[DRIVERS] Realtek USB Audio (AMD 5xx/6xx/8xx & Intel 5xx/6xx/7xx/8xx)

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG RTK-Dolby) :

Drivers : 6.4.0.2406 WHQL [27/11/2024]
Dolby Extension Driver : 9.830.414.4 WHQL [29/08/2024]
Dolby HSA SoftwareComponent Driver : 3.30803.830.0 WHQL [17/12/2024]
Download : Link

ASUS ROG Realtek|Dolby Atmos motherboards :

Install/Update Process :

CLEANUP

/!\ If you already had Realtek USB Audio Driver, Realtek Audio Control/Console, Dolby Access installed /!\
Uninstall them (Start > Settings > Apps) then restart your PC
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Check the boxes of all versions of drivers which .inf starts with (if you find them) :
a-volute | avolute | dax | dts | extrtxusb | hdx | realtek | rtdusbad
Check the box "Force Deletion" then click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

INSTALL

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Go in "Apps" folder > Install your apps from the Microsoft Store shortcuts

UPDATE

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Click on the "Select Old Driver(s)" button > Click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

Note : Your apps will be updated automatically via the Microsoft Store.

- Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS-DTS) :

Drivers : 6.4.0.2406 WHQL [27/11/2024]
DTS APO4x Extension Driver : 1.15.0.0 WHQL [04/12/2024]
Download : Link

ASUS ROG SS|DTS Sound Unbound motherboards :

Install/Update Process :

CLEANUP

/!\ If you already had Realtek USB Audio Driver, Realtek Audio Control/Console, DTS Sound Unbound installed /!\
Uninstall them (Start > Settings > Apps) then restart your PC
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Check the boxes of all versions of drivers which .inf starts with (if you find them) :
a-volute | avolute | dax | dts | extrtxusb | hdx | realtek | rtdusbad
Check the box "Force Deletion" then click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

INSTALL

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Go in "Apps" folder > Install your apps from the Microsoft Store shortcuts
(You need to install Armoury Crate to install/use the SS drivers/app)

UPDATE

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Click on the "Select Old Driver(s)" button > Click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

Note : Your apps will be updated automatically via the Microsoft Store.

- Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS) :

Drivers : 6.4.0.2406 WHQL [27/11/2024]
SS3 Extension Driver : 1.4.0.0 WHQL [17/04/2023]
SS3 AudioProcessingObject Driver : 3.7.2.0 WHQL [20/06/2024]
DTS APO4x Extension Driver : 1.15.0.0 WHQL [04/12/2024]
Download : Link

ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboards :

Install/Update Process :

CLEANUP

/!\ If you already had Realtek USB Audio Driver, Realtek Audio Control/Console, Sonic Studio/Radar III, DTS Sound Unbound installed /!\
Uninstall them (Start > Settings > Apps) then restart your PC
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Check the boxes of all versions of drivers which .inf starts with (if you find them) :
a-volute | avolute | dax | dts | extrtxusb | hdx | realtek | rtdusbad
Check the box "Force Deletion" then click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button
Launch SS3 Cleaner by right-click Run as admin
Press Windows key + X > "Device Manager" > "View" > Check "Show hidden devices" > "Sofware components" category
Uninstall these hidden devices by right-click Uninstall device (if you find them) then restart your PC :
DTS Audio Effects Component | DTS APO4x Service Component

INSTALL

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Go in "Apps" folder > Install your apps from the Microsoft Store shortcuts
Update your SS3 apps : Sonic Studio III v3.16.24.0 | Sonic Radar III v3.16.24.0

UPDATE

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Click on the "Select Old Driver(s)" button > Click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

Note : Your apps will be updated automatically via the Microsoft Store.

- Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS PRIME DTSX Ultra) :

Drivers : 6.4.0.2406 WHQL [27/11/2024]

DTS APO4x Extension Driver : 1.15.0.0 WHQL [04/12/2024]
DTS APO4x Service SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.15.10.0 WHQL [19/02/2025]
DTS APO4x Core AudioProcessingObject|SoftwareDevice Driver : 1.15.6.0 WHQL [17/02/2025]

DTSX Ultra HSA SoftwareComponent Driver : 1.11.6.0 WHQL [30/04/2024]
Download : Link

ASUS PRIME DTS:X Ultra motherboards :

Install/Update Process :

CLEANUP

/!\ If you already had Realtek USB Audio Driver, Realtek Audio Control/Console, DTS:X Ultra installed /!\
Uninstall them (Start > Settings > Apps) then restart your PC
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Check the boxes of all versions of drivers which .inf starts with (if you find them) :
a-volute | avolute | dts | extrtxusb | hdx | realtek | rtdusbad
Check the box "Force Deletion" then click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button then restart your PC

INSTALL

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Go in "Apps" folder > Install your apps from the Microsoft Store shortcuts

UPDATE

Launch "Install.cmd" by right-click Run as admin > "Next" > The installer will ask you to restart your PC > "Finish"
Launch Driver Store Explorer > Click on the "Select Old Driver(s)" button > Click on the "Delete Driver(s)" button

Note : Your apps will be updated automatically via the Microsoft Store.

