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

[ravihpa]

Hi everyone,

Thank you SO MUCH! for all your help. I was facing the infamous Sonic Studio 3 getting stuck and not loading. I followed your uninstall/clean/reinstall guide and reinstalled, and now everything works just great!

BTW, I have an ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming and I used your DTS Sound Unbound version.

Thanx again for all your help. Keep up the amazing work!

[dzo888]

Hi everyone,

The Third Party DTSX Ultra/DTS SU Extension Driver have been updated.


Thread, post & drivers packages updated.

I noticed after performing a clean uninstall and install of these audio drivers packaged with DTSX Ultra/DTS SU Extension Driver - 1.1.69 that I no longer get the following two Software Components in Device Manager:

DTS APO4x Service Component
DTS Audio Effects Component

I notice that the ASUS1043ROG directory only has one file in the 1.1.69 version, whereas in previous version, the directory had multiple files.
Digging into the dtsapo4ultraAsusextensionpkg.inf file for comparison, I noticed the following entries in previous versions:

[ASUS1043ROG]
CopyFiles = ASUS1043ROG.CopyList
AddReg = PresetAddReg

[ASUS1043ROG.Components]
AddComponent = DTSAPO,,DTSAPO_Install
AddComponent = DTSService,,DTSService_Install

Whereas the latest version only had this:

[ASUS1043ROG]
CopyFiles = ASUS1043ROG.CopyList


Was this intentional?

[SteverinoLA]

I find this level of detail about how the drivers work fascinating. I don't have a DTS mb so it doesn't apply to me, but for those who do, does this change mean they should do a full clean driver uninstall prior to this update, or does the driver installation for new organization handle it? I presume you would see absent entries in Device Mgr if you turned on Show Hidden Entries, and could then delete them all?

[schm0]

Hi,
thank you for keeping the drivers up to date.

But the new drivers don't work for me. (SS3-DTS 9091.1)
I did a clean install as suggested. (even used the SS3 Clean Up tool)
But the nahimic service keeps crashing (windows event log) and I get no audio at all.
SS3-DTS 9079.1 works fine.

//edit
Maybe I should add…
Upgrading from 9079.1 to 9091.1 works too.

[SteverinoLA]

Hi,

Thank you for raising this point.

Even if using the UPDATE process does not interfere with the operation of the drivers (if you are used to cleaning your old drivers via Driver Store Explorer, the APO and Service SWC device should be hidden in your Device Manager, if you are not used to cleaning your old drivers via Driver Store Explorer, APOs and Service SWC device should be visible but not used), I recommend doing a CLEANUP in order to reset on a healthy basis. So :

@ ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboards users : Due to a major change in the operation of the DTS Sound Unbound Third Party Drivers, re-download your drivers package & 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.

I like running a tight, clean ship so I frequently clean out DriverStore and frequently go inot Device Mgr and delete hidden device not present that I know I don't need so I would be first to clean again scrupulously. I don't have a DTS mb like I said before so doesn't apply. However, everything must be working fine your "customers" upgrading their DTS mb's here, otherwise, you know they would be 100's of people complaining that these drivers they think you yourself wrote the code for (lol) aren't working anymore.

[Riekopo]

I have the ROG Crosshair VI Extreme motherboard. I am resetting my PC soon with an upgrade to CPU and cooler and NVME. I would like to get the latest audio driver for my system. The one listed on the motherboard support page is Version 6.0.1.8746 from 2019/12/03. So over a year old. Is there a newer one available?

I have been using Google to investigate Realtek audio drivers and it's very confusing. I went to the Realtek website but it's a very bad website and I don't understand it. Realtek does a really bad job at providing support for their audio components it seems to me.

https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards...desk_download/

I would like to get the latest drivers for all my motherboard components. But I don't know where to look. Many of the drivers listed on the motherboard support page are old.

I know to go to the AMD website for Chipset and GPU drivers. But I don't know where to go to get the rest of the drivers.

[Fredy M]

Hi,

I already answered you in the thread you created : https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...air-VI-Extreme

hi MoKiChU...just my personal opinion...don`t bother...the dude thinks he knows everything

and thanks for the hard work... keep`em coming

[Vokac]

Hi, please help me, i did everything you said in the first post, cleanup, install and update however i don't have audio manager in systray. I have Asus z270e-gaming motherboard.
When i plug in my headphones i got notification that headphones are connected and when i click on that then it is the only way to get ASUS Realtek manager up but still not visible icon in systray

[SteverinoLA]

Hi, please help me, i did everything you said in the first post, cleanup, install and update however i don't have audio manager in systray. I have Asus z270e-gaming motherboard.
When i plug in my headphones i got notification that headphones are connected and when i click on that then it is the only way to get ASUS Realtek manager up but still not visible icon in systray

There is no sys tray thing anymore. It's an app in your Start Menu called Realtek Control Panel.

[deathidimmu]

Thank you so much!!! this information helps me so much!!!