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| Thread ID: 109541 | 2010-05-12 07:54:00 | New motherboard - avoid Realtek audio? | BBCmicro (15761) | Press F1 |
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| 884298 | 2010-05-13 03:04:00 | I am getting a new motherboard (P55) and trying to decide between Gigabyte and Asus. The Gigabyte has Realtek audio, the Asus has Via. I have had a lot of problems with Realtek audio on my Gigabyte P35c mobo and wondering if I should avoid Realtek on future mobos? On the one hand Realtek audio is in millions of motherboards and there are not millions of complaints - so my P35c problems could be 'me'. I also understand Realtek quality is better than Asus. Also the recent Asus H55 boards have gone back to Realtek (I think) On the other hand Realtek seems to have a problem interfacing with Microsoft. If anything goes wrong, it defaults to no inputs (at least for my P35c). But Via also has some problems. So what would you suggest? (Agent 24: For my P35c, the fix seems to be use safe mode to ensure Realtek is installed before Microsfoft's UAA tries to access it - or something like that. It's not a clear-cut driver issue.) I would rather Realtek over VIA anyday of the week.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 884299 | 2010-05-13 04:28:00 | I have a new Gigabyte MB with Realtek Audio. All is fine until I decided to update the audio driver via Windows Update (I don't use Auto updates, so loaded manually). As soon as I had updated the driver the audio died. I rolled the driver back and all was fine again. Lessons: Avoid updating your drivers via Windows Update (I knew this but went ahead anyway...). Most of these type of issues are driver issues, not hardware. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 884300 | 2010-05-13 04:30:00 | I actually have a theory that the "drivers" which Windows Update installs are not actually drivers at all, they are just randomly generated numbers inserted into what appears to be a driver package... | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 884301 | 2010-05-13 04:34:00 | The only time I ever saw anyone have a problem, is when they had let Windows take over the driver install. Ignore the Windows wizard and it's not a problem. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 884302 | 2010-05-13 04:48:00 | The Windows Wizard doesn't activate when you install via the Windows Update website. It appears to be a one size fits all 'experience', with no user control at all. As you suggest, I think therein lies some of the problem. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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