Much appreciated erpsterm35 for the help, I will test them. It's a laptop of friend that I am helping with. I have source all the drivers for the other components with success, and all is working accordingly with Win11, expect for the audio just partially. I am aware of the compatibility issues, and the laptop CPU might not be on M$ approve list, though it does meets all the other requirements for it to work, either it be for day to day use or gaming.
Found these "uncommon" versions on MUC: - 6.0.9228.2 - 6.0.9243.5 - 6.0.9249.2 - 6.0.9311.2 - 6.0.9376.3 - 6.0.9455.2 - 6.0.9561.5 - 6.0.9561.8 - 6.0.9700.2 Only the last one is interesting.
For historical / curiosity purposes, here is some data from my research: - While still being released, HDA and UAD shared the same RTKVHD64.sys and RTAIODAT.DAT core files. - RTKVHD64.sys enables/disables enhancements and choose the proper control panel (RtkNGUI64 or RAVCpl64) for the coinstaller DLL. - 8186 - (R2.82) - Last version to include Andrea APOs - 8541 - Last to support legacy APOs in RltkAPO (the Realtek APO chain loads 3rd party APOs, related code was removed from versions later than 11.0.6000.644) - 8694 - 100% intact INF (GUIDs, device IDs) - 8699 - Broken IDs, such as HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0892&SUBSYS_10438698 (ASUS Z170-A) - 8746 - Broken GUIDs, PKEY_INTEL_MIC_HT {19d85455-f3eb-49ff-8744-4c8b42f08526},0 - 8777 -> 9175 BROKEN KS GUIDs (KSCATEGORY_RENDER="{65E8776E-8F56-11D0-A3B9-00A0C9223196}" / KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE="{65E8776D-8F56-11D0-A3B9-00A0C9223196}" and several others, it just gets worse with later versions) - 9013 - Breaks SRS - 9183 - GUIDs restored - 9239 - Last 100% working driver - 9244 - UAD, but RTKVHD64.sys seems to work on legacy OSes - 9273 - Broken 3rd party audio enhancements, such as Dolby Audio X2 (DAX2) - removal of strings INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT and INSTALLTRAYICON and their related code from RTKVHD64.sys breaks DAX2 install - 9304 - Last to install/load tray Realtek CPL - 9307 - Removed support for ALC260/ALC660-VD/ALC663/ALC861-VD/ALC880 - 9316 - Removed support for ALC861/ALC883 - Restored support for ALC663 - 9319 - Removed support for ALC231/ALC272/ALC276/ALC665/ALC670/ALC672/ALC676/ALC680/ALC882 - Removed again ALC663 - 9360 - Until then, last to support Windows 7 (no missing imports, pre-Win8 security cookie compatible). - 9700 - Last to support Windows 7 (as of Sep 9, 2024)
Realtek Audio UAD 6.0.9716.1 Upgrade & Servicing Drivers [Seem like All OEM] Code: catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=6.0.9716.1