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Often, computer users are faced with a situation where, for some reason, it is necessary to update sound drivers on Windows 10. Sometimes this is due to the appearance of an upgraded version of software that will help identify additional channels in a track. In other cases, this is due to problems that arise during the installation of software, as a result of which the device works partially or refuses to do so at all. Further in the article I will talk about several options for how we can carry out the procedure we need.
Device Manager
There are several basic methods by which anyone in need can install a new version of drivers for a sound card on their computer for free. I will talk about a few of them. And the first - through Device Manager". This option allows you to do everything manually.
We perform a series of actions:
After that, the tool will start, which will do everything automatically. It remains only to wait. In some cases, after installation, it is necessary to restart the equipment.
Official site
Another option is to use the software downloaded from the official site, because in some cases the Windows tools do not find new items. Or their installation leads to incorrect operation of the component.
In any case, there is a solution - we go to the official website of the manufacturer and look for the appropriate product. Download and run it. Next, using the prompts, install what you need.
Sometimes it happens that the application cannot find the connected component. It is possible to place files in the system manually. To do this, we follow the steps that we performed in the previous method, only in the last paragraph we select the search for the appropriate solution on the computer. After that, point to the downloaded element. If an item is archived, it must first be unpacked.
It is best to use trusted torrent trackers or official websites of manufacturers as sources. For Realtek it is https://www.realtek.com. No less popular today are elements from Conexant. The corresponding drivers are located on https://conexant.com/. And in general, if you have a component from another manufacturer, just write its name in the search, and the site of this particular developer should appear first in the list.
Software updater
Some of the most convenient solutions are applications that independently find all the missing or outdated pieces of software. You just need to run the program and press the appropriate button. After that, the mechanism for searching for new products will start. Next, you need to confirm their installation.
As a result, the software will check the installed versions online with those found on the Internet. After that, they will be placed on the computer.
Users just have to wait a bit.
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A common problem for users is the loss of sound on the computer. Naturally, many are trying to find the cause of the malfunction and solve it as quickly as possible. Immediately, the computer is restarted, various frauds with wires and settings are used. But most often there is simply a need to update sound drivers.
Update sound drivers
Updating drivers is a fairly quick and easy process that anyone can handle. To do this, you need to take just a few steps:
Method 1: Official website of the equipment manufacturer
This is the first thing you should resort to updating the sound driver - you can download them from the official website of the manufacturer of the PC or laptop motherboard. Take, for example, the Asus X54H laptop brand. To find drivers for this model, do the following:
A similar operation takes place with the motherboard model, if you are the owner of a PC. In the second part of the article, you will learn how to determine the board model.
Method 2: General Purpose Programs
There are a number of specific programs that independently find drivers on the Internet, and then install them on your computer. You can use one of the most common programs in this area called Driver Pack Solution.
Go to official site program and download the required version. You can download the version where all the drivers are collected. Its advantage is that all drivers can be installed without the Internet. But if you have the Internet and do not want to wait a long time, then it is recommended to download the online version of the program, which will find everything you need on the Internet on its own and install it.
Once installed, you can click on "Set up PC automatically". During setup, the program will automatically find the necessary drivers and install them. You just have to restart your computer and enjoy its full performance.
Method 3: Automatic Update via Device Manager
This method only works if you have Internet access. In another case, you need to find a computer with Internet access in order to download the necessary drivers for your sound card, after knowing its model. See below for more information on how to find this information.
Determining the motherboard model
If the automatic driver update failed for some reason, then you will need to find out your motherboard model in order to download sound drivers. This can be done using the example of the AIDA64 program or in the standard way. Please note that you can only update sound drivers by downloading them from the Internet if you know your motherboard model.
Method 1: Definition via AIDA64
Go to official site and download the latest version.
It will diagnose your computer and determine the models of components. After starting, go to the motherboard section, where you can see all the necessary information and even update some drivers.
Method 2: Standard
To find out the motherboard model in this way, you must use the command "Run":
After that, you can download the necessary drivers for your motherboard model from the Internet.
Why you need to update your sound drivers
There are several situations when you need to update your sound drivers:
- The sound driver is simply outdated and has stopped working correctly.
- After reinstalling Windows, all the drivers flew off, respectively, and the sound driver as well.
- You accidentally deleted a sound driver or system files were corrupted by a virus.
