When starting the manager manually, a window should appear (hurra!), the manager will minimize into system tray and or Windows Explorer path bar) and then start the manager yourself. The Realtek HD Audio manager executables are located under C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA. headphone or microphone), as it is possible with modern sound hardware architecture. You can't define the input/output/device type (e.g. This means that when you plugin in something, The Realtek HD Audio manager is not available. Now you would be already set, but there is a little issue: Although the Realtek Audio service is autostarted, Then reboots and the setup automatically starts itself (be patient!) after rebooting and logging in to install the new driver. Installation may require one or two subsequent reboots, first the setup uninstalls the existing/old/incorrect Realtek Audrio drivers, Note: There is no universal Realtek driver (yet), there is an unofficial one on GitHub though,īut its installation requires multiple steps, system files/settings modifications, etc. Install the Realtek HD Audio driver from Gigabyte, not from official Realtek site. The Realtek Audio chipset is on a Gigabyte mainboard. The Realtek HD Audio manager isn't available on a recent (end 2020) Windows 10 system.
