
Boot into Safe Mode and go to add/remove and uninstall the Realtek software. Go into the BIOS and disable the built-in audio.

That way you'll be able to run the setup.exe or "find" the specific driver files. Save then on your OS drive in their own folder and decompress the file you downloaded. At least they didn't work for me) and get the latest drivers. Go to your motherboard's downloads (don't use the drivers on Realtek's sites. You may also need to restart the computer.įor more information about uninstalling driver and driver packages, see How Devices and Driver Packages are Uninstalled.I ran into a similar problem with my XP boot and MSI P35 Plat motherboard. When ready to complete the operation, select OK.

Select the View menu and turn on Show Hidden Devices.To launch Device Manager, select the Start button, type Device Manager, and press Enter. If that device is the only device using the driver package, then the driver package can also be removed via Device Manager.

If your device or driver package does not appear in the list, you'll need to use Device Manager to uninstall the device. If the device or driver package that you wish to remove appears in the list of programs, select uninstall. If the device is uninstalled before it is unplugged, the operating system may rediscover the device and reinstall drivers for it in the time between the uninstall and unplugging the device.įirst, open Settings (you can do this using the Windows+I keyboard shortcut) and type Remove.

Before uninstalling a device, we recommend physically unplugging the device from the system. This page describes how to uninstall a device or driver package on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