Reasons for loss of sound
If you carefully study this problem, then it may not only be the need to update the drivers. If the sound is gone, then look at the taskbar, perhaps you accidentally or deliberately turned off the sound, and then forgot. Also, after updating the operating system, you will need to remember to install all the drivers. Thus, the sound on the computer may be quiet, distorted, or even disappear altogether.
BIOS settings
You also need to check the BIOS settings, they may have gone astray. This is done very simply:
- When you start your computer, go to the BIOS.
- Next, select the item "Devices Configuration".
- Next you need to find the item "High Definition Audio" and check that it is enabled, that is, opposite it should be the value "Enabled".
Disabling a Windows Service
You also need to check the services. There is such a service as Windows Audio, which is responsible for the sound. To check if it works, you need to:
If the service is running in a different mode or is completely stopped, then you must:
Also carefully look at the connected devices, speakers or headphones, perhaps the problem lies precisely in them.
This article has shown several ways in which you can update your sound drivers. If one of them did not help you, do not rush to get upset and try others, most likely you will find the necessary solution and solve the sound problem. Also note that after reinstalling the operating system, you may need to update the sound drivers. Do not rush to look for updates to your sound card drivers before you are sure that the problem lies precisely in them.
Lack of sound is a very annoying problem that can occur on a computer. As a rule, in most cases, sound drivers become the culprit. The article will discuss how the sound card drivers are updated.
Updating drivers is a simple procedure that will take you only a few minutes of your time.
Update drivers automatically
To get started, open "Start" and right click on the item "A computer" . In the context menu that appears, open the item "Properties" .
On the left side of the new window, open the item "Device Manager" .
Here you will need to expand the item "Sound, video and gaming devices" , and then right-click on the name of the sound card and select the item "Update Driver" .
Choose an option "Automatically search for updated drivers" and wait for the search to finish. As a result, the computer should display the driver updates found and prompt you to install them. If, as a result of the automatic search, the drivers were not updated, you will have to perform the installation procedure manually.
Update drivers on a desktop computer
Method 1. If you are the owner of a desktop computer, then the easiest way is to download the necessary drivers from the website of the motherboard manufacturer (this information can be found in the documentation for your computer).
If you do not know what motherboard is installed in your PC, then go to the website of the motherboard manufacturer, from where you can download sound drivers.
Method 2. If you do not know any motherboard model, and you also do not have a driver disk from your PC, then the process can be automated using the driver pack.
The best solution for this is the program Driver Pack Solution, a link to which you will find at the end of the article. The program will automatically find the necessary drivers and prompt you to install them immediately.
Notebook Driver Update
The task is easier if you are the owner of a laptop. To solve sound problems, you will need to download sound drivers, which can be found on the website of your laptop manufacturer. Below are the main websites of laptop manufacturers:
It is not difficult to find links to websites of other manufacturers: for this, it is enough to “drive in” the name and model of the laptop in any search engine. As a rule, the first link will be the official site.
Find your laptop model and download the necessary drivers for it. After the download is complete, you just have to run the installer and install the drivers on your computer.
A driver is a special program for a computer device, such as a sound card, video card, printer, scanner, etc., without which the device can function normally.
Important!
From time to time it is required to update the sound driver if the old driver stopped supporting new files or just "flew" for any reason.
There are two ways to update your audio device driver.
First way. You need to open the Device Manager, for this, right-click on the shortcut "My Computer", select "Properties" in the context menu.
In the window that opens, on the "Hardware" tab, select "Device Manager".
You will see a list of all computer hardware.
In this case, we need to update the driver and sound device configuration.
Therefore, select "Sound, video and game controllers".
In the list that opens, as a rule, the first number is the sound driver.
Therefore, we right-click on the corresponding position and select in the context menu, click update driver.
Yes, yes, we will update the driver with you now!
Here you will be prompted to automatically install the driver (search on the Internet) or install from a specified location on your computer.
Second way more visual, since here we ourselves will download the driver for the sound.
You need:
In the device manager, as described above, look at the sound device. 
In the upper left corner, select search by manufacturer; 
- here you will need to find the right manufacturer using the alphabet (for example, if the sound card is Realtek, click on the letter "R");
– You can either go to the manufacturer's website, or open a page with a list of drivers directly on this website.
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It remains to install the sound driver.
Unpack the archive with the downloaded driver. Find a file in it setup or install, run the installation and then follow the instructions.
Probably many have had such a situation when the sound suddenly and unexpectedly disappears on the computer. And in confusion you start looking for the cause of the loss. Checking all the wires at the same time, restarting the computer, searching the Internet for new speakers and spare parts, and also thinking that your computer has burned out is not worth it. The solution to the problem can be much simpler, because in most cases it is enough to update the sound card drivers.
