How to update and reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager

Realtek HD Audio Manager is one of the most popular and useful software that Windows users have on PC. HD Audio Manager is basically the end GUI of Realtek HD Audio Driver, the default audio driver for most PC sound cards (including cards integrated into the motherboard ). Usually, it is installed on a PC, but users cannot even find it using the Windows search engine.

So how to find Realtek HD Audio Manager, as well as how to update and reinstall Realtek driver? Today's article will give you answers about these issues.

Where is Realtek HD Audio Manager?

Before adjusting Realtek HD Audio Manager, users need to really know where it is. The default installation directory for Realtek must be 'C: Program FilesRealtekAudioHDA'. Here, users will find a large number of seemingly executable files (.exe), but the really important file is 'RtkNGUI64'. Double clicking on this file will open Realtek HD Audio Manager.

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Users can make various adjustments here to install their audio. For example, click the jagged icon, then select Option and the user can turn on the handy feature to create two separate audio devices, emitting simultaneous sounds - very useful if the user wants to use Speaker to listen to game sound while chatting with someone on the headset.

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Another useful option is 'Display icon in notification area' , which allows users to access HD Audio Manager from the notification area instead of the hidden folder mentioned above.

Also, click the alias icon, then select 'About', to see the driver version introduction. This information is very important if you want to install Realtek drivers manually.

Realtek HD Audio driver update

Realtek HD Audio Manager updates are simple. Click the Start button , then enter " device manager" and click Device Manager when it appears.

Next, click the arrow next to Audio inputs and outputs to display the list of audio devices. Users will see the line 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' . Right-click here and select 'Update driver' .

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To reinstall the driver, right-click Device Manager, select 'Uninstall device' , then restart the PC.

If Realtek updates, that's good news, but if another announcement says the latest driver isn't always the best version, users can choose a different version of the driver. Or sometimes the latest drivers provided by the motherboard are not the latest drivers available and users may be missing out on the best sound quality.

Install Realtek HD Audio Driver manually

To update Realtek HD Audio Driver manually, users should visit this page, which often provides links to the latest Realtek Audio drivers in Microsoft Catalog.

Actual drivers from Microsoft Catalog are in CAB file format. After downloading the CAB file, users need to use an extracting tool such as 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract the CAB file into its own directory.

After extracting the file, go back to Device Manager, right-click on the Realtek High Definition Audio driver and click on 'Update driver'.

Then, click 'Browse my computer for driver software' . On the next screen, click 'Let me pick from a list of available drivers' .

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Click ' Have Disk', 'Browse' , then go to the unzipped CAB folder and select the first file '.inf' from there.

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Once done, click OK and the driver will be installed.

The above steps will help users speed up Realtek HD Audio Manager activities and its drivers. It is worth remembering that Windows generally does a great job of updating and incorporating sound drivers that are suitable for your PC, so if you are satisfied with your audio quality or feel no problem, don't must take complicated steps above.

Hope you are succesful.