Hatstand
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Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
A heads up for those on Windows 10 who have recently been updated. After mine had updated, I noticed a performance drop and ran Latencymon to find that my on-board HD audio devices which I had previously disabled (as I use my outboard audio controller exclusively) had been re-enabled. For those of you that have had this update, it may be worth going into device manager and checking in case if it has happened to you. I have now disabled again, but will keep an eye on this when future updates happen.
post edited by Hatstand - January 08, 16 5:08 AM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 7:03 AM
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This happens with every W10 update
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 7:32 AM
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Haven't noticed it before with the minor updates but with the two major ones it did. The first time, I thought it was forgetfulness but not the second. V. annoying but I guess worth the trade off as I do like it on the whole.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 8:35 AM
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Hatstand
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I have now disabled again, but will keep an eye on this when future updates happen.
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I've found that if I disable a device/driver in the "Device Manager", Win10 Update does not attempt to install or update the driver. Somehow, if I disable a device in the general control panel for e.g. printers, audio etc, it does not work consistently as well, and updates may still be installed. Strange. Edit: clarification.
post edited by AllanH - January 08, 16 8:49 AM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 11:45 AM
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Bristol_Jonesey
This happens with every W10 update
That's ridiculous!
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Brando
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 12:56 AM
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AllanH
Hatstand
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I have now disabled again, but will keep an eye on this when future updates happen.
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I've found that if I disable a device/driver in the "Device Manager", Win10 Update does not attempt to install or update the driver.
Somehow, if I disable a device in the general control panel for e.g. printers, audio etc, it does not work consistently as well, and updates may still be installed. Strange.
Edit: clarification.
Might want to check again. I only disable in device manager, and with each W10 update, the HD audio drivers associated with my video card's hdmi interface (nvidia in my case) are re-enabled.
post edited by Brando - January 08, 16 1:10 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 12:58 AM
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Beagle
Bristol_Jonesey
This happens with every W10 update
That's ridiculous!
Yep... oh, Microsoft.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 2:25 PM
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Yep, have posted about this problem before!
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 2:30 PM
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Brando
...HD audio drivers associated with my video card's hdmi interface (nvidia in my case) are re-enabled.
I find this happens when I update my graphics drivers.. Not windows
post edited by RSMCGUITAR - January 08, 16 5:13 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 4:53 PM
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One solution is to disable onboard HD audio in the BIOS.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 4:59 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 5:47 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 5:49 PM
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PeterMc
One solution is to disable onboard HD audio in the BIOS.
Cheers, Peter.
In my case, it was nvidia's HDMI drivers, not the onboard sound card which was reenabling with each W10 update. I think Slartabartfast posted the answer.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 08, 16 6:01 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 09, 16 1:08 PM
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Beagle
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This happens with every W10 update
That's ridiculous!
No..that's Windows 10.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 10, 16 7:51 AM
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☄ Helpfulby tlw January 10, 16 9:49 PM
I have also experienced this with a win 8.1 update.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 10, 16 12:45 AM
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I use a laptop and do not disable the on-board audio devices ever.
When I go portable sometimes i rely on the on-board WASAPI drivers so I do not disable. (get pretty decent latency too.)
Is there really much of a performance hit ?
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 10, 16 2:21 PM
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auto_da_fe
I use a laptop and do not disable the on-board audio devices ever.
When I go portable sometimes i rely on the on-board WASAPI drivers so I do not disable. (get pretty decent latency too.)
Is there really much of a performance hit ? As far as I can tell, what gives the biggest hit are the "HD" drivers that graphics cards install so that gamers can be happier than audio people.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 10, 16 7:09 PM
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Anderton
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I use a laptop and do not disable the on-board audio devices ever.
When I go portable sometimes i rely on the on-board WASAPI drivers so I do not disable. (get pretty decent latency too.)
Is there really much of a performance hit ?
As far as I can tell, what gives the biggest hit are the "HD" drivers that graphics cards install so that gamers can be happier than audio people.
Yep - although not as big a hit as Craig saw with his AMD/ATI drivers, the impact of my NVidia card's HD audio drivers is significant, for sure. I also keep my onboard audio card enabled for windows sounds and don't notice a big adverse impact but always disable the hdmi (HD audio) drivers which do appreciably affect the latency/buffer size i am able to run at.
post edited by Brando - January 10, 16 7:24 PM
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 10, 16 8:46 PM
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Thanks for clearing that up, looks like a problem I do not have.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 11, 16 8:31 AM
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I just checked mine and they are still disabled after last week's update. They were also not updated with the big November update. Perhaps it's the driver manufacture that specifies the re-enable policy.
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 11, 16 8:47 AM
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Could be Kevin, mine is AMD (Radeon) so perhaps the update included updated drivers which triggered the re-enablement
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Re: Windows 10's recent update and on board audio drivers/devices
January 11, 16 10:17 AM
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Hatstand
Could be Kevin, mine is AMD (Radeon) so perhaps the update included updated drivers which triggered the re-enablement
What Craig A. said. I have disabled my on-board RealTek audio drivers and they stay gone. What keeps showing up is the AMD HDMI Output HD Audio Driver. I've had nVidia; I've got AMD now. I've had trouble with both, unfortunately.
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