Realtek High Definition Audio Driver is a package of drivers that allows you to correctly play audio files on operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows 10.

After installation, the manager appears in the control panel.

The package has the following advantages:

1. Sound drivers installed by default in Windows operating systems are unable to run some programs (for example, Skype) in the absence of Realtek drivers. In addition, Realtek allows you to use more careful settings for the highest quality sound output.
2. Realtek provides multi-functionality. With its help, you can simultaneously connect either several speakers or headphones with speakers using the Plug and Play system. In addition, there is support for most audio formats.
3. Convenient input and speech recognition.
4. User-friendly interface. Not every program can boast of a convenient, understandable and pleasant-looking interface for the average user. The advanced equalizer with four tabs stands out separately: “Sound Effect”, “Mixer”, “Sound Inputs/Outputs”, “Microphone”.
5. The ability to emulate 26 types of environments for the most effective gaming experience.
6. Ability to support microphone and electronic musical instruments.

There are three versions of drivers for audio devices:

• The version is intended for integrated HD Audio in the operating system Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/8.1/10, as well as older operating systems such as Windows 2000/XP/2003.
• A version of the so-called ATI HDMI Audio Device Driver is intended for installation on systems with motherboards based on AMD chips with an HDMI port.

The realtek hd manager driver package is one of the best because it is multi-functional and is supported not only by Windows OS, but also by Linux OS, a direct competitor of the former.

This package supports high-level audio output and has other gadgets for convenient work with audio files.

If you have it at the wrong address “Start -> Control Panel -> Realtek HD Manager”, then you need to reinstall.

Download Free High Definition Audio Codecs Pack, without registration and SMS, you can follow the links from the table.

Or you can go to the office. website link http://www.realtek.com/downloads/ and select High Definition Audio Codecs(second link). Then check the box to agree to the requirement. After this, a sign will appear in which you can select the appropriate version of Windows (32 bit or 64 bit). Here's so you don't get confused.
UPD: the links on the official website have changed, the screenshot is out of date.

We present to your attention an updated version of the free driver package for audio devices from Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.82, which replaced the previous version - Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.81. The driver for HDMI devices - Realtek HD Audio R2.70 for ATI HDMI Audio Device has not been updated.
Realtek HD Audio Drivers (High Definition Audio Driver) is a free official driver package designed for correct playback of audio streams running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 operating systems. , Windows 8.1, Windows 10 - x86/x64. HD Audio (short for High Definition Audio) is a more progressive continuation of the AC'97 specification proposed by Intel in 2004, providing playback of more channels with higher sound quality than was provided using integrated audio codecs like AC "97. HD Audio-based hardware supports 192 kHz/24-bit audio quality in dual channel and 96 kHz/24-bit multi-channel audio quality (up to 8 channels).
The main advantages of the High Definition Audio specification are: full support for new audio formats, higher bandwidth, support for connecting audio devices using Plug and Play technology, more accurate speech recognition and input.

Key Features of Realtek High Definition Audio Driver:

– The driver package also contains Realtek Soundman and Realtek Sound Effect Manager.
– WaveRT-based driver for Windows Vista.
– Compatible with Direct Sound 3D.
– A3D compatible.
– Compatible with I3DL2.
– User-friendly interface.
– Emulates 26 sound environments to enhance gaming capabilities.
– 10-band equalizer.
– Advanced settings panel.
– MPU401 MIDI driver to support electronic musical instruments.

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There are three driver versions Realtek HD Audio Drivers for audio devices:

The first version is intended for integrated HD Audio in the operating system environment Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 . Models supported: ALC1220, ALC1150, ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC891, ALC900, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, A LC665, ALC667, ALC668, ALC670, ALC671 , ALC672, ALC676, ALC680, ALC221, ALC231, ALC233, ALC235, ALC236, ALC255, ALC256, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275, ALC276, ALC 280, ALC282, ALC283, ALC284, ALC286 , ALC290, ALC292, ALC293, ALC383.

