Updating audio driver. How to quickly update sound card drivers
For the normal operation of each laptop or computer, it is necessary that all components are good and efficient. This also applies to software. The Windows operational system constantly needs to update drivers. Sometimes they can fly, then the user should know how to reinstall them.
How to reinstall the sound driver via Device Manager
It happens that the sound disappears on the PC or it becomes poor quality - with distortions. It is not necessary to be upset the sound card is not out of order, but you must reinstall only the drivers. The easiest way to do it through the device manager. Next steps:
- Open the Start menu and go to the control panel.
- Here in the Computer Parameters window, you must start the Device Manager.
- Next you need to deploy the tab of the sound, video, gaming devices.
- After that, you need to click PKM on the necessary audio device, in the menu that appears, you need to click on the update section.
In the window that appears there will be two options - the search for components manually or automatic. Select the last and wait for the end of the procedure. It is worth noting that the Internet must be included. Very often such a procedure fails, but there is nothing terrible.
Open the sound card properties, then in the Driver tab, look at the name of the equipment. Copy this data and use the browser search engine. Updates for sound card are quite popular, so finding and downloading them should not be a lot of work.
How to reinstall the sound driver in other ways
You can download the necessary updates from the official sites of the developers. To begin with, try finding them on the Microsoft portal or Rialtek. If nothing came up, then look at your laptop model on the back cover of the device or in documents. Then enter the name in the browser search engine and add: download drivers on the developer's official website. Open the link and find the program to configure the sound card.
There are also special programs that automatically install all the drivers on the PC. The popular application is Driver Booster. You should download the installation file and run the PC setting. The program will do everything yourself, it is possible from the proposed list to exclude not necessary updates before loading.
System failure due to a viral attack or incorrect reinstalling the operating system sometimes leads to a loss of drivers for a sound card and as a result - no sound on a computer. Let's look at how to install the driver for the sound on your own without resorting to the help of the computer, using the example of Windows 7.
By default, when installing the Windows 7 operating system, the Windows Update Center is launched, with which all drivers are periodically updated, and automatically. First check, and whether this service is turned off. Through the Start button and search for Windows, open the "Services" window, find it and restart. Next, also via the search, contact the device manager window, according to the screenshot. From the list of the presented equipment, select the "Sound, Video and Gaming Devices" section and click on it.
- I have three questions to the site administrator: How to install a driver for sound? Second question: Where to download RealTek dispatcher? The third question: (there is a separate article) on the system unit? I had all this and worked before reinstalling the system. A few days ago, Windows 7 had to reinstall and now there is no sound, the Realtek dispatcher disappeared and the front sound panel does not work. CD with drivers can not find. Of course, you can call the masters, but the prices are expensive, and I study at school, and I want to figure it out in everything yourself, because I managed to install the operating system yourself. Edik.
Letter No. 2. I have a problem: reinstalled the operating system and immediately got a question how to install a driver for soundAll other devices The Windows 7 operating system found and the driver installed automatically, it can be seen in the device manager, and instead of my audio device it was written an audio device on the High Definition Audio bus and that's it. According to your article, Identified - the device instance code (hardware ID) has entered www.devid.info, inserted in the search field
HDAUDIO \\ FUNC_01 & VEN_10ECC & DEV_0883 & SUBSYS_1043829F & REV_1000 and pressed to search, after a few seconds this result was obtained:
REALTEK HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO
Manufacturer: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Operating system: Windows XP, Vista
Still decided to call the masters and he just installed me the driver on the sound from his disk, but I did not appear with the Realtek manager and I could not turn it on, although it worked before reinstalling the system and I connected to it headphones. Tell me how I do everything right, you are also a master. Ilya.
How to install a driver for sound
Note: Friends generally there is a rule, immediately after installing the operating system, go to the site of your motherboard and download all the drivers (sound, network, and so on) from there, we even have a detailed article on this topic. If for any reason you did not work, you can download the driver on the sound directly from the manufacturer's website built into your motherboard, in most cases it will be a REALTEK sound card, that is, we read everything written below.
We take a computer with the same integrated (built-in) in the motherboard in the form of a microcircuit by the RealTek sound card, like our reader and just installed by the operating system and Windows 7 without drivers on the sound (I specifically did not install the driver to the audio device, install together with you).
In the device manager I have an item Sound, video and gaming devices And under it is a device with High Definition Audio, denoting that the system is a new generation sound device that supports the HD AUDIO HD audio sound standard, but there is no sound in the system, since the driver is not installed on this device.
Note: on old motherboard instead of High Definition Audio, there may be AC'97 -Atended standard audio codecs developed by Intel in 1997. But the audio subsystem, built into our motherboard, works on a newer High Definition Audio or HD AUDIO standard. Intel High Definition Audio- is a relatively new Specification for audio codecs, developed by Intel in 2004, characterized by the improved digital sound quality, an increase in channels, a higher frequency of transmission compared to AC "97.
