Nahimic 3 UAD Modified Driver for Unsupported MSI Hardware

[JeanLegi]

@solidus1983 bro you are now my last option because the JBL support is useless...

What did you need that i can use nahimic on my Z790 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4?

Hardware ID?

 

And for sure your paypal that i can sent some money for 1-2 beers!

 

i like my JBL Quantum 910 wireless but the Quantum engine is shit as hell...

[epguy3]

On 1/13/2024 at 3:44 AM, JeanLegi said:

@solidus1983 bro you are now my last option because the JBL support is useless...

What did you need that i can use nahimic on my Z790 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4?

Hardware ID?

 

 

 

@JeanLegi

 

solidus1983 is kinda busy right now but please mention the "hardware device ID" number of your Realtek audio device on your Z790 Tomahawk wifi ddr4 board by following the instructions from any one of these sites {Microsoft} and/or {Wikihow} on how to find your hardware ID number.

 

 

edit - oh sorry JeanLegi - you will not be able to use solidus1983's modded Nahimic drivers on here because your Z790 Tomahawk wifi ddr4 board uses Realtek ALC4080 USB Audio device, according to the motherboard's tech specs page.  this board does NOT use "standard" Realtek HD Audio devices like ALC12xx [ex. ALC1220] or ALC8xx [ex. ALC892 or ALC897], so I'm afraid the drivers here will never work.  MSI put vastly different audio chipsets for certain gaming boards like yours which use completely different audio drivers.

 

you could try these modded drivers from another site instead (this is the only one I know that supports realtek usb audio hardware like alc4080).

[epguy3]

On 11/29/2023 at 10:56 AM, epguy3 said:

 

edit: eh I take a little bit of this back - it IS a problem, even with the modded AVoluteNH3Ext.inf 1.1.44.0 MSI extension file as it needs further modification/editing to include some new entries that were found in the 1.5.21.0 MSI extension driver version that the 1.1.44.0 extension driver version are lacking {mainly because MSI did not request a new Nahimic APO3 extension driver package since late 2021}

 

 

 

even though there is no new Nahimic APO3 MSI extension driver, there is a new APO3 software component driver - version 3.6.0.0 from DriverHub.

[epguy3]

On 1/14/2024 at 12:31 PM, epguy3 said:

 

even though there is no new Nahimic APO3 MSI extension driver, there is a new APO3 software component driver - version 3.6.0.0 from DriverHub.

Nahimic APO3 driver recently updated to version 3.6.1.0 from DriverHub

 

and I recently found out that MSI has released a 6.0.9626.1 Realtek audio driver on their web site.

 

also released from MSI - Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.37 driver.

 

[solidus1983]

@JeanLegi DM me so i don't forget will be out of the country for a week or too due to work so away from the system that builds the drivers and super busy so will not have bandwidth to hand during that time.

 

But i think i know what you are after doing so need the AUDIO ID of you JBL's and the mainboard in question.

 

@epguy3 Thanks for the driver update information bud, can you remind me if when i get back from work i completely forget about the driver. I know i haven't been on here much but i do check from time to time.

[Virgoliciul97]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:50 AM, epguy3 said:

Nahimic APO3 driver recently updated to version 3.6.1.0 from DriverHub

 

and I recently found out that MSI has released a 6.0.9626.1 Realtek audio driver on their web site.

 

also released from MSI - Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.37 driver.

 

there is also a 6.0.9629.1 MSI Realtek Audio Driver 

[epguy3]

17 hours ago, Virgoliciul97 said:

there is also a 6.0.9629.1 MSI Realtek Audio Driver 

 

which, by the way, the 6.0.9629.1 driver is also recently available from the MSI LiveUpdate site.
the older 6.0.9618.1 driver, however, will continue to be available from MSI LiveUpdate for a limited time.

 

On 1/28/2024 at 4:34 AM, solidus1983 said:

@JeanLegi DM me so i don't forget will be out of the country for a week or too due to work so away from the system that builds the drivers and super busy so will not have bandwidth to hand during that time.

 

 

the audio hardware ID on JeanLegi's MSI board is vastly different and Realtek ALC4080 audio hardware on his board is NOT a "standard" HDA device like ALC8xx & ALC12xx - it's connected internally thru usb (and not externally like the "usb ports" you see on desktop boards and laptop pcs) - it most likely uses an "ID" beginning with "USB\VID_0DB0" (mentioned in the RtDUsbAD_msi.inf file of the Realtek USB Audio 6.3.9600.x DCH drivers) and not HDAUDIO or INTELAUDIO and uses an RtUsbA64.sys driver rather than the Rtkvhd64.sys driver.

