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I'm wondering which version of the Realtek HD Audio on board sound I have...e.g ALC series, etc...

I just need to know so that I can download the right drivers, thanks...Casheti
 
Try the Motherboard manf. Driver page ;) Thats probably the one you have.
 
Belarc Advisor will usually tell you more than you need to know. You might also go to Start > Run and enter dxdiag and check out the Sound tab. Finally, you could step through the properties of the device as listed in your Device Manager - right click on My Computer > Properties > Sound, video and game controllers > right click on [your device] > Properties > Driver.

Having said that, it typically is not a good idea to upgrade HW drivers unless your current driver is corrupt, or if the new driver specifically addresses a problem you are having. If you have XP, it might be best to uninstall the current drivers, reboot and let XP reload what it has in its data base, or as suggested, go out to the motherboard maker's site and download the drivers from there.
 
Casheti said:
I'm wondering which version of the Realtek HD Audio on board sound I have...e.g ALC series, etc...

I just need to know so that I can download the right drivers, thanks...Casheti
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Can/does your OS version allow you to run this command?

msinfo32.exe

(or, Winmsd)

If so, do so, & in the left-hand-side pane, go to thru the System Summary-> Components -> Sound Device tree path, first.

Then, in the right-hand-side pane, look it all over for your soundcard equipment.

APK
 
You might try looking on the chip itself for a label - just make sure you power down and unplug the power supply before digging in there.

However, maybe we are barking up the wrong tree. Are you having audio problems? Why do you think you need to upgrade the drivers?
 
the board uses the ALC882 CODEC
 
lol u seem surprised :p this is ket yer talkin to :cool:
 
Yeah..ket...THE ONE WHO WONT SPLIT HIS BUNDLE, EVEN THOUGH CASHETI'S SYSTEM SUCKS DUE TO LACK OF POWER!!!!! Nah, it's okay, you're a good guy :p
 
lol uknow its odd the amount of ppl wanting stuff from the bundle since i said it was on the flea :p
 
Lol...SPLIT IT!!! SPLIT ITTTTTTTT!!! THAT HIPER 480W PSU IS CALLING MY NAME...LISTEN CLOSELY....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................."Cashetiiiiiiii, ohhh Cashetiiiiiii, I want you...come get me, mmmm *giggle giggle*, ahhhehehehehe"
 
ahahahahahahaahaaaaa! for some reason i got the most demented little voice in my head reading that :D
 
lol, we shall see. folk have fallen in love with it on the flea too :o
 
It is not likely your sound card is causing poor performance. How much RAM do you have? What CPU? What video card? - I would look at those 3 areas first.
 
Well, if you care to click "specs" under my avatar, you will find out :D, and I don't think 1GB of ram is enough, but for some people it's fine...I dunno what's going on...but I still reckon it's poor sound hardware. And my only other computers are a 900MHz Athlon with AGP 4X GeForce 2 32MB, 128SD-Ram, Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI, 20GB Hard drive. The other is a Dell Dimension 3000 with 2.8GHz 478 Socket Pentium 4, XFX Geforce FX 5200 256MB PCI, 1.25GB DDR400 ram, 80GB Maxtor...So this system is my best out of the 3 :D
 
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realtek audio is actually not a bad performer, you may not get the best fps with it, but cpu utilisation should be low, and fps still pretty high. have you tried the latest drivers yet? places to look would be the realtek site, and probably guru3d.
 
Got the latest drivers yesterday :D, made no difference!

SPLIT THE F*CKING BUNDLE!! BECAUSE THEN I WOULD HAVE MORE POWER AND MAYBE IMPROVE PERFORMANCE!!! I NEED THE JUICE!!
 
nope :p 6+ days to go on the flea still, and currently thers been over 110 views and 11 watchers :D
 
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