Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Managerģ. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps):ġ. Take into consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. Perhaps, after Intel auto-installation, system thinks that previous installed Realtek driver is not compatible.The package provides the installation files for Realtek Audio Universal Service Driver version 1.0.0.36.

but of course, I've got an old laptop with different hardware.Īlso, another idea: If after Windows auto-change driver, you cannot find previous Realtek one in ' Select the device driver.' dialog, you may uncheck ' Show compatible hardware' and search for it in Realtek section: That's what happens here with Windows Generic and Realtek driver which I can toggle them, if and when I want.: Then, Windows should not change it again. If not (and I think, this is the case), you can find and select previous Realtek on the ' Select the device driver.' dialog. The question is, when Windows installs Intel driver, will previous Realtek one be uninstalled, automatically? Then, on restart, Windows installs again Intel, right? You said that installing Realtek, Intel driver is removed. I’ve done that a lot of times, but I experience audio crackling when using the HDA drivers (this is the one dated 2020, the 2001 drivers don’t work at all)Normally, at the last step you should see 3 drivers: Generic Windows, Realtek and Intel, as compatible to your hardware.

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