I am not sure how to test whether my Logitech g906 speaker is working using the optical output from my Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master.
I believe I have everything upto date - Drivers and Windows.
I did the following Steps:
1 - Uninstalled the Realtek HD Drivers and restarted PC
2 - I downloaded both Realtek R2.80 & R2.82 Zip files as I tried both. (Note R2.80 allowed the Realtek Manager, where as R2.82 did not)
3 - I then extracted the zip file to an install folder on the Desktop
4 - I then downloaded and used the Realtek HD Sound Driver Patcher (A1) from Pihto (22-04-2015) and copied it to the install folder
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5 - I applied the patch to both RltkAPO.dll & RltkAPO64.dll in the Win64 folder
6 - I then ran the setup as administrator after successfully patching the files
7 - During the installation, a pop-up from Windows Security requesting to install the unverified driver/publisher, which I selected to install anyway
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8 - After installation completed, I restarted the PC
For the R2.80:
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Note in the sound properties, the configure button is greyed/blocked
In Realtek Digital Output Advanced tab, I had both DTS & Dolby Digital Live (5.1) options included
In Realtek HD Audio manager, if the Dolby Digital Live was selected, the Dolby/DTS tab cannot be used. When changing the option as shown above to DTS it unblocks the slider(not sure what the slider does though) - How ever still don't know how to send a test sound/tone through individual speakers?
For R2.82:
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Note that Realtek HD manager does not open with R2.82
So, I am not sure how to test whether this is working or not?
What I tried, was to download a
DTS trailer demo and ran it through VLC Media Player with these settings and it seemed to be working?
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So is there a way to configure and test each individual speaker(distance/independent volume), including the Surround L/R, asthe test signal in Sound Manager plays a stereo sound, like the oooold Realtek HD manager used to do in the early 2010s?
For now, I'm going to run with the R2.82 modded driver and assume it working as DTS and hopefully get my surround game on for the first time? I Hope.
Thanks to the modders/Developers!
I followed the way to do this in another thread which made me do stuff with the registry and couldnt get it to to work no matter what and I followed it to a "T" and it just didnt work at all. YOURS however worked and was super simple to do! Only thing I could add is if anyone is looking to try it, download Iobit Uninstaller 9 program for free and uninstall your previous drivers with it for it will also remove all the residual registry items, or you can use cccleaner, but that requires to open more programs to do the same thing. But I did try with the 2.80 and 2.82 drivers, only bad thing I can report is, both my son and I use home theater receivers to do our sound with, I like big speakers and a ton a watts
, and DTS and DD worked fine with them, but no software application using the 2.82. It was tested on 2 different motherboards a Gigabyte GA-AX370 Gaming K5 with a Realtek 1220, and my Gigabyte
X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming with a Realtek 1220-VB. I had one problem with the 2.80 driver on my sons receiver though, his is a Onkyo 5 disc dvd changer/receiver combo and for some reason the 2.80 driver was randomly sending some code over the digital in DTS and DD and made his receiver switch over to dvd mode killing to sound off since it switched to that input then Video 1. I have a Denon AVR-S530BT and dont have a problem at all, but all I had to do was do the patch method to the 2.82 driver, and yes no more app, but can configure it through windows and it shows up that way with DD and DTS, and his receiver no longer switches over anymore.
I cant thank you enough for this method and all the help, so much easier for I spent well over 2 hours with no working the other ways, which are much harder to do I guess if you never messed with it that way with making a registry file, then going into save mode and moving a file into the system 32 folder, then find out what all you did didnt work. Not sure also if its because of my chipset that made it not work doing that way, but since most "newer" boards use these chip units, this worked great for me and decided to go for it and then give up, but to my surprise Im glad I did give it a go, now my games play on my receivers in DD or DTS which sounds completely different then using it in stereo mode and the receivers set up in DTS Neo or PLII Game mode, the separation is astoundingly different. The only reason I was looking for this is I remeber having a older board back in the day that if you got the driver from Gigabyte, not realtek, you was able to do DD and DTS and I went to their site with our "newer" boards and they have like a 12mb patch that did nothing to make this available again to use.
AND if anyone cares this helps with headphone use as well unlocking the Dolby Theater software, and my main headphones are razer tiamat 7.1 v2, which they claim you cant really use them on Realtek hardware, but if you do the above you can select Dolby and DTS software to use with them, AND as long as you make it 16/24/32 bit 44100 HZ, dont suggest you go higher, and enable Bass management they sound outstanding. Also I have Logitech G633's before these and I highly recommend you run them them with the same HZ setting for there is pretty much no bass with either if you go past that for some reason. And with the G633's if you want them to blow your ear drums out, hook the 3.5mm and usb plugged in and it set to pc mode on the headset, using the headphone jack of the Realtek card, front panel is what I was using, then go into windows audio setting, enable eq and turn the bass up some more, they can handle it dont worry, and its NIGHT AND DAY difference then using its software to produce sound. I also recommend getting the dtd and dd headphone software from the MS store, for the Logitech software produces a "echo" using it, and you dont get that doing it this way, and if you like loud bass heave guns, or music, with the G633's or the Razers, youre in for a treat if you do what I mentioned
Just Make sure you keep it at what ever bit rate, but its got to be 44100 HZ for even a jump to 48000 makes a difference, and going to full on 32 bit 192K HZ sounds like utter garbage with almost no bass to speak of no matter how much you give it to the EQ. I dont know if this is the same for say creative, or others, if it makes this huge of a difference doing it set up this way, dont have the money to buy that stuff yet, but if you got this chip set, try it and you will see Im right
I spent hours and days watching reviews on both headsets including the G933's, which will work wired or wireless, and was killing me for the lack of bass till I accidentally hit the 44100 HZ option and was like, HOLY CRAP, and then tried them all and it made such a huge difference sound wise, and then when I got my Razer's found out it acted the same way, no bass unless I hit the bass management on and then dropped it to 44100 HZ and they just came alive with great sound, which the reviews on it all said there was none to speak of with Realtek, which they were partially correct, turning up the sub, and sub in Realtek software did help with that, but switching to 44100 HZ and bass management on, and was like WOW, but I do like the razers better IMO, due to having true 7.1 vs software based, there is a difference to my ear at least, and Im big on sound and can tell the differences, even subtle little ones. I cant speak for audiophile grade stuff, but give what I mentioned a try and report in, Id like to know since I cant afford much, and got my Logitechs for $30 shipped and the Razers for $40 shipped off ebay to play around with, I couldnt of been able to touch these at retail thats for sure, and I love messing around with this crap, and have since I was a kid, now 48, and no signs of stopping anytime soon if my wallet allows me to get this stuff from people that havent a clue what they are selling for the logitechs mic wasnt suppose to work, it does, they forgot to hit the switch over to pc to test them before selling, and the Razers have a small fray on the cable and thats why they were selling so cheap, and maybe also that they have no bass unless you do what I mentioned. Dont get me wrong, the Logitechs had some bass, not as much as I liked, using the software, but man what a huge difference in it using the 3.55mm jack and usb at the same time and pushing it up more with the EQ with no distortion at all as my old G35's used to fart if I barely gave it a little extra bass to them, I wasnt happy with them at all
But again thanks to Dodge Gee for all your work, sometimes the simplest way is the best
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