Help needed with audio drivers.

SlackBabbath · Mar 30, 2022

I have MSI MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon Wifi motherboard. MSI has only A-Volute/Nahimic crapware which I'm going to avoid to the end so I was hoping there's some other way to get Realtek drivers. The mobo supports ALC1220 driver but such driver is not available on Realtek website. I tried to download 64bit driver for W10 but due to the extremely low dl speed (15 to 20kbps) I canceled downloading. Atm I'm using Windows' generic sound driver. All help and ideas are very welcome.

PS: Why Realtek offers 5 years old drivers?

badrobot · Mar 30, 2022

The audio driver from MSI website contains the universal realtek driver. Nahimic can be optional I guess.

MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI

Stigg · Mar 30, 2022

You'll probably get better help on Windows 10 Forums as it has a dedicated Sound & Audio section.

Sound & Audio - Windows 10 Forums

Sound & Audio - Sound card and general audio support.

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Are you using UAD/DCH drivers?

Have a read through the following threads, but in particular, the last few posts, as new MSI drivers have recently been posted.

Realtek Audio Console REQUIRES a Realtek HD (UAD) Driver!! - Windows 10 Help Forums

Earlier this year, rumors started floating around about a Microsoft Store App called the Realtek Audio Console. By the end of August, I myself was able to grab it from the I wrote a post about this stuff for Win10.Guru called Putting Realtek Audio Console

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Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [3] - Windows 10 Help Forums

Thread continued from - Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version Latest Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs Microsoft Update Catalog Realtek download page Information Realtek Audio Control app for Windows 10. "Realtek Audio Control"

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MadScientist · Mar 30, 2022

I have an Asrock B550 MB that has the Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec. I use the Realtek drivers from the Microsoft Update Catalog that Stigg linked to with Windows 11. I gave up on Nahimic. If your MB has the 1220 codec these should work. Here are the latest: Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [3] - Windows 10 Help Forums

Ed Tittel · Mar 31, 2022

I'm with @MadScientist on this one, based on my own experiences with Asrock B550 Extreme4. I also started a TF Thread called

Realtek Audio Console REQUIRES a Realtek HD (UAD) Driver!!

This remains a topic of ongoing activity and concern.

Let me ask the readers: do you want me to update and post that thread for Windows 11 here at ElevenForum under this forum (device drivers) because we don't (yet) have a Sound and Audio forum?

Thanks,
--Ed--

cineman195 · Apr 14, 2022

Ed Tittel said:
Let me ask the readers: do you want me to update and post that thread for Windows 11 here at ElevenForum under this forum (device drivers) because we don't (yet) have a Sound and Audio forum?

I would be glad to have such a thread, I have a Z270 Taichi motherboard from Asrock and Windows 11,( though unsupported CPU) and I don't have any options in audio settings to control bass etc of my 2.1 speaker-system. I would appreciate such a thread or a tutorial to install/update Realtek drivers !

Stigg · Apr 14, 2022

Ed Tittel said:
I'm with @MadScientist on this one, based on my own experiences with Asrock B550 Extreme4. I also started a TF Thread called

Realtek Audio Console REQUIRES a Realtek HD (UAD) Driver!!
This remains a topic of ongoing activity and concern.

Let me ask the readers: do you want me to update and post that thread for Windows 11 here at ElevenForum under this forum (device drivers) because we don't (yet) have a Sound and Audio forum?

Thanks,
--Ed--

Yes, I'd like to see that, Ed. I'd also like to see a Sound & Audio section on this forum.
I often refer to the Windows 10 Forum sound and audio threads.

Ed Tittel · Apr 19, 2022

@Stigg: thanks for the feedback. I'll put one together as soon as I have some "free time" (probably, this weekend, is what that means -- depending on what "The Boss" puts on my honey-do list). Thanks again,
=Ed=

johnlgalt · Apr 19, 2022

I have the X570 Godlike. Do you want RealTek at all? I've been letting Windows install the RealTek drivers it needs for audio, and using DTS:X 2 (through my SteelSeries headphones) or Atmos for pretty much everything, and Nahimic is no longer on my system.

MSI hasn't posted anytyhing newer than 9057 for the RealTek, and I got tired of updating nearly every week - last clean install I just didn't install it, and Windows handled it (and still does) like a charm, for a chance.

Ed Tittel · Apr 20, 2022

@johnlgalt: the French website Station Drivers does the best job of keeping up with leading-edge drivers of any site I know. They've got MSI drivers up through v9326.1. Cant see specific mention of Nahimic stuff, though...
HTH,
--Ed--

Dru2 · Apr 20, 2022

Add me in for a dedicated Sound and Audio section here.

Anyway, Gigabyte did post Windows 11 drivers for my Gigabyte Z390 board, on Oct 5, 2021. Installed driver date is listed as 8/17/2021