Realtek High Definition Audio Driver for Windows 7

By Mr.Byte • February 22, 2009

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windowsvista After I installed Windows 7 beta on my HP Pavilion DV6500, I was not able to use some of the audio features like the front headphone audio-out jack, microphone audio-in jack etc. This is because of the old Realtek HD Audio Driver which was not compatible with Windows 7.

Realtek has added support for Windows 7 and you can download the new version R2.16

Download Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver for Windows 7

Update (May 7,2009): It doesn’t say Windows 7 in the link, but the update is primarily due to Windows 7. At this time of update, they even have newer version of the driver R2.22 updated on 4/20/2009. So the link just says, Vista Driver (32/64 bits) Driver only (ZIP file)

This supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and other earlier OS for both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x64 OS

They also have ATI HDMI Audio Device driver and 3D SoundBack which restores audio effects, including surround sound, reverberation, and spatial effects, for legacy game titles when running on Windows Vista.

Categories: Hardware, Internet, Operating System, Software
Tags: Codec, Download, Drivers, HD-Audio, Realtek, Windows, Windows 7

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14 Responses to “Realtek High Definition Audio Driver for Windows 7”

Manrock
April 1, 2009 at 12:08 pm | Permalink

Thanks mannn…
alex
April 13, 2009 at 8:45 am | Permalink

this link for windows 7 is not the realtek drivers for win 7 its for vista.
Mr.Byte
April 13, 2009 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

@Alex, This update was primarily cos of Windows 7 but it also works on earlier version of Windows. Yes, in the download link, they havent mentioned Windows 7 but this update is what works in the Windows 7.
alex
April 14, 2009 at 3:13 pm | Permalink

Yes it works on windows 7 but where is the consel there is no eax,i just have the volume controll and thats it.
brett
May 5, 2009 at 9:09 am | Permalink

i cant download this shit file!! GRRRR x{
brett
May 5, 2009 at 9:10 am | Permalink

eiiii who have this file please send me this file via email please! here’s my email brettgimel12@yahoo.com please,….
iQue
May 15, 2009 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

Thanks, downloading now =)
Jose
May 20, 2009 at 10:51 am | Permalink

Hope it’ll work….
Jose
May 20, 2009 at 10:53 am | Permalink

I was trying to fix my trouble with my 5.1 sound set, but…. it isn’t work!
Jose
May 20, 2009 at 10:54 am | Permalink

Can somebody help me please???
Killingdude
June 2, 2009 at 11:48 am | Permalink

Hey m8ts i have the same problem as Jose.
Iam not able to get a 5.1 Sound signal.
If anybody have a soluton pls write a mail –>
1970lutzATgmailDOTcom THX!
RunningGag
July 20, 2009 at 12:21 am | Permalink

I have an HP machine that I upgraded from XP to Vista to 7. The front panel stopped working when I upgraded to 7. After quite a bit of fruitless searching, I finally ended up removing all the Realtek software from my machine, and grabbing the HP Realtek HD Audio driver for Vista (Google: HP Realtek HD audio Vista). After rebooting, it works great.

Hopefully this helps someone else out.
mamhoud
September 21, 2009 at 10:03 am | Permalink

thank you very much
I’ll try it now
Smartin
October 21, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

Thanks dude .I used realtek live update service to download and upgrade my sound drivers in Windows Vista . But somehow it stopped working for Windows 7 . Lets see if these links works .