How to Update and Reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager

If you are a gamer or a movie lover, audio quality is very essential for you. Quality audio makes such experience more lively than ever. An audio manager is a software required to access your audio hardware at its maximum efficiency. It is basically a driver for your installed speakers and an essential component of your software system. The audio manager is something that gives a graphical face to your audio driver. One such audio driver is the Realtek HD audio driver. It is available almost on all Windows platform without having the user to install it. The Realtek HD audio manager is a tool to calibrate the sound settings on your Windows enabled desktops and laptops. It also makes multitasking easy like listening to music while playing a game by simply tweaking some settings.

Reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager

Every Windows laptop or desktop computer you get an integrated high-quality sound system provided by DTS, Dolby or Surround Sound. but to use them efficiently without any errors, an additional driver is required. Chances are that this driver is the Realtek HD audio manager from Realtek. It is the most trusted company that offers audio drivers for Windows PCs. It can be downloaded from Realtek’s official website or the official driver download page for your laptop model.  but what about the Realtek HD audio manager? where do you get it? where can you download it from? how can you install it? All this all these questions arise because you cannot find it independently for download. So, what can you do to access it? It is hidden right under your installation drive but can’t be searched. The answer lies within this article. This article is a map to Realtek HD audio manager’s reinstall and upgrades guide to calibrate every setting of your sound system. 

How to Find the Realtek HD audio manager?

• Realtek HD audio manager you need to access a location within your C drive. “C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA” (Without quotes)  is the location where you can find the audio manager. 
• Among that bunch of .exe files,  locate “RtkNGUI64.exe”.

• This is your real Tech audio manager. Double-clicking on it will launch the audio manager panel and you can start celebrating your sound settings.

The alternative is to look at the display icon in the notification area.  usually, the audio manager is located there but you have to make it visible in the notification area settings to access it.

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How to update the Realtek HD audio driver?

Updating drivers are very important for keeping your hardware in coordination with your software. updating also shows results in bug fixes and providing new functions for your device that can increase its efficiency and optimality.

• Click on the start button and search for the device manager.
• as soon as it appears, click on the device manager.

• a new window appears with device manager settings.  look for audio inputs and outputs.
• the arrow right next to the setting is where you click next.
• this shows your list of audio devices.
• look for Realtek HD audio and right-click on.
• A new pop up will appear where you will find an option called update driver.

• simply click on it and your update to start.

How to reinstall Realtek HD audio driver?

If your driver shows some error even when you have updated it to the latest version then you might need to consider it while installing it. Reinstalling it brings all the factory options to remove all the errors that your driver encountered.

• Click on the start button and search for the device manager.
• as soon as it appears, click on the device manager.
• a new window appears with device manager settings.  look for audio inputs and outputs.
• the arrow right next to the setting is where you click next.
• this shows your list of audio devices.
• look for Realtek HD audio and right-click on.
• A new pop up will appear where you will find an option called uninstall the driver.

• as soon as uninstall finishes, reboot your PC. 

Now you need to install the Realtek HD audio driver manually.

How to install the Realtek HD audio driver manually?

You can download it from the official Realtek website or by simply going to the driver download page of your laptop company and selecting your laptop model and downloading the audio driver corresponding to it.

1. Mentioned below to find the latest Realtek HD audio drivers for your desktop and laptop. https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/pc-audio-codecs-high-definition-audio-codecs-software
2. Search for the latest driver that is compatible with your device and download it.
3. Double click on the downloaded file to begin the installation.
4. Follow the steps by clicking on the Next button and agree to terms and conditions HD audio driver.
5. Limit for completing stalls and then when prompted to reboot your PC click reboot now.
6. As soon as your PC restarts your driver should be ready and functioning.

Note:  

• If you have downloaded the files from the Microsoft catalog then you will see a CAB file.  you need to extract it using 7zip or any other extraction tool to its folder.
• As soon as you are done go back to the device manager and right-click on the Realtek high definition audio driver.
• Click on the update driver button from there and your update should begin.

Following the steps should ideally solve your problem and you will be able to configure your audio driver afterward.  it’s necessary to keep updating your audio manager because and update involves bug fixes new functions new licenses and certificates and also upgraded terms and conditions in some cases.  also keeping your drivers up to date helps in maintaining your PC’s health and efficiency. So go ahead and give it a try if you have not been able to solve your driver issues till now.