Completely Removing Realtek Audio Drivers (Causing my stuttering)

[mxoagentjohnson]

Realtek audio drivers were causing my stuttering on my rig
i7 6700k, GTX 980, 16GB DDR4, Windows 10

I uninstalled it and the issue is gone, but it keeps coming back, so i changed the Driver Manager audio device to high definition audio driver, uninstalled realtek again and disabled auto hardware updates but it keeps coming back!

I want to remove it completely from my system, regedits and everything as it keeps returning. Anyone got any way to completely nuke this thing from orbit? I dont want it back causing stuttering again!!

 

[Uriel]

Disable it in device manager and drop in a soundcard?

 

[Marsman]

Surely disabling it in the BIOS will prevent it from re-installing the drivers. What are you using for sound though if you are not using the onboard audio?

 

[TwsT]

you should be able to disable it in the bios. that would remove it from device manager and stop windows update from installing the driver.