- We define the exact name of our sound card and which respectively we need a driver.
- We find the driver on the official website of our sound card, download it and install if it is the driver of the Realtek sound card, together with the official driver. realtek dispatcher will be installed (I don't need to download it separately).
- In order for the front sound panel to work, we will have configure Realtek ManagerThis is not difficult and in most cases enough so that the front sound panel function normally. If there is a failure, you will have to enter the BIOS and set the Front Panel Type parameter - with HD Audio on AC-97 (all the details below).
During the existence of the site, question how to install a driver for sound, I was asked an incredible number of times, in addition, before you write an article, I specifically watched how the driver search on the Internet at a simple user and came to the conclusion. People want to find drivers anywhere, but not on the official website of the device manufacturer. Why is this happening?
If it is the case for example with drivers on the video card, it is relatively simple, everyone knows about the existence of a Russian-speaking site, where everything is very simple and understandable and even there is a program, running you can easily find out the exact name of your video card and select the driver in the same place . Naturally, on such a site, the simple user is not difficult to download the desired driver, it is undoubtedly a big plus creators of this website.
Otherwise, the case is with the drivers to sound, although here there are only some major manufacturers and the most important in my Realtek, I personally have to face the search and installation of the drivers of this particular manufacturer. Indeed, the website www.realtek.com periodically freezes, does not have the support of the Russian language, but you can still download drivers from it, I personally have always worked.
Of course, first of all you need to know the name of your sound card. To accurately determine the name of virtually any device connected to the motherboard, including built-in and discrete sound cards, you can apply simple, but nevertheless an indispensable (for example in my work) a program called AIDA64 or you can use exactly the same Everest utility .
More exotic methods for determining the names of devices and search for drivers on the ID-equipment code, using the PCidatabase.com site and www.devid.info, are given in our article. How to find a device code driver (Link to the article above) will not repeat if everything written below does not help, you can read it.
So we go to the official website of the AIDA64 program, being in the nearby past of free, she recently became paid, but it is not necessary to buy it right away. The first 30 days developer gives us the opportunity to use the program without any restrictions. It seems to me that time is more than enough for what we have identified the name of the device we need. If you like the program, then of course you can buy it.
On the official website of our program http://www.aida64.com/ click on the download button,
You can download the program in the installer or in the archive, let's download in the archive, click on AIDA64 EXTREME EDITION TRIAL VERSION, Zip Package, Download.
Downloaded, now unzip our program in some folder,
go to this folder, then run the file aida64.exe and our program starts
In the main program, click the computer,
then total information
and we see everything that we have installed inside the system unit: the name of the motherboard and its chipset, as well as we see the name of the processor, video adapter, the BIOS type and so on.
Half the case is done, we go to the official website Realtek - www.realtek.com. Many users complain that the Realtek website does not support the Russian language, you can exit the position you can use the Google Chrome browser, it will easily translate you.
Click downloads
and choose HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO CODECS (SOFTWARE)
We put a tick at the point I Accept to the Above And click Next (next)
Why I chose High Definition Audio Codecs (Software) drivers. Because the data sound drivers Realtek are universal in their own way. They support all new sound formats and are suitable to all Realtek High Definition Audio sound cards and our too (highlighted red). Drivers are designed for operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7/8 32-64BIT.
- 1. Support for Vista / Windows 7 WHQL: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, Alc270, alc272, alc273, alc275
- 2. Support for Windows 2000 / XP WHQL: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, Alc268, alc269, alc270, alc272, alc273, alc275
If we have installed one of the 64-bit systems - Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, then click on the second Description of the table.
Accordingly, if you have installed 32-bit Windows 2000, Windows XP / 2003 (32/64 BITS), then select the seventh item.
We chose your version of the operating system, for example, we have 7-64-bit Windows installed, now we select the Site from which we will download, you can choose any, for example, located in China and click on it with the left mouse once.
Download the driver and launch it.
The driver is installed in the operating system,
and along with the drivers, the RealTek dispatcher is installed. After rebooting the computer, we will have sound in Windows.
In the device manager, we see the version of our driver, it is the last.
Read the following our article -. Very convenient, I recommend!
On the Internet there are many pages, where they offer to download drivers for sound, do not rush. In each computer, netbook or laptop, whether ASUS or the other.
Depending on what kind of Windows 7 or XP operating system is: Sound cards are different. Therefore, you need to pick up for your model.
You can most accurately determine by dev and Ven codes of your sound card or the "Everest" program.
For beginners, such definitions can cause some difficulties, so I will describe simple ways to find and install the best drivers for sound.
Immediately here I want to note that the search method described below will suit absolutely for everyone, and not just on the sound. It is the most simple and accessible to all novice users of computers.
How to define drivers for sound
As written above, you can use the program "Everest", but there are two but: it needs to download, and be able to use, so I will postpone this option for better times and use a simpler search for sound drivers
To do this, open the "Control Panel" (click Start, it will be on the right side), we are looking for a "Device Manager" and click on it.