The second version is intended for integrated HD Audio in the operating system environment Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 . Models supported: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC891, ALC900, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC667, ALC668, ALC670, ALC67 1, ALC672, ALC676, ALC680, ALC221 , ALC231, ALC233, ALC235, ALC236, ALC255, ALC256, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275, ALC276, ALC280, ALC282, ALC283, ALC284, ALC 286, ALC288, ALC290, ALC292, ALC293 , ALC298, ALC383.

Version of the third option called ATI HDMI Audio Device Driver used for installation on systems with chip-based motherboards AMD with port HDMI.

• the easiest ways to determine the model and manufacturer of a sound card (or any device on a computer);
• We look for and download the latest drivers;
• we install drivers on Windows ourselves;

1. If There is no sound in your computer and you have already done all the preliminary methods to fix this problem, it is very likely that the problem is with the sound card drivers.
Right-click on the This PC icon, then select Manage and then the Device Manager tab.
On the right side of the screen we find the section we are interested in: Sound gaming and video devices, in which our sound card will be hidden.

Again, right-click on the device we are interested in; in the menu that opens, the Update drivers option becomes available, after which we can trust the system to do this automatically, or install the drivers manually.

Sometimes in the Device Manager the devices will not be signed, but will only display a list of unknown devices. This is possible if no drivers are installed for the device, not necessarily the sound card, and the operating system cannot recognize it. But if the name says this device, it is definitely a sound card.

The image below shows a case where the sound card is not recognized and there are unknown devices in the list.

. Automatically select and install drivers

As an example of automatic driver installation, we use . The description of the program and its capabilities are described on the download page; we will not go into detail, but will immediately move on to the process of selecting drivers. It doesn't matter what operating system you have - Windows 7, Windows XP SP3 or Windows 10.

After installing DriverPack Solution, you will be prompted with the choice of automatic or manual installation.
We recommend using manual installation, since in this mode we will be able to see whether the system has correctly identified devices without drivers and cancel the installation of programs offered in the load.

The next window will show the devices for which drivers were found; if you agree, click Install drivers.

We wait for the process of downloading drivers from the Internet to complete and restart the computer. Again in the Task Manager, we check whether all devices have correctly installed drivers, without yellow exclamation marks.

We work with our hands - how to identify a sound card and select the appropriate driver

A brief algorithm for manually searching for drivers:

• determining the sound card manufacturer;
• go to the manufacturer’s website and search for drivers for your sound card for the installed operating system;
• installing the sound driver through Device Manager, or running the installer program.

We will need one of the programs to collect complete information about the computer and installed hardware, for example AIDA64. After launch, AIDA will show data on the hardware and software of the PC, including what interests us - about the sound card that is installed on your computer.

Open the section Multimedia - HD Audio, which shows the sound card model of the test PC and the Realtek ALC269 controller.

If we go to the Motherboard section, we will see that we have a test laptop of the Asus K73SV series and voila! - we will receive a link to the manufacturer’s website to download drivers for this laptop, including the driver for the sound card.

(there is a separate article) on the system unit? I had all this and it worked before reinstalling the system. A few days ago I had to reinstall Windows 7 and now there is no sound, the realtek manager is gone and the front soundbar is not working. I can't find the driver CD. You can, of course, call a specialist, but the prices are expensive, and I’m studying at school, and I want to figure it all out myself, because I managed to install the operating system myself. Edik.

Letter No. 2. I have a problem: I reinstalled the operating system and immediately a question arose how to install sound driver, the Windows 7 operating system found all other devices and the drivers were installed automatically, this can be seen in the device manager, but instead of my audio device it was written Audio device on the High Definition Audio bus and that’s it. According to your article, I determined - Device instance code (equipment ID) went to www.devid.info, pasted into the search field

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0883&SUBSYS_1043829F&REV_1000 and clicked Search, after a few seconds the following result was obtained:

Realtek High Definition Audio
Manufacturer: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista

I decided to call the wizard and he very simply installed the sound driver for me from his disk, but the Realtek manager did not appear for me and he and I were unable to turn on the front sound panel, although before reinstalling the system it worked and I connected it to it headphones. Tell me how to do everything right, you are also a master. Ilya.