Prerequisites for updating sound drivers
If you definitely decided to deal with the problem of the lack of sound on your computer on your own, then let's start with the possible reasons for the loss of sound and their solutions.
- Quite often, the loss of sound can be associated with the banal inattention of users who could accidentally turn off the sound in the lower right corner of the monitor, and then there should be a red prohibition sign that you just need to turn off. Don't be lazy to look at the taskbar.
- Sometimes the sound disappears after an OS update, or is simply distorted or completely quiet. After you have reinstalled the operating system, the drivers also need to be updated, because progress does not stand still, and computer technology is even more so.
- You should also check the sound settings in the BIOS. This is done simply. First we need to get into the BIOS. How to do this is written in more detail here, and in more detail here. Well, we will not stop and move on. Select the “Devices Configuration” item in the BIOS menu, then look for “High Definition Audio” there, the value of which should be “Enabled”.
- You also need to make sure that a service such as “windows Audio” is working correctly and is enabled, because it is she who is responsible for the presence of sound on your computer. This can be done like this: click "Start", then "Control Panel". Then go to "Administration" and "Services". And we see a list in which we need to view in order for the “windows Audio” service to work in automatic mode.
- If you see that the service is stopped, then you need to right-click on it and go to "Properties". Where you will need to make the following settings. In the startup type, select "Auto". Next, click "Run", then - "Apply", and at the end click on "OK".
- Often there are cases when any of the devices was connected incorrectly, or simply failed.
How to update sound drivers windows 7
In order to update the drivers in windows 7, it will take quite a bit of time and a little care. So, we need to get into the "Device Manager". Quickly click on the right mouse button on the "My Computer" icon, and go to "Properties". Next, go to the "Hardware" tab and select "Device Manager" there.
After that, we will be able to see an impressive list of hardware that is in your computer. Since we have set ourselves the task of updating drivers, we should also change the configuration of the sound device. We select the line with "Sound, video and gaming devices", in the list that is in front of us, the first number is the sound driver. 
Now, using the right-click context menu, click on "Update Driver". Or double-click on the driver and in the window that opens, click on "Drivers" and then on "Update". And now, in a new window, we have a choice of two update options. If you do not have ready-made drivers on your computer, then click on "Automatically search for updated drivers". The process of searching for suitable drivers for your computer will immediately begin, which will take some time.
If on the Internet, your computer could not find the necessary drivers, then you will need to install them from the disk that came with the sound card (if you find this disk, of course). There are cases when the system did not find anything, and the disk was lost, then you should not get upset and grab the valerian, because there is a way out of this situation.
First we need to find out the model of our sound card. See how to do it here. When you find out your card model, you will need to go to the developer's website and download the required driver. Then again go to "Update" drivers and click already on "Search for drivers on this computer".
Then we indicate the place where the drivers are located and the system immediately starts the update process.
How to update Realtek sound drivers
If you are having problems installing Realtek drivers on windows XP, or getting an error during the installation process, then let's deal with everything together. First, let's clear the springboard for installing a new driver. We need to remove all previously or incorrectly installed drivers. We go to "Start", click "Run" and write the command "regedit" in an empty line.
In the window that appears, look for “HDAUDIO” and open the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” folder on the left, after it “SYSTEM”, then “CurrentControlSet” and at the very end “Enum”.
Now we set ourselves the task of completely erasing "HDAUDIO" from the directory. But for this we need to set some permissions.
We become the right button on "Enum", and select in the penultimate paragraph "Permissions". Next, mark the user "Everyone" and activate full access.
Now we can finally remove the HDAUDIO partition. Next, we again restrict access in the "Enum" section. After that, close all windows and open the "Device Manager".
In the manager window, we must remove the audio device on the HDA bus. It will most likely be highlighted with a yellow exclamation mark. And only now we can install the previously downloaded Realtek drivers.
I hope you managed to restore the sound on your computer using one of the methods suggested in this article. The process of updating drivers does not take long and is not difficult.
Video instruction for updating the sound card
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Driver for Realtek HD sound card. Where to download and how to update
When installing windows 7 and later operating systems on a computer, sound drivers are usually installed automatically. However, instead of standard drivers from the Microsoft database, we still recommend installing native ones. This will allow you to achieve maximum performance from a High Definition sound card, and the proprietary Realtek HD Manager will help you make finer settings (for example, split audio streams).
