt to fix the faulting NahimivSvc32.exe app. I also had to manually reinstall Realtek Audio Console. (I have not yet reinstalled either Sonic Studio app.)

Result:

Device Manager confirms that the driver is now ver. 6.0.9030.1.

The faulting application NahimicSvc32.exe has returned .

The speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen shows I have three playback devices, 1) Speakers (Realtek Audio), 2) Dell UP3017 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio), and 3) Realtek Digital Output (Realtek Audio)

I can only use device #1 (Speakers) in my web browsers (Firefox or Edge); if I select device #3 (Realtek Digital Output) there is no sound.

However, my music apps (Qobuz, iTunes) allow me to play on either device: #1 (Speakers) or #3 (Realtek Digital Output).

So for now I'm keeping audio on device #1(Speakers), and have disabled the Nahimic service.

Is this about as good as I can expect? Many thanks for advice.

-Howard

Further Information: I discovered that a Nahimic service was taking up all my CPU processing (screenshot), so now I have disabled all Nahimic services from starting using Autoruns. Does anyone have any advice about what these Nahimic apps are doing or trying to do? Thanks.

Since I've had no responses, I will try once more with a simplified question: Given that I've disabled of all the Nahimic exes from loading (NahimicSvc32Run, NahimicSvc64Run, NahimicTask32, NahimicTask64, and NahimicService) since they either won't load or use up all the CPU time, can I just delete these exes from the folders "syswow64" and " system32"?

All advice greatly appreciated.

[HGnDC]

Hi,

Delete the ThirdParty folder from your drivers package (AUDIO_Realtek_UAD_ASUS_ROG_SS3_MB_v6.0.xxxx.1) then re-follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process (without installing SS3 & SR3), for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process (still by deleting the ThirdParty folder from your drivers package).

Thank you! I'll get on that now.

[RTitan]

The Realtek Audio Console from the MS store will not run. I am getting the error "Can not connect to RPC service". I have been through all 46 pages here and can only find one reference to it on page 18. But nothing there helps. I have followed the clean and install directions here very carefully and all seems to install fine with no errors. I can see the 6.0.9030.1 driver and everything else works fine. I just don't have a Realtek console to control stuff - bass, speaker distance, etc. I'm on a clean install of Windows 10 2004. I did try other drivers multiple times before I discovered this thread. I was looking for the Realtek console and it would never appear. I have cleaned thoroughly with both Rapr.exe and DDU.

Prime Deluxe II. 10940X. VROC and Quadro 5000 RTX. Any suggestions?

Edit: After searching and trying to fix this for a week - Enable "Realtek HD Audio Universal Service" on Startup tab via Task Manager.