Realtek drivers mess my speaker volume levels.

Artas1984 · Aug 30, 2016

Asus B85-PRO GAMER here.

For a while it was ok. I don't know when did it happened, but it happened - my right front Logitech Z-5500 speaker started sounding weaker than the left one speaker. I immediately thought that the problem lies in the bass stereo output, because no matter which satellite was connected to the stereo output, it was always the right front speaker that sounded weaker than the rest. 5.1 sound system without a proper right front sound is an abysmal setup, so i connected my older Z-2300 speakers. Yet again i was amazed that the right front speaker is weaker compared to the left front speaker, again - no mater which satellite is connected.

I uninstalled realtek drivers, restarted computer and windows installed it's own driver for my speakers. I hear no problems. I reconnected my Z-5500 again, assembled 5.1 setup and also hear no differenence between left and right stereo outputs.

I installed realtek drivers to find if the problem occurs again - yes it does.

Uninsteleld realtek drivers - no problem.

Is this enough for RMA? Or are there other options?

Beastie · Aug 30, 2016

Just use the generic microsoft driver if it works OK?

Or see if there is a newer realtek driver available.

Sounds like a software rather than hardware issue so RMA might be unlikely to help.

erocker · Aug 30, 2016

Are you downloading the audio driver from the Asus website?

Black.Raven · Aug 30, 2016

You could also try the latest version from realtek themselves:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Drone · Aug 30, 2016

Realtek HDA drivers for Windows 10 are really bad. The moment you change sound quality to max in control panel, audiodg.exe starts sucking on CPU. Sound volume in different apps acts really weird, pausing and unpausing youtube videos leads to loud/quiet sound and many other weird stuff. Lol and when I don't install any Realtek drivers at all, Windows Update downloads and installs them. I know, I know it was a rant.

biffzinker · Aug 31, 2016

The drivers available from Realtek's download page are out of date in comparison to the version downloaded through Windows Update.

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=6.0.1.7910
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Realtek drivers mess my speaker volume levels.

Artas1984

Beastie

erocker

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Black.Raven

Drone

biffzinker