Where to download Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
To download the latest audio driver:
1. Go to the Downloads section on the official Realtek website: http://www.realtek.com/downloads/
3. Check the box I accept to the above.
4. Click the Next button:
5. Now in the Description column, find your operating system and click on one of the links in this line. For example, if you have 64-bit windows 8.1 or 7, click on the link that is highlighted in the picture:
After that, the sound card driver file will be downloaded.
How to update Realtek sound card driver
1. Remove the current driver.
- To do this, go to the Control Panel.
- Select Programs and Features.
- Highlight Realtek High Definition Audio Driver in the list.
- Click the Delete button.
- Click Yes:
2. Restart your computer!
3. Run the downloaded file and install the new driver version:
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Computer for beginners
A driver is a special program for a computer device, such as a sound card, video card, printer, scanner, etc., without which the device can function normally.
From time to time it is required to update the sound driver if the old driver stopped supporting new files or just "flew" for any reason.
There are two ways to update your audio device driver.
First way. You need to open the Device Manager, for this, right-click on the shortcut "My Computer", select "Properties" in the context menu.
Sound driver update
In the window that opens, on the "Hardware" tab, select "Device Manager".
Driver update
You will see a list of all computer hardware.
In this case, we need to update the driver and sound device configuration.
Therefore, select "Sound, video and game controllers".
In the list that opens, as a rule, the first number is the sound driver.
Therefore, we right-click on the corresponding position and select in the context menu, click update driver.
Yes, yes, we will update the driver with you now!
Here you will be prompted to automatically install the driver (search on the Internet) or install from a specified location on your computer.
The second method is more visual, since here we ourselves will download the sound driver.
You need:
In the device manager, as described above, look at the sound device. 
In the upper left corner, select search by manufacturer; 
- here you will need to find the right manufacturer using the alphabet (for example, if the sound card is Realtek, click on the letter "R");
– You can either go to the manufacturer's website, or open a page with a list of drivers directly on this website.
It remains to install the sound driver. Unpack the archive with the downloaded driver. We find the setup or install file in it, start the installation and then follow the instructions.
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How to update device drivers on OS windows XP?
When connecting new devices or encountering problems, software failures or system errors, experts recommend installing or updating drivers for the sound card and other equipment.
In this regard, the question arises, how to do it? While on new operating systems it is enough to run the automatic update program, how can you update the drivers on an older os such as windows xp?
How do I know if a driver is installed on the hardware?
It is important to check whether the equipment was connected correctly when it was paired with the computer, and whether the driver was installed. After updating the software for windows devices, it is also necessary to check the correctness of the action performed.
In order to check if the sound driver is installed, you need to perform the following steps:
How to select software manually?
If the automatic driver installation fails, and there is no software, and they need to be updated, you will have to look for them. Often you can download the necessary software on the websites of the device manufacturer, indicating its series, number and model.
However, the model of a particular component may not be known, especially if you need to install or update a driver for a device such as a sound card. Climbing into the system unit to visually see the serial number is not always possible. In this case, you must use the search by equipment ID.
Each component of your computer has a unique number that allows the hardware of the system to be combined with the software - to identify it. To find out the windows device ID, you need to:
After installing the new software for the hardware, do not forget that you need to reboot in order for the windows system to accept the changes correctly and start working with sound.
Automatic update
To automatically install drivers from Microsoft servers, you can use standard windows tools. However, this feature is disabled by default. To use it, you need to do the following:
After confirming the selected parameters, it remains only to connect to the Internet, wait for the files to be received, install and update them.
Update with additional software
Regular operating system tools allow you to find the necessary "fresh" driver for a new sound card. However, software versions are not always up to date. Not all components and not all models are supported, which means that only part of the equipment will be updated. In addition, the drivers are designed as generic and may not convey all the subtleties of setting up specialized equipment, even if you install their latest versions.
Therefore, it is better to use the drivers provided by the creator of your sound card. They are made specifically for your component and will make the most of its resources. But manually keeping track of the update of each device is not at all easy. Therefore, there are many programs that allow you to install and update drivers for all devices. They can be divided into:
- builds of actual drivers for the current period;
- search and tracking updates on the manufacturer's websites with the ability to automatically download and install.
An example is the drp.su assembly. Using such a program, you can forget about searching for drivers on your own, not only for your components, but also easily help a friend after reinstalling windows or having problems and errors with the sound card software.
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