There is access to all installed drivers including sound. We are only interested in the following "sound videos and gaming devices".
On the contrary, on the left side there is a small black triangle (extended menu), you need to click on it.
After clicking, you will see your drivers. If you press them with the right mouse button, you will open a new window, in it at the bottom, select Properties. Look at the drawing.
In most cases, it is completely enough to learn the site of the supplier. (See Figure below) After that, go to it, and are looking for your drivers to sound.
If you need additional information, for more accurate search, in the option "Details", as shown in the figure, you can quickly find out.
Also, you can try to update them directly from the device manager (not always this method works).
Just click Update Drivers, specify where to search (if there is a disk, then insert it into the drive, if not - choose through the Internet) and update.
There are no difficulties in the setting for the sound. After downloading, they usually be in the archive, then unpacking.
- By the way, I almost forgot. Recently appeared. Turning on the link can download. She is small and in Russian.
That's all. The method described above is the simplest and at the same time very effective. The whole point is to pick them up for your motherboard.
I think after reading this article, you will be able to search for yourself and install the driver on your PC.
08.03.2017
A frequent problem of users is the loss of sound on the computer. Naturally, many are trying to find the cause of a malfunction and to solve it as soon as possible. Immediately goes to the reboot of the computer, various frauds with wires and settings. But most often simply arises the need to update audio drivers.
Updating sound drivers
Driver updates are a fairly fast and easy process with which everyone will cope. To do this, you need to make only a few action:
Method 1: Equipment manufacturer official website
This is the first thing to be resorted to updating the sound driver can be - download them from the official website of the PC or laptop motherboard manufacturer. Take, for example, the ASUS X54H laptop brand. To find the drivers on this model, do the following:
A similar operation passes with the motherboard model if you are a PC owner. In the second part of the article, you will learn how to determine the model of the board.
Method 2: General Purpose Programs
There are a number of specific programs that independently find drivers on the Internet, after which they install them on your computer. You can use one of the most common programs in this area, which is called DRIVER PACK SOLUTION.
Go to official site Programs and download the desired version. You can download the version where all the drivers are collected. Its advantage is that all the drivers can be installed without the Internet. But if you have the Internet and do not want to wait long, it is recommended to download the online version of the program, which will find everything you need on the Internet independently and will install.
After installation, you can click on "Configure PC automatically". During configuration, the program itself will find the necessary drivers and install them. You will only stay to restart the computer and enjoy it with full-fledged performance.
Method 3: Automatic Update through Device Manager
This method works only in cases when you have access to the Internet. In another case, you need to find a computer where Internet access will be available to download the necessary drivers for your audio card, after learning its model. More details on how to find out this information, read below.
Definition of the motherboard model
If the automatic update of the drivers failed for some reason, then you will need to find out the model of your motherboard to download audio drivers. This can be done on the example of the AIDA64 program or in a standard way. Please note the fact that you can update the sound drivers by downloading them from the Internet, you can only know your motherboard model.
Method 1: Definition through AIDA64
Go to official site And download the program of the latest version.
It will diagnose your computer and determine the component models. After starting, go to the system board section where you can see all the necessary information and even update some drivers.
Method 2: Standard
To find out the model of the motherboard in this way, you must use the team "Run":
After that you can download the necessary drivers for your model of the motherboard from the Internet.
Why you need to update sound drivers
There are several situations when you need to update sound drivers:
- The sound driver is simply outdated and stopped working correctly.
- After reinstalling Windows, all the drivers flew, respectively, the sound driver is also.
- You accidentally deleted the sound driver or system files were damaged by the virus.
Causes of sound loss
If you carefully examine this problem, it can be concluded not only to update the drivers. If the sound disappeared, then look at the taskbar, you may have happened by chance or deliberately turned off the sound, and then forgotten. Also, after updating the operating system, you will need to not forget to deliver all the drivers. Thus, the sound on the computer can be quiet, distorted or will disappear.
BIOS settings
It is also necessary to check the BIOS settings may have come back. It is done very simple:
- When starting a computer, go to the BIOS.
- Next, select item "Devices Configuration".
- Next you need to find item "HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO" and check that it is turned on, that is, in front of it should be a value "Enabled".
Disable Windows service
You must also check the services. There is such a service as Windows Audio, which is responsible for the sound. To test it for performance you need:
If the service works in another mode or stopped at all, then it is necessary:
Also carefully look at the connected devices, columns or headphones, perhaps the problem is precisely in them.
This article contains several ways, thanks to which you can upgrade sound drivers. If one of them helped you, do not hurry to upset and try others, most likely you will find the necessary solution and solve the problem with sound. Also note that after reinstalling the operating system, you may need to update audio drivers. Do not rush to search for updates for sound card drivers before make sure the problem is in them.