Solved ASUS audio cards not supported by Windows 11

SmellyOldMan · Nov 25, 2022

I just updated to Windows 11 with my STX ii drivers already installed and everything is fine, my card still works like a charm and the Audio Center software works too.

SmellyOldMan · Nov 26, 2022

SmellyOldMan said:
I just updated to Windows 11 with my STX ii drivers already installed and everything is fine, my card still works like a charm and the Audio Center software works too.

Bad news everyone, after troubleshooting what I thought was an issue with my new RAM it turns out that the STX ii, technically, does work with Windows 11, except it sporadically randomly crashes my entire PC whenever a program needs it. It doesn't even come with a BSOD, my PC just turns off and reboots.

spapakons · Nov 26, 2022

Could Windows Update have replaced your original drivers causing issues? Go at Device Manager, right-click your sound card and driver details to confirm it. In that case reinstall proper driver and use Windows Update Show/Hide Tool to hide (block) the offending update.

erpster4 · Nov 29, 2022

SmellyOldMan said:
Bad news everyone, after troubleshooting what I thought was an issue with my new RAM it turns out that the STX ii, technically, does work with Windows 11, except it sporadically randomly crashes my entire PC whenever a program needs it. It doesn't even come with a BSOD, my PC just turns off and reboots.

i can hear this boy in my mind saying "ha ha"
kinda sucks that asus can't issue updated sound card drivers for the STX II that will truly work with win11

spapakons said:
I don't like basic drivers. I prefer to have the Intel Graphics Properties as well.

no matter - I can install the basic gma 950 graphics drivers on my mom's old 2007 Dell Inspiron laptop from ms catalog and then install this guy's unofficial intel graphics feature pack for the gma 950, which adds the intel graphics properties app. maybe check from that guy to see if he has a specific intel graphics feature pack for your intel hardware

badrobot · Nov 29, 2022

Ghot said:
Honestly, I hope someone figures out how to sue these driver and OS folk for using drivers and OSes to force hardware upgrades. This kind of thing is starting to get really out of hand.
You have the coders on one end and the scalpers on the other, and all us poor saps in the middle.

I have a totally different mindset about this. I personally find it as an excuse to upgrade.

Ghot · Nov 29, 2022

badrobot said:
I have a totally different mindset about this. I personally find it as an excuse to upgrade.

Honestly... when I was working I felt the same way.
Now that I'm on a fixed income... not so much.

JohnnyFire · Nov 29, 2022

yeap asus is not the best supporter of older products

Dru2 · Nov 29, 2022

Not Asus but Ironically, I can still use my old (2013) Creative ZxR in my system. Creative even supplied drivers! That was a treat.

neves · Nov 29, 2022

From my experience - most drivers made for Windows 10 - seem to be working just fine with Windows 11 (after all - it's more like Windows 10 with a major patch on top - than a new OS). Then again - Windows 11 (same can be said about Windows 10 or 8) - is more like 2 OS in 1 (a mix of Windows 7 + Windows 10/11 + some remnants of older versions of Windows - if not all). Well, officially... the support goes even further then Windows 7 - back to Windows Vista. Thus, the Vista drivers that work with Windows 10 - might work with windows 11 as well. :)

Scott · Nov 29, 2022

Dru2 said:
Not Asus but Ironically, I can still use my old (2013) Creative ZxR in my system. Creative even supplied drivers! That was a treat.

As does my Creative X-Fi Titanium (2008). Never had any luck with the Creative driver so I use dan_k's driver support pack.

Daniel_K's Official Blog

Modified drivers for Creative soundcards

danielkawakami.blogspot.com

Dru2 · Nov 29, 2022

Scott said:
As does my Creative X-Fi Titanium (2008). Never had any luck with the Creative driver so I use dan_k's driver support pack.

The point was I didn't need any third-party drivers! Creative's worked. No need for Daniel K's drivers!

And yes, I familiar with Daniel K

spapakons · Nov 29, 2022

Speaking of Creative, any sound card from Audigy and newer has at least Vista 64-bit drivers, so it should work at Windows 10/11 with the Vista 64-bit driver or newer. Before my Creative Audigy died I had it installed in Windows 10 64-bit and also had installed all other Creative's software. I even had installed one that restores EAX functionality in games. Older Creative cards such as my SoundBlaster 1024 don't have Vista drivers, the Windows XP drivers obviously cannot be installed in Windows 64-bit, so I use the KX Project custom drivers (if I have spelled it correctly).

ChonkaLoo · Dec 2, 2022

Xonar U3(older usb portable card) audio center doesn't work anymore with 22h2. Driver still works but Audio Center prompts asking for device then exits. I used it for Dolby Digital Live and S/PDIF to my receiver. Driver is from 2015 for Windows 10. Uni drivers doesn't work for this device sadly.

spapakons · Dec 2, 2022

These symptoms suggest that the sound card driver has been replaced by Windows Update. The Xonar software expects specific driver version and if this is different cannot properly detect the card. Back in the analog TV days I had a Pinnacle Studio PCTV PCI tuner. If you Installed its own drivers you could control the TV card from Pinnacle Vision. Unfortunately there were no Pinnacle drivers for Windows Vista 64-bit or higher, so I had installed the generic 64-bit BT848 TV tuners drivers. I couldn't use Pinnacle Vision anyone, but fortunately VirtualDub, Nero Video and other video applications could use the card without any issue. So for your case, just install the official Asus Xonar drivers to restore functionality of the Xonar software.

ChonkaLoo · Dec 2, 2022

Unfortunately that didn't work. It seems something in 22h2 broke Audio Center software in the driver which is needed for some features such as Dolby Digital Live. I've tried it on 2 computers running Win 11 22h2. It worked up until 21h2. Asus probably needs to update their software but that will probably never happen.

spapakons · Dec 2, 2022

I recently had a weird case with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd generation USB audio card. It would play fine for about 20-25 minutes and then it would lag and the audio would go out of sync with the picture. When watching a YouTube video for example you would see a man saying something and the actual sound was heard 1-2 seconds later. Also if you paused the video the picture was frozen but the sound was still heard for about 1-2 seconds until it reached the same time point. I tried to update drivers, to change power settings so the computer would not sleep or suspend USB devices. Nothing worked except a new Windows installation. I am afraid you might be in the same situation. To find out replace your hard disk with a spare and do a new Windows installation. If the problem fixes you may start backing up your data... Sorry to bring you the bad news but I am trying to save you time investigating the cause.

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