Realtek (sound card)

[grimmy55]

Hi all About a year ago I bought this brand new computer and since day one had nothing but problems with sound card , the sound, sounds like you are in a drum and are yelling slowly and its coming out in a garbled mess and slow motion like ,how do I cure this have tried the sliders in the sound thingy with no luck ???????????? thanks for reading my post

[directhex]

are the drivers recent?

[grimmy55]

the drivers that are installed are the ones that came with computer ,I see plenty of drivers on the net but don,t know what ones to install ,if only I new what the existing ones were I figure I could update existing them ,, when I complained to the shop about the problem he said re format computer and it would come right but I,ve so much info on here now i don,t want to loose it like 10gb worth ,I,m a hoarder when it comes to information!

[grimmy55]

Hi me again found more info on my driver it is a Realtek ALC861@VIA VT8237A if thats of any use to anyone being able to help me cheers everyone

[notsobig]

You mean sounds are getting distorted echo/reverb like effect on top of them? I also think it's a driver related problem like directhex pointed out above. Or maybe unwanted effect applied through realtek sound effect manager@control panel. Just fiddle around effect setting in the manager and see if that makes any difference. If you still can't get rid of the noise then update your sound driver to the latest one. BTW, do you know which motherboard your computer has, grimmy55? I think this is the driver you're looking for for your onboard Realtek ALC861 soundchip but not 100% sure. Knowing exact motherboard model number will help locating the right driver more easily.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

[grimmy55]

Hi,, motherboard Name
Asus K8V-VM(2PC,1PC-E X1, 1PCI-EX1,1PC-EX16,2DDR DIMM, Audio Video,Lan)

Mother Board chipset VIA K8M 890CE AMD Hammer
Bios Ami (05/08/06)

[sunnyg]

Just go on the asus website and download the driver for you mobo.

Also check the speakers just to make sure its not them. Also turn off any effects in the effects tab of the realtek manager.

[notsobig]

Ok, so should be this one then. Just choose the right one depending which OS you're using.

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...s&model=K8V-VM
(Click and open "AUDIO" tree.)

[directhex]

for realtek you're better off downloading from realtek.com.tw than from the motherboard manufacturer, in my experience

[hibby]

If you've got an audio cable from your cd drive to the motherboard then I'd suggest you disconnect it. I've had enough interference issues that I don't connect it any more on a new build.