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    Ideapad y410p Audio issue?!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by halkun, Mar 27, 2014.

  1. halkun

    halkun Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    I stumbled upon this issue awhile back and since there are other y410p owners here, I was wondering if anyone found a solution to the issue of the audiodg.exe's memory in task manager spiking up every time a sound is being played from your y410p?

    The only solution I found for this was to have "disable all sound effects" checked under "enhancements" from speakers options: http://i.imgur.com/TTbiv35.jpg

    I am on Win 8.1 x64 with this audio drivers installed: Realtek Audio Driver for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) - IdeaPad Y410p, Y510p

    Does anyone know a fix and not have the audiodg's memory spike up beyond 4-5k besides the one I provided?
     
    halkun, Mar 27, 2014
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    berrykerry789 Notebook Consultant

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    How much is the memory spike? Mine's only around 8.1 mb and doesn't seem to change that much.
     
    berrykerry789, Mar 27, 2014
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  3. halkun

    halkun Notebook Enthusiast

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    It spikes up around .5 mb per ping sound you make when you move up/down the slider as shown in the 2nd image below:

    BEFORE (with sound enhancement disabled), notice audiodg.exe is around 5k (normal):
    http://i.imgur.com/XHj8BVW.jpg

    AFTER (with sound enhancement enabled), notice audiodg.exe is around 81k (not normal):
    http://i.imgur.com/6kOa2rL.jpg

    EDIT: It might be a problem only for the windows 8.1 since it is using Dolby Digital Plus compared to windows 8 using dolby home theater v4.
     
    halkun, Mar 27, 2014
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    berrykerry789 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm using dolby digital plus too. Have you tried uninstalling home theater or using the latest drivers from realtek?
     
    berrykerry789, Mar 27, 2014
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  5. halkun

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    I never installed home theater unless you meant the hd audio drivers that is from the lenovo website.

    And not sure which drivers are latest from Realtek. Like realtek's website? That website doesn't seem have any support for lenovo laptops but not sure.
     
    halkun, Mar 27, 2014
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    I'm using the drivers from realtek's website. If they don't work for you, you can always revert to the lenovo ones.
     
    berrykerry789, Mar 27, 2014
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    halkun, Mar 28, 2014
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    I was already using that driver! Probably explains why i didnt have the issue.
     
    Jobine, Mar 28, 2014
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    Haha nice. Yea the official y410p audio drivers for win 8.1 causes memory leak unless the sound enhancement disable is checked :S

    Overall, the unofficial drivers work so much better! :thumbsup:
     
    halkun, Mar 29, 2014
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