How to install a sound driver

Note: Friends, in general there is a rule, immediately after installing the operating system, go to the website of your motherboard and download all the drivers (sound, network, etc.) from there, we even have a detailed article on this topic. If for some reason this did not work out for you, you can download the sound driver directly from the website of the manufacturer of the sound card built into your motherboard; in most cases, it will be a Realtek sound card, that is, read everything that is written below.

We take a computer with the same integrated (built-in) Realtek sound card into the motherboard in the form of a microcircuit, like our reader, and a newly installed operating system and Windows 7 without sound drivers (I deliberately did not install the driver for the sound device, we’ll install it together with you).
In device manager I have an item Sound, video and gaming devices and under it is a Device supporting High Definition Audio, indicating that the system contains a new generation audio device that supports the high-definition audio standard HD Audio, but there is no sound in the system, since a driver is not installed for this device.

Note: On older motherboards, instead of High Definition Audio, there may be AC’97, an outdated standard audio codec developed by Intel in 1997. But the sound subsystem built into our motherboard operates according to a newer standard - High Definition Audio or HD Audio. Intel High Definition Audio is a relatively new specification for audio codecs, developed by Intel in 2004, characterized by improved digital sound quality, an increased number of channels, and a higher bandwidth compared to AC"97.

• We determine the exact name of our sound card and, accordingly, exactly what driver we need.
• We find the driver on the official website of our sound card, download it and install it, if it is a realtek sound card driver, it must be accompanied by the official driver realtek manager will also be installed(no need to download it separately).
• In order for the front sound panel to work, we have to configure realtek manager, this is not difficult and in most cases is enough for the front sound panel to function normally. If we fail, we will have to enter the BIOS and set the Front Panel Type parameter - from HD Audio to AC-97 (all details below).

During the existence of the site, question How to install the driver for sound, was asked to me countless times, in addition, before writing the article, I specifically observed how an ordinary user searches for drivers on the Internet and came to the conclusion. People want to find drivers anywhere, but not on the official website of the device manufacturer. Why is this happening?

If the situation is, for example, with drivers for a video card, then it’s relatively simple, everyone knows about the existence of a Russian-language site, where everything is very simple and clear and even has its own program, by running which you can easily find out the exact name of your video card and select the necessary driver there . Naturally, on such a site it is not difficult for an ordinary user to download the required driver, this is undoubtedly a big plus for the creators of this site.

The situation is different with sound drivers, although here, too, there are only a few main manufacturers and the most important one, in my opinion, is Realtek; personally, I most often have to deal with searching for and installing drivers from this particular manufacturer. Indeed, the website www.realtek.com freezes periodically and does not support the Russian language, but you can still download drivers from it; personally, I have always succeeded.

Of course, first of all you need to know the name of your sound card. To accurately determine the name of almost any device connected to the motherboard, including built-in and discrete sound cards, you can use a simple, but nevertheless irreplaceable (for example, in my work) program called AIDA64 or you can use exactly the same Everest utility .

More exotic methods of determining the name of devices and searching for drivers for them by ID equipment code, using the site pcidatabase.com and www.devid.info, are given in our article How to find a driver by device code(link to the article above), we will not repeat ourselves, if everything written below does not help, you can read it.

So, let’s go to the official website of the AIDA64 program. Having been free in the recent past, it recently became paid, but you don’t need to buy it right away. For the first 30 days, the developer gives us the opportunity to use the program without any restrictions. It seems to me that this time is more than enough for us to determine the name of the device we need. If you like the program, then of course you can buy it.
On the official website of our program http://www.aida64.com/ click on the Download button,

You can download the program in the installer or in the archive, let's download it in the archive, click on AIDA64 Extreme Edition Trial version, ZIP package , Download .

We’ve downloaded it, now let’s unzip our program into some folder,

go to this folder, then run the file aida64.exe and our program starts

In the main program window, click Computer.

then Summary information

and we see everything that is installed inside the system unit: the name of the motherboard and its chipset, and we also see the name of the processor, video adapter, BIOS type, and so on.

