Nahimic 2 woes.

Hi, having a lot of trouble with this recently,

Not sure if it's what was causing lags and slowdown in some games like Tomb Raider, but aside from that I wasn't getting any sound in games like Tomb Raider and Dying Light. I've tried updating it to no avail, the only solution was to fully uninstall it and seems to have sorted some lags and audio is back on. I have an MSI GE72MVR 7RG Apache Pro.

Any ideas how to fix Nahimic, or is it just best to keep it removed or is there really any benefit from it? I'm in the fast ring for windows update and I feel since the latest 3 or 4 updates there has been problems cropping up with sound and graphic drivers.

 

That's your issue! Windows 10 stable builds are crap as heck and need a lot of fixes and tweaks, they're like a never ending Beta. Now Fast Ring builds, I would never touch with a 10 feet pole, they're more like Alpha crapware. Nuff said

 

@willhub Only way to fix any issue with nahimic 2 is to keep it uninstalled.

I was excited when Nahimic said we would get version 3 (Which I tested using modded drivers because the GT72/80's device ID's was missing) and it worked well however Nahimic 2 users are not getting official upgrades to Nahimic 3 due to Microsoft's stringent requirements based on drivers.



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GT75 Titan 8RF ... I was experiencing sound lag, from the Windows Announcements (Log on/off, connect/disconnect USB ... etc), to VLC not wanting to load. Games CTD'd, I also experienced CPU throttling.
I went into Windows > Services > Nahimic Service and set it to 'Disabled', then STOP the service.
The only reason I did this is, I couldn't find it to delete it!
Nothing in 'Programs and Features' is there anything to delete this monster.
Nowhere in C: is there a folder A-Volute or Nahimic, other than in Program Files there is 1 called A-Volute (Parent Company).
WHERE did you find how to delete this crap bloat out of your system?

 

Press WIN+R and type appwiz.cpl [Enter], see if you can find the Nahimic-related uninstaller in there.

 

AGAIN ... It is not in 'Programs and Features'
Not the parent company 'A-Volute' or Nahimic.
Not in C except for 'ProgramData' there is A-Volute ...

Can't get rid of it through the Windows Store, but its there, so it tells me that its probably part of the Windows Bloatware, and I have to delete Realtek audio, then install generic Realtek without the Nahimic.
1 Question remains, how to prevent W10 from reinstalling that crap.

For now, for whomever reads this, it can be disabled and it will fix a lot of the problems you may have experienced.

 

What about Realtek HD Audio Driver? Try removing Realtek and see if Nahimic gets removed altogether. If this confirms the removal of Nahimic, then install either the latest version of Realtek driver to see if it can resolve the issue or not, or install a different flavor of Realtek driver package without Nahimic sub-component.

To prevent Windows Update to install driver automatically, please try the following.
https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-10/stop-automatic-driver-updates-windows-10
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca...op-windows-7-automatically-installing-drivers

 

Exactly!
"I have to delete Realtek audio, then install generic Realtek without the Nahimic"

Also, both the links you posted is for the older version of W10 and is obsolete information.
With the new version you DON"T have a choice as to what MS will DL yo your PC.
No more deciding what to install or not.
So, it still boils down to 'Stop MS from DLing Bloatware into the PC!"
I miss W7, if my previous PC didn't blow up I would still be on W7............

 

What if you force install of the driver inf in the device manager and override the one from MS?

 

Still updates to Nahimic, its the #@%!&! Windows store wants to reinstall it.
Disabling it is the only way I have found to get rid of it.

 

better solutions are found in the Tenforums site (than the ones Kevin mentioned):
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials...iver-updates-windows-update-windows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials...iver-automatic-installation-windows-10-a.html
these apply to all editions and all versions of Win10