XPS8930, Waves MaxxAudioPro Audio Driver not up to date

The recent Realtek audio driver that's being pushed by Windows Update is causing issues on the XPS 8930.

Open Device Manager and find the Realtek entry. Click the button to roll the Realtek driver back to the previous version, and reboot when it's done. That should reinstall the previous Realtek driver and Waves MaxxAudio.

You will have configure Waves to use your specific speaker setup again as I posted in that other thread...

The rollback button is grayed out. That generally would mean the driver hasn't been updated. Yet Device Manager showed the most recent version (6.0.9205.1) after the Windows Update.

 Reliability Monitor listed a critical event during the Windows Update that said Windows Update had stopped. That event showed up at the time of the removal and re-install of the Realtek and Maxx AudioPro Audio drivers. I didn't check Device Manager after the WU to see if a roll back button of the Realtek audio driver was an option.

I don't know. I may have to hunt down the old driver and manually install it someway.  

You could try doing a System Restore to last point that was set before the 6.0.9205.1 driver got installed.  If Realtek and Waves MaxxAudio work after the Restore, I'd suggest you stay with whatever version was installed. NOTE: You may have to install some other Windows Updates again, but avoid Realtek 6.0.9205.1.

If the Restore doesn't help, Open Device Manager, right-click Realtek audio and Uninstall it. And if any "unknown" devices are listed in Device Manager, uninstall them too. Then click Action>Scan for hardware changes and when it's done, and assuming Realtek is listed again, reboot PC and see if audio is working and you can open and configure Waves.

I've asked my Dell tech contacts to provide a direct link to the most recent previous driver Realtek-Audio-Driver_F15XW_WIN_6.0.9107.1_A08.EXE for XPS 8930, so hopefully they'll post the link and/or fix this last driver version which is a real dud...

Post back and let us know how it goes...

Thanks. I'll try those suggestions. By the way, I may be one of a few who did not experience long boot time and/or CPU issues after WU installed the Realtek driver update

You can always download the previous version 6.0.9107.1 of the Realtek driver from the Microsoft Catalog. Be sure to select the one listed for your version of Win 10.

CAVEAT: I don't know if this will install Waves MaxxAudio Pro or not, but I suspect it will... YRMV!

thanks but . . none of the five drivers listed for Windows 10, Vanadium or later match my Hardware ID. The catalog isn't like it was in the old days. there might be a driver that'll work but it also might not.

[ EDIT] I meant to say Vibranium and not Vanadium. Who knows what they were thinking with two similar sounding 'V' names      

MS must have lost their collective Vibranium. Who comes up with such names...??

You could always set a System Restore point first if you want to try any of those drivers from their catalog.

I found a link on Dell's site for Realtek driver 6.0.1.8248 which was just prior to 6.0.9107.1, and the page says it's compatible with the XPS 8930. So you might want to give this one a try, if you don't want to risk downloading one from the MS catalog.

Don't know why Dell removed the link to 6.0.9107.1.  IMO, they should always have the link to the last prior version of every driver, in case the newest one is a dud, like the latest Realtek, but they don't listen to me...

I rolled my XPS 8930 back to 6.0.9107.1 even though the new one wasn't causing problems here. So far- Windows Update hasn't forced 6.0.9205.1 on me or even offered it as an "optional" update again.

Hey Ron, i appreciate that you've taken the time to follow this. When I first posted, I wasn't aware how many users were affected in some way or another by this 6.0.9205.1 version. Its been a pain for not only XPS 8930 users, but also users of models of XPS laptops. Learned on the popular Ten Forums, and as you may already know, there are really good discussions found on the Realtek audio drivers. There's also a method (tutorial) that's supposed to work for finding the correct HD audio integration.  

If I had to take a guess on why this version flopped and why Dell isn't respondent to your suggestion about posting the previous version on Dell, I'd probably say that its likely because the new universal Audio Driver (aka), the new Windows 10 Driver Type is what Microsoft, Dell and Realtek are gearing up their effort on. The High Definition audio (aka), the old legacy Realtek driver is more or less I think a dying breed. Just my personal belief.

After giving enough thought about this, since I still have speaker sound albeit not as good, plus an inoperable MaxxAudioPro panel, I'm just going to accept this. You and I have basically now a four year old system. Dell, MS, Realtek are moving on. Might as well move on too.         

@erpster05  - Neither of the two Realtek driver links you posted is listed as being compatible with the XPS 8930, even though they may have the same version number as the driver that's compatible with the XPS 8930.

Those two are compatible with various Dell laptop PCs. And they may -or not- include Waves MaxxAudio Pro which is included as part of the Realtek audio driver for the XPS 8930. Anyone who installs either of them does so at their own risk.

The compatible Realtek driver for the XPS 8930 with that version number is:
Realtek-Audio-Driver_F15XW_WIN_6.0.9107.1_A08.EXE and includes Waves.

The compatible version for the XPS 8930 prior to 9107.1 was:
Realtek-Audio-Driver_T55WP_WIN_6.0.1.8248_A07