Turn off power supply (or unplug it) for at least one full minute. Don't skip this step.Ģ- Update Realtek firmware with 'ALC4080/ALC4082 audio FW update ' dated 9 from ASUS website. Turn off power supply (or unplug) for at least one full minute.
Under 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers', this parent device is the 2nd 'USB Composite Device' which has parent of:USB\ROOT_HUB30\4&6970116&0&0ģ- This parent device is the 'USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)'USB\ROOT_HUB30\4&6970116&0&0ġ- Update firmware 'USB PD controller FW update' version 004 from ASUS website. The ALC4080 chip is physically installed as a USB Audio device to 'USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)' device. My specs: ASUS Z690-E Motherboard with ALC4080 chip, CPU 12900K, G.Skill DDR5-6000-C元6Audio out: 5.1 PCM
But meanwhile, the steps below at least made my new PC useable. I really HOPE that ASUS continues to work and fix these problems. Here are the steps that I took which eliminated MOST but not all of the problems.
I've seen a lot of people complain about sound problems (lagging, static, noise, pops, etc.) on their new ASUS Z690-xx based builds with Realtek ALC4080/ALC4082 audio chip, especially with Windows 11 for some reason.