 

download the audio driver for the Z790 Tomahawk Wifi Ddr4 board and see for yourself, solidus1983  {it's not the usual 6.0.9xxx versions for standard Realtek UAD/DCH drivers; Realtek USB Audio DCH drivers use 6.3.9600.x versions to clearly differentiate from the Realtek UAD/DCH drivers}

[epguy3]

On 2/3/2024 at 12:24 AM, Virgoliciul97 said:

there is also a 6.0.9629.1 MSI Realtek Audio Driver 

and there is also a specific notebook/laptop pc edition of the 6.0.9629.1 driver recently available from the MSI web site {while the link to the 9629 MSI driver you have is usually for desktop motherboards}

[epguy3]

and there are newer Realtek audio driver versions recently released this early March 2024

 

6.0.9648.1 [MB/desktop motherboard] from LiveUpdate

 

6.0.9635.1 [NB/notebook/laptop]

 

[solidus1983]

Thanks @epguy3, will keep an eye on, currently taking a week off due to burn out. But should be able to get something made soon enough.

 

I assume i will need to adjust the installer modded files on new UWP's ?

[epguy3]

On 3/18/2024 at 7:56 AM, solidus1983 said:

Thanks @epguy3, will keep an eye on, currently taking a week off due to burn out. But should be able to get something made soon enough.

 

I assume i will need to adjust the installer modded files on new UWP's ?

 

indeed.

fortunately you don't have to update the Nahimic UWP app as 1.9.22 is still the latest version available, even up to now.  only the Realtek Audio Control UWP app needs to be updated

 

also released from MSI - Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.38 driver {I kinda forgot to mention this last time; I too have a hectic schedule}

 

and Nahimic APO3 v3.7.0.0 driver (this was released early March 2024 when running the latest Nahimic restore tool on an old MSI laptop or MSI board using APO3 (not APO4); the previous 3.6.0.0/3.6.1.0 versions of the APO3 driver turned out to be buggy; hopefully the 3.7.0.0 version will be better {link to APO3 3.7.0.0 driver from 3rd party site removed; see newest post for the updated link}

 

btw, Happy Easter 2024, solidus1983

 

edit 4/22

[epguy3]

On 4/1/2024 at 3:54 AM, epguy3 said:

 

also released from MSI - Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.38 driver {I kinda forgot to mention this last time; I too have a hectic schedule}

 

 

 

Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.39 driver recently available from MSI

[solidus1983]

Thanks @epguy3, currently looking how ASROCK is doing stuff as now i am on desktop and back on using Nahimic UWP software, however its using APO4.

 

So i haven't abandoned you lot.

[epguy3]

speaking of Nahimic APO4, the newest APO4 SWC driver is version 4.11.1.0 from MS Update Catalog
MSI does not yet have the 4.11.1.0 APO4 driver version but Microsoft does

 

also Microsoft has Nahimic Mirroring 2.0.4.0 driver also in the Catalog site

 

no new Realtek UAD MSI drivers yet since version 6.0.9648.1 from early March 2024

[solidus1983]

@epguy3 thanks for the update info, if i get some time this weekend will have a look and making another pack.

[bbb27]

19 hours ago, solidus1983 said:

thanks for the update info, if i get some time this weekend will have a look and making another pack.

 

That would be great and a nice timing for me also, since i'm in need to make a clean Windows installation. 🙂

[epguy3]

On 4/1/2024 at 3:54 AM, epguy3 said:

 

 

and Nahimic APO3 v3.7.0.0 driver (this was released early March 2024 when running the latest Nahimic restore tool on an old MSI laptop or MSI board using APO3 (not APO4); the previous 3.6.0.0/3.6.1.0 versions of the APO3 driver turned out to be buggy; hopefully the 3.7.0.0 version will be better

 

 

 

this Nahimic APO3 v3.7.0.0 driver is recently available from the Microsoft Update Catalog site

[solidus1983]

Will fire up the VM shortly.

[epguy3]

recently found out in this MSI global forum thread that version 1.10.1 of the Nahimic UWP app was released

[epguy3]

On 4/19/2024 at 10:30 AM, epguy3 said:

no new Realtek UAD MSI drivers yet since version 6.0.9648.1 from early March 2024

just when ya thought there'd be no new audio drivers, MSI has released a new Realtek audio driver - version 6.0.9658.1 around the end of April 2024 as it was mentioned in a few other forums that I recently checked.

