Toshiba Sat. A110 soundcard problem

Hi all,

My friend has a probem with his A110.
If we connect the laptop with his home cimena set the sound is really bad, there is no bass at all, not with movies or music everthing sounds filtered.
We installed all the latest drivers for his Realtek HD soundcard and it doenst help.
I have a Z-Note 6214w with the same motherboard and soundcard and if i connect it the sound is rich with bass.
We really dont know whats the problem i hope you can help us out.

Thanks all!!!

Greets Niek

 

Hi,

I don't know if you're still watching replies in this topic, but I came over this problem a few days ago and found solution. Note, that this should also apply to other notebooks with Realtek HD Audio sound card (I have Satellite A100, but probably other manufacturers notebooks should be affected too, depends on drivers).


The problems is, that there is euqalizer pre-set on sound card (maybe because of notebook speakers or so). The line-out output frequency response is awfully distorted:



So, go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and find two files named RTHDAEQ1.DAT and RTHDAEQ0.DAT, make backup of them and delete them (or rename them there or move them somewhere). Restart the notebook and then go to Control Panel, open Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager and turn off equalizer if it is on. Now you should have normal bass in output.


NOTE: I am not responsible for any possible damage, neither hardware or software. This also removes the equalizer for integrated speakers, not only for line-out, probably one of the two files is for speakers, another for line-out, but I didn't test this.


PS: If the solution was already here on forums somewhere, sorry, I haven't found it... If it is not, I think this topic should be made sticky or somehow more visible, as this affects a lot of Toshiba laptop users...

 

Thanks for your advice. l have done this once before but had forgotten the name of .dat files that needed to be removed/renamed. Also, l have yet to see what changes will occur after just disabling realtek HD eq. Hopefully this will help with my audio output fluctuations after removing the .dat files.

This mobile computer Toshiba Satellite A110 with REALTEK drivers has more audio issues than anyone should ever have to deal with straight out of the box. Toshiba technical support finally admit, "these are the limitations of the computer you purchased, lf you don't like it, take it back!" Can you imagine... how moral is this? l am tired after doing all this research. ln order to have people capable of hearing me on mic and myself hearing even loud audio output, l have to work harder than their tech support. lt has been very disturbing to come across help such as suggestions that a set of external laptop speakers with a power supply of there own, on a MOBiLE Computer should work.

l am fully aware the problem here is not just realtek, lt ls also toshiba's fault for not labeling the box as junk audio, can't hear anything, not even windows startup sound very well. Until realtek/toshiba ""VlCTlMS"" are offered new drivers and more than likely, new speakers so the new drivers can be supported, this problem is only going to get worse by removing the .dat files. l have already noticed removing the .dat files has caused my audio input(mic) quality to go scratchy and static sounding. On top of this, after removing the .dat files, my audio output fluctuates once DAlLY. (ie. kicks in high and then low audio output. AND l'm not talking about a bad headset/mlc or set of speakers. These are the "limitations" of this awful machine.) This is a serious issue and misrepresentation!

Everyone that owns a pc with these realtek/toshiba issues should get together and maybe finally get the proper outcome we deserve.