I had some audio driver issues about my Alienware 13, so I'm trying to download the old audio driver, so I uninstalled the latest Realtek audio driver on my laptop to swap to an older version of it. However, when I try to download back latest/older Realtek audio driver, it apper to be an error which shown in the image attached. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thank you.
Hi Crimsom, Sorry for the late reply, I was having some issues with the dell website recently. So I try the older version before but it show me the same error as before. However I had solve my audio issue by updating the window. Thank you very much for your help.
For solution 1, I had already uninstall the Realtek audio driver, and also I try to press the "scan for hardware change" in the device manage, however the window did not help to reinstall again.
For solution 2, the driver booster state that my "sound, video and game controllers" are already up to date.
For solution 3, add legacy hardware in device manager, so I try it but it shows this
For solution 4, my system device doesn't have the "Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio" to be disable/uninstall.
Are there any more alternative ways that I can try to solve the audio driver problem? Thank you.
Hi @Yang0512 thank you for sharing additional information complete with images.
Please excuse asking for clarification why the "sound, video, and game controllers" were uninstalled, and if they have now been reinstalled? Thank you.
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Hi, sorry for the late reply, the image taken below is from others PC's device manager which had "Audio inputs and outputs" in it.
However for my case as shown below,
because I uninstalled it to reinstall the latest audio driver. So my "Audio inputs and outputs" had been disappear. So I had some problem with that because my audio had a red cross beside it as shown below,
If it clarify my problems, thank you very much for helping.
Hi @Yang0512 thank you for sharing additional information complete with images.
Your Device Manager does not have any yellow warning triangles against any drivers. There is no group of drivers moved to the right saying that they want attention. As all your drivers are good, and taskbar audio has a red cross, please click on audio icon to switch the audio on. It will either activate audio or give error message to reveal problem, so that it can be fixed. Thank you.
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Hi @Yang0512 thank you for sharing what happens when taskbar audio icon is switched on.
Alienware 15 R3 Drivers & Downloads has Realtek Audio Driver Version 6.0.8816.1, A09 and option to install Older Versions.
In your opening post, Realtek Audio Driver Version 6.0.8816.1, A09 failed to install. Please install Older version that is known to work, if you can recall its version.
Alternatively, install the original audio version that was installed when your Alienware 15 R3 was delivered from factory (12 Jan 2017). Then, if an application needs a more recent version, it will create message to update to version that it wants.
General advice: Do not install Dell update, just because there is a new version.
Please share your fix that works. Thank you.
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Posted March 11th, 2022 01:00
Hi Crimsom, Sorry for the late reply, I was having some issues with the dell website recently. So I try the older version before but it show me the same error as before. However I had solve my audio issue by updating the window. Thank you very much for your help.