Driver problems with HP Beats Audio Laptop and Headphones Plugged In

Question

Having some audio driver issues with my HP laptop, it comes with beats audio. None of the effects in the manufacturer's control panel work, and I can't find music listenable on my headphones without a bass booster. If I uninstall the driver and use the generic Microsoft one, the sound works great and I can enable effects in the "enhancements" tab of the sound settings.

However, within the last few weeks, sometimes when I have headphones plugged in with the Microsoft driver I get no sound. If I unplug the headphones, the sound comes out of the speakers just fine. This doesn't happen with the manufacturer's driver. Any suggestions as to what I should do, allowing me to get the audio effects I want without weird compatibility issues?

Answer 1

This helped me a lot with Crap HP driver.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Audio/beats-audio-bugs-can-t-disable-bass-treble-messed-up-every/td-p/2808815

1. Install latest driver which is Audio IDT 6.10.6491.0 2015/09 sp63555.exe
2. Apply reg path to disable "enhancements".
3. Restore Tone Bass/treble at 0 in standard Windows audio control panel.

After many attempts, Finnaly a good audio !

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\DockHpOut\plugins\FFT]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\DockHpOut\plugins\SpeakerMgr]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\DockHpOut\plugins\SpeexRef]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\Compressor]
"Load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\Eq]
"Load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\FFT]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\HPTone]
"Load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\Limiter]
"Load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\SpeakerMgr]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\SpeexRef]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\GFX\LineOut\plugins\SysEq]
"Load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\LFX\DockHpOut\plugins\Placeholder]
"load"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IDT\Apo\LFX\LineOut\plugins\SRS]
"load"=dword:00000000