irish3 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Lost my HD a few weeks ago. New O.S. installed, but now in my Device Manager listing under Sound, video and game controllers I have the following items listed: Nvidia H.D. Audio, NVidia Virtual Audio.... Realtek H.D. Audio, Sound Blaster Audigy, and Sound Blaster Audio Control. I have been having CTD's ( playing Steam) at various times. Which ones can I disable, if any? I have installed the latest drivers and the Sound Blaster card is new. Any help would be highly appreciated :) Neil B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 If I remember correctly, My FSX install used the Realtek, H.D. Audio. Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish3 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Knew you'd come up first ! Okay, will give er a go and disable the others As always, thanks again !! Irish3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f16jockey_2 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 What makes you think the CTDs are caused by one of those drivers? IMO they can all remain enabled. Realtek drives the Mobo sound chip (and whatever's connected to the Mobo output connectors). Nvidia driver allows to pass sound through HDMI or DisplayPort to built-in speakers in the monitor. SoundBlaster driver is for whatever is connected to the separate sound card. You know best what's connected to what output. Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish3 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Thanks for the input gents, another set of eyes always helps. All is well in Hooterville now :) Neil B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) Nvidia audio is coming from your HDMI or Displayport. If you have Nvidea Experience installed that may pose an issue. The Nvidia driver leaks telemetry and can be controlled via the hosts file. # nVidia Telemetry 127.0.0.1 gfwsl.geforce.com 127.0.0.1 gfe.geforce.com 127.0.0.1 telemetry.nvidia.com 127.0.0.1 gfe.nvidia.com 127.0.0.1 telemetry.gfe.nvidia.com 127.0.0.1 events.gfe.nvidia.com ::1 gfwsl.geforce.com ::1 gfe.geforce.com ::1 telemetry.nvidia.com ::1 gfe.nvidia.com ::1 telemetry.gfe.nvidia.com ::1 events.gfe.nvidia.com Edited November 6, 2020 by CRJ_simpilot OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Lost my HD a few weeks ago. New O.S. installed, but now in my Device Manager listing under Sound, video and game controllers I have the following items listed: Nvidia H.D. Audio, NVidia Virtual Audio.... Realtek H.D. Audio, Sound Blaster Audigy, and Sound Blaster Audio Control. I have been having CTD's ( playing Steam) at various times. Which ones can I disable, if any? I have installed the latest drivers and the Sound Blaster card is new. Any help would be highly appreciated :) Neil B. Delete any which are no longer required. But have installers ready if/when you find the one you need. Realtek audio should be the first to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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