Need Guidance on Realtek HD Audio Drivers

Stupsi · Feb 28, 2024

I have seen posts on updating the Realtek Audio Drivers and I am not familiar with what I need to do to update my Realtek HD Audio drivers, I have 6.0.9235.1 installed with a date of 9/7/21. My system is Win 11 64 Bit (unsupported but works great) and have a Sony Vaio laptop. The motherboard is American Megatrends and my entire system is up to date. Realtek was already installed when I purchased the laptop several years ago. I have tried everything I know and even some driver update programs and nothing has worked or is offered for me to update these drivers. I've tried updating with the UAD drivers but it says its not compatible maybe because I have HD Audio drivers installed. Even when I uninstall the Realtek drivers I have on the system and then try to install the UAD drivers, it won't let me again saying "not compatible: If I'm stuck with what I have I can accept that, but thinking I would give a holler out and seek help. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

I think there are about 4 digits/letters missing from your Laptop, Sony Vaio VPCF1****
Generally you would obtain drivers from the manufacturer, as you probably know.
Do the original drivers not work properly or are lacking? The old saying.. “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”

Stupsi · Feb 28, 2024

antspants
Sorry, yes VPCF1 it is indeed. I agree with what you said that “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. I am not having any problems that I know of, was just seeking a way to obtain an updated driver as I have read / seen that many other users have more current drivers and as my attempts to update what I have have failed, that I would see what others could maybe help. Sony no longer supports their laptops and the Realtek website has older drivers than what I was able to obtain through the program" driver booster". So as said earlier, if I have to just live with what I have, I can live with it. Thanks for reaching out..

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

I cant find a VPCF1, all the VAIO’s that start with VPCF1 have an extra 4 letters/digits as I mentioned. All the VAIO models I find have 9. Ex.

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

I’m going to guess it’s outdated but could you check underneath for the complete model number, starting with VPCF1?

Stupsi · Feb 28, 2024

its the VPCF111FX

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

Yeah the end of support for your laptop appears to have ended pre Windows Eight? That’s eons ago. Perhaps Realtex supply a driver for your Laptop directly. I was trying to search the Realtek driver threads in here but I get confused by the variations. Had trouble finding anything. If anywhere they would be in the “DIY Builds and Motherboards” section of this forum.
Nothing on the net I found are links I would personally trust, like Driverscape. I find those sites a little iffy.

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

Stupsi said:
I have 6.0.9235.1 installed with a date of 9/7/21

Did Windows install this driver?
Interesting that Sony doesn’t even list old drivers for the VPCF111FX

Stupsi · Feb 28, 2024

Yup, got laptop when Win 7 came out and is kind of old (13 yrs now) but works great with Windows 11. Agree that all the variations out there with Realtek drivers is quite confusing as I see some folks have versions like 6.0.9681xx or other but is probably pretty dependent on motherboard and year of build as you stated. From what I understand Realtek does not even support / provide updated drivers any longer. Hey, but worth a shot right, I've learned a lot and still learning from the folks here on ElevenForum"s so I appreciate you taking a look this.

antspants · Feb 28, 2024

Sorry, my help was pretty much useless. One note though, when I searched the specs I found

Intel High Definition Audio
So now I bow out because I am completely out of my depth and have already made myself look daft

I just didn’t like to see you get unanswered.

Helmut · Feb 28, 2024

Windows updates takes care of your Laptop drivers including Realtek HDA etc.
That is it, could not be easier.

Forget about any updates, it works which is good for a Laptop that old.

My 10 year old Laptop has Realtek HDA audio drivers from 2015, and Realtek card reader, it works fine, no worries.

erpster4 · Mar 5, 2024

the only place to find the originally provided drivers for the Sony VPCF11FX laptop is this site.
one of the original Realtek audio drivers for this laptop appears to be v6.0.1.5992 (from early Dec. 2010).

Stupsi said:
Yup, got laptop when Win 7 came out and is kind of old (13 yrs now) but works great with Windows 11. Agree that all the variations out there with Realtek drivers is quite confusing as I see some folks have versions like 6.0.9681xx or other but is probably pretty dependent on motherboard and year of build as you stated. From what I understand Realtek does not even support / provide updated drivers any longer. Hey, but worth a shot right, I've learned a lot and still learning from the folks here on ElevenForum"s so I appreciate you taking a look this.

the newer 6.0.95xx & 6.0.96xx versions are usually OEM specific (aka. NOT generic) and meant for use on brand new systems {those made in 2023 & recent).
the latest "generic" or generally released version of the Realtek audio drivers on the Realtek web site is 6.0.1.8186 created mid-June 2017 (before the slight number version format change), even though Realtek themselves posted an (R2.83) release package several weeks ago but still has driver version 6.0.1.8186.

antspants said:
Did Windows install this driver?
Interesting that Sony doesn’t even list old drivers for the VPCF111FX

um, I highly doubt it.

about Sony & Vaio; they split in early 2014-

Vaio - Wikipedia

On 4 February 2014, Sony announced that it would sell its VAIO PC business due to poor sales.

Vaio became a separate company, once that happened

Winuser · Mar 6, 2024

Stupsi said:
I have seen posts on updating the Realtek Audio Drivers and I am not familiar with what I need to do to update my Realtek HD Audio drivers, I have 6.0.9235.1 installed with a date of 9/7/21. My system is Win 11 64 Bit (unsupported but works great) and have a Sony Vaio laptop. The motherboard is American Megatrends and my entire system is up to date. Realtek was already installed when I purchased the laptop several years ago. I have tried everything I know and even some driver update programs and nothing has worked or is offered for me to update these drivers. I've tried updating with the UAD drivers but it says its not compatible maybe because I have HD Audio drivers installed. Even when I uninstall the Realtek drivers I have on the system and then try to install the UAD drivers, it won't let me again saying "not compatible: If I'm stuck with what I have I can accept that, but thinking I would give a holler out and seek help. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Here is my suggestion, unless your having problems then Don't! From my past experiences I found that it's best to only use the Realtek driver supplied by the OEM. If your just looking for more control over the sound output give FxSound a try. It's what I now use. Boost Volume and Sound Quality on Your PC - FxSound

erpster4 · Mar 11, 2024

or OP could try this 6.0.9273.1 driver version from Microsoft though it is a non-UAD (non-DCH) HDA edition

Hazel123 · Mar 11, 2024

I would go with the one Windows update installs. Or you could do a scan with the Intel Assistant and it will tell you the latest driver. They do have Realtek drivers. The Vista 64 bit one on erpster4's link might work - see what Intel brings up.

Download Intel Drivers and Software

Download new and previously released drivers including support software, bios, utilities, firmware and patches for Intel products.

www.intel.com

Hazel123 · Mar 11, 2024

Just to add, I really loved my Sony Vaio VPCCW2S1E - it was the most ergonomic laptop keyboard I've ever had. It wouldn't upgrade to Windows 10 due to lack of drivers for NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M. Charging socket failure blew the motherboard in the end.