 

so... it's time for a new audio driver update for May 2024

[epguy3]

On 4/2/2024 at 12:07 PM, epguy3 said:

 

Nahimic APO4 v4.10.4.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.39 driver recently available from MSI

 

Nahimic APO4 v4.11.3.0 driver + A-volute MSI Extension 1.5.41 driver available from MSI (released around 2nd week of May)

 

still waiting for a new modded driver based on 6.0.9658.1 (or better)...

[epguy3]

On 6/11/2024 at 9:39 AM, epguy3 said:

 

 

still waiting for a new modded driver based on 6.0.9658.1 (or better)...

and probably it'll never come now as MSI seems to have released a new Realtek Audio driver thru the MSI LiveUpdate site near end of June 2024 - version 6.0.9694.1 (as I recently found out that someone mentioned the new version somewhere in the MSI forum site)

 

so... it's time for a new modded audio driver update for July 2024

AND

MSI also released a new Nahimic APO3 driver package > APO3 SWC driver version 3.7.0.0 w/ A-volute Extension 1.2.0.0 driver for MSI
 

[solidus1983]

Sorry i have been really busy as of late. 

Between work and study, time has been rather lacking as of late.

[epguy3]

On 11/29/2023 at 10:56 AM, epguy3 said:

 

it appears that Nahimic creator A-volute removed ID "146211D6" from the AVoluteNH3Ext.inf extension INF file in the new versions; that's why you can't use updated the APO3 & APO4 drivers; even though the NH3ProductSettings.cab file in the APO3 driver bundles the GV62VR_7RF_InternalSpeakers.nsx file.  it's still mentioned in the HDX_MsiExt_AVO_RTK.inf realtek device extension INF file though.

 

it's only a problem with the "extension" driver > AVoluteNH3Ext.inf in official MSI drivers.
should not be a problem with the modded MSI drivers here as ID "146211D6" is only included in the modded AVoluteNH3Ext.inf file for APO3, not APO4.

 

edit: eh I take a little bit of this back - it IS a problem, even with the modded AVoluteNH3Ext.inf 1.1.44.0 MSI extension file as it needs further modification/editing to include some new entries that were found in the 1.5.21.0 MSI extension driver version that the 1.1.44.0 extension driver version are lacking {mainly because MSI did not request a new Nahimic APO3 extension driver package since late 2021}

 

the updated AVoluteNH3Ext.inf extension INF files for Asrock (v1.3.0.0 & higher) and Gigabyte (v1.0.23.0 & possibly higher) have these entries that are not found in the AVoluteNH3Ext.inf MSI extension file for APO3:

 

;; PKEY_SUPPORT: value 1 for Realtek
HKR,EP\0,%PKEY_SUPPORT%,%REG_DWORD%,0x1
HKR,EP\1,%PKEY_SUPPORT%,%REG_DWORD%,0x1
HKR,EP\2,%PKEY_SUPPORT%,%REG_DWORD%,0x1

 

 

-and from the "Strings" section

 

[Strings]

PKEY_SUPPORT          = "{1A6219BF-2157-4A15-9414-5BFD0593D3E6},0"

 

 

similar entries like these were included in the AVoluteNH3Ext.inf 1.5.21.0 MSI extension driver for APO4.
these new entries are needed/required for new Nahimic UWP app versions (like the 1.9.x versions) to run

recently discovered that the needed PKEY_SUPPORT entries are included in the A-volute MSI Extension 1.2.0.0 driver inside the recent MSI-NahimicRestoreTool-APO3-SWCv3.7.0.0-EXTv1.2.0.0.zip package

 

though someone in this MSI forum thread is having some sound quality problems with the Nahimic APO3 v3.7.0.0 driver.  but the DriverHub site has a newer APO3 SWC driver available - version 3.7.2.0

[epguy3]

On 6/29/2024 at 8:23 PM, epguy3 said:

 

 

so... it's time for a new modded audio driver update for July 2024


 

 

I have to say it again

 

time for a new modded audio driver update for August 2024.  why?

cuz MSI released a new Realtek audio driver thru the MSI LiveUpdate site around the beginning of August 2024 > version 6.0.9709.1.

 

and from this Nahimic forum topic, here's the latest MSI related Nahimc APO4 + A-volute MSI Extension package recently posted on Google Drive (APO4 v4.11.6.0 + Extension 1.5.49.0)

 

although MSI released a 6.0.9665.1 driver for certain MSI laptops in early July (but it's newer than the 6.0.9658.1 version released near end of April)