You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first. This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user. This article describes how to update a sound card driver in Windows Vista and in Windows XP. For more information, refer to this Microsoft web page: Support is ending for some versions of Windows INTRODUCTION To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure you're running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2). Support for Windows Vista without any service packs installed ended on April 13, 2010. The sound it now fine but the headphone socket does not work. When I then tried to reinstall the RealTek driver, the severe sound distortion returned until I disabled WavesMaxxAudio in Task manager's Startup tab. Much later on I had severe sound distortion that went away when I used the Windows 10 audio troubleshooter & let it ditch the Realtek driver and install an MS one in its place. Device manager can tell you the version that is currently installedįor an earlier version of Realtek audio drivers, Iġ right-clicked on each. To check the version number of the new one you can open one of the inf files and look at the last line of the first group of entries. Is the one you are trying to install really a later version than the one you already have installed? You tell it to use the folder path you enter but it then checks it and says "the best driver is already installed"? Windows thinks it knows best but I want drivers newer than 9 months old I guess I need the very latest sound drivers that I can install as I will be removing the old ones and not updating as that does not work.
inf files so you'd have to try all of them and hope that sequencing was not an issue.īut windows keeps telling me that "the best driver is already installed" even though its 9 months old, I was hoping to completely uninstall all the sound drivers and install the very latest Realtek installer This is not easy with some because there are multiple. inf files of the downloaded installation files then select Install.
Then enter the path to the folder you have put the driver files in.įor other devices, it can be easier because you can right-click on the.
You do not need to uninstall the existing driver yourself unless you are told to do so during the installation of the new one.
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