OS requirements : Windows 10 64 bit or more recent.
Hardware requirements (AMD) : ASUS ROG motherboards with AMD 5xx/6xx/8xx series chipsets with ALC40xx codec.
Hardware requirements (AMD - sTRX4) : ASUS ROG/PRIME motherboards with AMD TRX40 chipset.
Hardware requirements (Intel) : ASUS ROG motherboards with Intel 5xx/6xx/7xx/8xx series chipsets with ALC40xx codec.

Note : In order to know which drivers package to use, match the audio specifications of your motherboard with the apps or ask me.

TIPS :

If you want to manage the drivers (remove old/unused drivers for example) that you have in your Windows DriverStore
Use Driver Store Explorer (Right click on "Rapr.exe" > Run as administrator).

If you want better interrupts delivery latency
Enable MSI (Message Signaled-based Interrupts) mode on all your supported devices (see the column "supported modes") with
MSI Mode Utility (Right click on "MSI_Mode_Utility_v3.exe" > Run as administrator).

If you experience crackling, popping, audio stutter
Disable hibernation (Fast Startup included).

[Thechin]

I had a similar setup with a separate DAC and optical output.  That was until I realized my speakers already had a DAC in them that was better than than the separate DAC I was using. Plus the motherboard has a DAC too so I was using way to much equipment. 

I used to always update my drivers immediately but after so many issues with sound quality I'm not updating from the Realtek driver 6.3.9600.2368 I'm on now because it has been working and sounding almost flawlessly. 

[Rusty_Gunn]

I have found that unless the DAC is ground-isolated, I get noise. The optical output does that. I tried a USB DAC, and unless I put a USB isolator inline, I get noise. I also get noise if I connect my amp directly to the line out on the motherboard (on the headphone jack too). I haven't tried using an audio signal ground isolator, I remember that being a thing for car audio where the power can be dirty. I would use the motherboard outputs if they were clean.

The optical works like it should, until it craps out and goes to static, then I have to restart the device.

[Michaelxv205]

Been doin a bunch of brands motherboard testing and I wanted to follow up. Did Asus fix the SS3 SupremeFX 1220A codec so sonic studio applications actually work or is it still broken?

[MoKiChU]

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@Michaelxv205 wrote:

Been doin a bunch of brands motherboard testing and I wanted to follow up. Did Asus fix the SS3 SupremeFX 1220A codec so sonic studio applications actually work or is it still broken?

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Hi,

Again, stop posting in this thread. You are in the wrong thread.

You have an ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboard without ALC40xx codec, so :

You need Realtek Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS) from the first post of this thread : [DRIVERS] Realtek Audio (AMD 3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx & Intel 2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx/7xx).

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.

[Michaelxv205]

I'm currently using one with the alc4080 codec and its awful. Has a horrid white noise in the background at all times and electrical interference 

[firenzexx]

Hello @MoKiChU, i have a mobo Asus Rog Maximus XIII Hero, and for audio is Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS Legacy) , it's correct??

When i unzip this driver's package, i have always this error message: dts_postprocessing_0B051915.lic, it's possible to fix them please?? I just downloaded many times, but without any success... 

Also, i tried with version UAD - ASUS ROG SS-DTS, but with this has an error for using Realtek Central UWP app (not works because it's a different hardware driver)..

EDIT: Realtek Audio console not working, loading in loop and nothing appears. I installed the version SS3. Any others solution??

[MoKiChU]

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@Stefferd890 wrote:

I had a question about the audio drivers. Im using the Z790 Maximus Extreme not sure which one I need. Also if I use my own AMP/DAC do I really need them?

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@firenzexx wrote:

Hello @MoKiChU, i have a mobo Asus Rog Maximus XIII Hero, and for audio is Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS Legacy) , it's correct??

When i unzip this driver's package, i have always this error message: dts_postprocessing_0B051915.lic, it's possible to fix them please?? I just downloaded many times, but without any success... 

Also, i tried with version UAD - ASUS ROG SS-DTS, but with this has an error for using Realtek Central UWP app (not works because it's a different hardware driver)..

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Hi,

You have an ASUS ROG SS3|DTS Sound Unbound motherboard with ALC40xx codec, so :

You need Realtek USB Audio Drivers (UAD - ASUS ROG SS3-DTS) from the first post of this thread.

Follow scrupulously your CLEANUP process then your INSTALL process, for the next drivers packages that I would release, you will can directly follow your UPDATE process.

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@Stefferd890 wrote:

only thing I wanna add to it that I only want the driver to be up to date. I don’t use any of the third party software softwares provided for these motherboards 

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If so, just don't install the SS3 apps.

[firenzexx]

I tried first one and then the other, as well as cleaning as described; SS version does not install realtek audio console for driver error, while SS3 version does not work audio console (as screenshot attached below).

Another question: I can install whole driver's package without AUDIO_Sonic_Radar_III_UAD, AUDIO_Sonic_Studio_III_UAD and relative companion's app?? I have always issues (also with some games) with these drivers/software installed, also culprit A-VoluteNS and NahimicService..

 

[Michaelxv205]

the SS3 audio console doesn't function anymore as I've tested and been told with boards that require it. (Tested on a Z790-H) the EQ and any of the settings do not work even when it launches and has the UI up checking or unchecking doesn't functionally do anything. Been reporting it for over 4-5 months now and still no fix. 

[firenzexx]

I'm not related to SS3 audio console, but with Realtek Audio Console (see screenshots above)..