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    Budget dac for headphones and the vmoda boompro

    Hi, my onboard audio is s*** and mics emmit a loud whining noise when used and without a soundboost on I can't even hear the mic. Looked at a bunch of dacs but all are $100+ or don't have a line in for my mic, the boompro uses a y splitter so they are grounded together and I don't want to plug...
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    How to install the Realtek driver

    Hi, so recently I've formatted my hard drive and I let Windows 10 install all of the drivers automatically. Unfortunately Windows didn't install the realtek driver, and now I have to do it manually. So I've downloaded the realtek driver from my mobo's website...
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    Realtek HD Audio Manager makes my headset not work

    I was setting up my headset because I moved my computer and I set it all up and it says my sound is SPEAKERS instead of HEADSET and I cant hear but I can talk because my mic works.
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    Realtek HD Audio Manager Headset microphone Help

    Hi, I have one headset microphone (Beats pro) connected to a spliter to have the microphone Jack and the headphone jack on my computer. My friend can't really hear me, but he hears everything on my computer. The drivers are updated.
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    Problems with Audio Realtek Windows 7

    My PC recognizes the headphones that i plugged in and when tested, the system shows sound bar spikes but there is no sound coming out from the plugged headphones. Can someone help me with this?
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    I uninstalled my RealTek High Def. Audio and I don't know how to reinstall it.

    I was trying to fix my headphones, and so Get Help on windows 10 told me to uninstall my audio driver then reinstall it so i searched "Device Manager" in cortana and opened it then went to Sound, video and game controllers then clicked on my audio, Realtek High Definition Audio and opened it...
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    Solved! headphones and speakers play at the same time and more...

    I've been having this problem and its driving me nuts. Device Details Windows 10 ASUS FX53VD Symptoms My earphones and speakers will either : (a) play audio at the same time (b) play audio only through the speaker (c) play audio only through the earphones I find that if I turn on...
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    ASUS headset problem

    Hello, i recently bought headset and find out that my Asus N551VW can't recognize it as a headset. As Realtek HD Audio Manager pops up i see only three options: Headphones, Speaker Out and Mic In. also on the right side of manager it shows that i have two analog audio ports. I think it's the...
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    Realtek HD audio not working. Please help

    So today I bought a pair of logitech z313 speakers/sub woofer. I plugged them all in (correctly to the connector and green audio out jack on my pc) And it is the default device. Windows audio test does detect that audio is being played but no actual sound is being played for me. Any help would...
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    BLUE YETI MIC sounding metalic and echoing

    Hi, everyone, I bought a Blue Yeti mic recently but every time I use it , it makes my voice echoing and kinda metalic. I'm using it on cardioid while i'm streaming but everytime its sounding bad. I tried reinstall/deinstall Realtek sound manager, different levels and gain, disabling all other...
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    Is Realtek ALC892 motherboard soundcard enough

    I'm looking to buy dt990 pro headphones and wondered if my motherboards soundcard or ports can give enough power for it?
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    Realtek Audio Manager is missing

    I tried everything, reinstalling, looking in control pannel,... I followed many different ways to get it but without any success. My Motherboard is ASRock Z370 Pro4. I use windows 10 pro. I installed Realtek version from motherboard site Realtek_Audio(v8323_FF00), however, I tried many different...
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    Solved! Realtek HD audio manager Headset mic not working

    I am using Razer kraken pro v2 and it has a 3.5mm jack but when ever I plug it in Realtek HD audio manager let me choose one option, mic or headphones. For audio splitters they work for me but my friend hear everything happens in my pc because of them , we play video games alot and it really...
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    Realtek HD Audio Manager

    Hello! I'm a film music composer and I just bought a laptop for composing and the audio quality is so poor on it. On my old PC there is a sound effects option in Realtek which doesn't appear on my laptop and that's what causes the issue. I heard from one of my friends that it appears only if I...
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    Headphones and Speakers not recognized seperately

    So my setup, I have speakers plugged in the back of my PC with the green audio plug, and it works how it should. I also have headphones and have them plugged into the front ports of the PC, and they work when I plug them both in, the headphones takes over/overrides the speaker audio and does...
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    I updated my Realtek Audio Drivers, and now no sound will come through my headphones/headset

    I recently updated my Realtek Audio Drivers, and when I went to plug in my headphones, no sound comes through them, but instead comes through the speakers. Do I need to restart my computer or how do I fix this.
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    Headphone mic not registering anymore

    Recently I have attempted to reduce crackling and popping of my laptop speakers so I uninstalled and reinstalled my audio drivers as suggested but now my laptop doesn’t register that my headphones have a mic and only uses the laptop mic. The audio still plays through the headphones and when I go...
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    Realtek Audio not showing in control panel

    Hello, i must have installed, uninstalled and reinstalled Realtek HD audio like 10 times, in hope that the Audio manager will show up in the Control panel but it never does. i tried going into task manager and finding HD audio and opening the file location and launching it manually, and it never...
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    Solved! Speakers quiet at max volume on PC

    When I plug my speakers into my phone they are very loud but when I plug them into the front or back ports of my PC they are very quiet. My headphones work just fine and are way louder than my speakers. I'm using realtek HD audio at max volume and have tried Loudness Enhancement with no success...
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    Speakers on my laptop crackling/popping.

    I own a Dell Inspiron 7567 with Windows 10 64-bit and a couple days ago my laptop's internal speakers started crackling/popping for no apparent reason. The weird thing is that the crackling/popping is present even over headphones/earphones. I'm currently using Realtek Audio drivers. POSSIBLE...