Sound card as we see - Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio.

Half the job is done, go to the official Realtek website - www.realtek.com. Many users complain that the Realtek website does not support the Russian language; you can get out of this situation by using the Google Chrome browser, it will easily translate everything for you.

Click Downloads

and choose High Definition Audio Codecs (Software)

Check the box I accept to the above and click Next

Why I chose High Definition Audio Codecs (Software) drivers. Because these Realtek sound drivers are universal in their kind. They support all new audio formats and are suitable for almost all Realtek High Definition Audio sound cards, including ours (highlighted in red). These drivers are intended for operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7/8 32-64bit.

• 1. Support Vista/Windows 7 WHQL: ALC882, ALC883 , ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, A LC262,ALC267,ALC268,ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275
• 2. Support Windows 2000/XP WHQL: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275

In this window, you and I need to select the version of the sound driver installer to download, if you and I have one of the listed 32-bit operating systems installed: Vista, Windows7, Windows 8, then click on the first Description (description) of the table
If we have one of the 64-bit systems installed - Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, then click on the second Description of the table.
Accordingly, if you have 32-bit Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003 (32/64 bits) installed, then select the seventh position.

We have chosen our version of the operating system, for example, we have Windows 7-64-bit installed, now we select Site from which we will download, you can select any one, for example, located in China and left-click on it once.

Download the driver and run it.

Drivers are being installed into the operating system.

and Realtek Manager is installed along with the drivers. After restarting the computer, we will have sound in Windows.

In the device manager we see the version of our driver, it is the latest.

Read our next article -. Very convenient, I recommend it!

Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers- without exaggeration, the most popular and one of the best driver packages that are needed to play sounds, music and other various audio files for an operating system running Windows.

Realtek High Definition Audio Codec Pack supports digital stereo audio at up to 24-bit/192 kHz resolution, as well as 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio. This driver package installs like a regular Windows program and may require a reboot to apply the new settings.

HD Audio Codec available for downloads of 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 with Realtek controllers.

Realtek is a popular sound card driver that is needed for many branded computers and motherboards. Users of Windows XP, 2000 and 2003 especially need this driver, since automatic installation of the sound card driver in the OS is not provided.

This driver package has a number of advantages over AC’97 and other similar packages:

Plug and Play and various audio systems that support this technology.

Supports Realtek Sound Effect Manag and Realtek Soundman.

The driver supports the following technologies: Direct Sound 3D, A3D and I3DL2.

Ability to recognize electronic musical instruments thanks to the built-in MPU401 MIDI driver.

Extensive support for new audio formats.

The driver has as many as ten equalizer bands that will allow even the most demanding user to customize the sound.

It can recognize speech and its input practically without errors.

Clear interface. Even a beginner can figure out the driver settings.

Game lovers will also be pleased, as HD Audio Drivers have built-in emulation of 26 sound environments.

Built-in Realtek Media Player.

High, high-quality, stable transmission frequency

In general, if you want to get the highest quality sound when playing various games, playing musical instruments, watching movies and TV series, then by installing this driver package you will get what you want.

Audio drivers from Realtek are still supported by developers and with each update its capabilities are only expanded and improved.

Realtek HD Audio Drivers are developed in two main versions:

The first has support for the following Windows 2000/XP/2003 operating systems and runs on chipsets: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268 and ALC269

The second version is designed for newer operating systems Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10. This version has support for chips such as ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268 and ALC269.

The driver is compatible with the following OS:

• Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows XP

Download drivers v2.82 (08/08/2017):

• (Vista/7/8/8.1/10) 32-bit (Executable file) (168 MB)
  (Vista/7/8/8.1/10) 64-bit (Executable file) (254 MB)
• Driver only (Executable file) (412 MB)
• Driver only (ZIP file) (417 MB)
• (30.5 MB)

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Download previous version v2.81:

• (Vista/7/8/8.1/10) 32/64-bit (168 MB)
• (Vista/7/8/8.1/10) 64-bit (207 MB)