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You can access your AVoluteNH3Ext.inf file by going to C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRespository\avolutenh3extinf_amd64_c9c84936c277ff77
When I open AVoluteNH3Ext.inf in Notepad this is what I get:
[Version]
Signature   = "$WINDOWS NT$"
Class       = Extension
ClassGuid   = {e2f84ce7-8efa-411c-aa69-97454ca4cb57}
Provider    = %Provider%
ExtensionId = {ce86418f-53d0-b4e5-36b3-3d0907cfa3b4}
DriverVer = 04/21/2020,1.0.4.63373
CatalogFile = AVoluteNH3Ext.cat

[SourceDisksNames]
222 = %DiskId1%

[SourceDisksFiles]
NH3ProductSettings.cab=222

[DestinationDirs]
AVoluteProdSettings.CopyList = 11,\A-Volute\AGSConfigurator     ; Windows\System32\A-Volute\AGSConfigurator\

[AVoluteProdSettings.CopyList]
NH3ProductSettings.cab

[Manufacturer]
%Provider% = DeviceExtensions,NTamd64

[DeviceExtensions.NTamd64]
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0B00&SUBSYS_18491203
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492224
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0B00&SUBSYS_18491204
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492225
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492226
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492227
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492228
%Device.ExtensionDesc% = DeviceExtension_Install,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0887&SUBSYS_1849888A

[DeviceExtension_Install]
CopyFiles = AVoluteProdSettings.CopyList
AddReg    = ProductId_AddReg

[ProductId_AddReg]
HKR,InterfaceSetting\SysCustomizedFx\EP\0,%PKEY_PRODUCTID%,,%PRODUCTID%

HKR,InterfaceSetting\SysRecCustomizedFx\EP\0,%PKEY_PRODUCTID%,,%PRODUCTID%

HKR,InterfaceSetting\SysRecVolCustomizedFx\EP\0,%PKEY_PRODUCTID%,,%PRODUCTID%

[DeviceExtension_Install.Components]
AddComponent = AVOLUTE_NH3APO,,APO_Install

[APO_Install]
ComponentIDs = VEN_AVOL&AID_0D00
Description = "A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component"

[Strings]
Provider                   = "A-Volute"
Device.ExtensionDesc      = "A-Volute APO Extension"
DiskId1                   = "A-Volute Extension Installation Disk"
PKEY_PRODUCTID               = "{F363DF17-A750-4AC3-B7B5-2BBEFFA9085F},11"
PRODUCTID                    = "A-Volute.Nahimic"

There is nothing referring to Asrock as the Vendor Name. https://github.com/shibajee/realtek-uad-nahimic-mod/issues/8

The driver version is 04/21/2020,1.0.4.63373 but when I right click on the file and under Properties it says it was modified on November 27,2020, the same date I downloaded and installed the Realtek high definition audio driver ver:9030.1_UAD_WHQL_Nahimic, and Nahimic 1.5.2 updated itself by downloading and installing the Nahimic Companion Driver Version (SWC) 3.1.0. (see previous post).

Anyone having issues with Nahimic 3 V1.5.2 not working what I would do is start at the beginning, uninstall the Nahimic 3 app from Settings-Apps, uninstall the Realtek audio drivers, from Control Panel-Programs and Features uninstall any Asrock Nahimic software if still there, open up Device Manager and if it's there under Software Components uninstall the A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component.

Then from your MB's Asrock download page download and install the Realtek high definition audio driver ver:9030.1_UAD_WHQL_Nahimic and Nahimic3 utility ver:1.4.15. It may or may not auto update itself to V1.5.2 from the Microsoft store and the Nahimic Companion Driver 3.1.0.

If not you can download V1.5.2 manually from the Microsoft store and install it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/nahimic/9n36ppmp8s23?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Why install Asrock's Nahimic3 utility ver:1.4.15 first and not go straight to installing Nahimic V1.5.2?? IMO, and I may be full of it, the Asrock version installs files that are needed for updated versions??

To sum this up, and my last post on this subject, this is what works for me:
Nahimic V1.5.2 + Realtek high definition audio driver ver:8931.1_UAD_WHQL_NAHIMIC + A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component V3.0.0 (now known as the Nahimic Companion)

Nahimic V1.5.2 + Realtek high definition audio driver ver:9030.1_UAD_WHQL_Nahimic + Nahimic Companion Driver V3.1.0
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I'm encountering this issue as well.

@noelman8: Running that tool, my version of avolutenh3ext.inf is 1.0.4.63373 (driver date 4/21/20).
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Will do once i?™ll have some free time to spare
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@Manp

can you download & run the DriverStore Explorer (rapr.exe) tool from the following site:
https://github.com/lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer/releases

and look at the "Extensions" section. need to know what version of the AVoluteNH3Ext.inf file you have installed.

I suspect that the Nahimic Extension INF file AVoluteNH3Ext.inf from ASRock is the problem. not with the Realtek audio drivers - yup it DOES NOT MATTER what Realtek driver version you use, it is the version of the Nahimic Extension INF file that counts.

I also read in a few other forums that the 1.5.x versions of the Nahimic3 app have some sort of secret "VendorName" or VendorID checks in them and only the recent versions of the AVoluteNH3Ext.inf file are supposed to created the PKEY_VendorName and VendorName registry entries. If those VendorName entries do not exist, then the 1.5.x versions of the Nahimic3 app will continue to show "not up to date" or "not compatible" messages.

I've said it at least THREE times in my previous post - ASRock needs to obtain new Nahimic Extension driver files like AVoluteNH3Ext.inf and NH3ProductSettings.cab and the newest AVoluteNH3Ext.inf files should include the "VendorName" entries.
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Windows is up to date
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Strange. It should have worked. I'm just throwing this out there, but have you updated your computer to the the latest Windows 10 version. I'm currently running Windows 10 Pro, version 20H2, OS Build 19042.630 that recently came out. You can download and install it from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
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I updated the realtek driver to 9066, the app to 1.5.2 and the swc driver to 3.1.0 and it still says the driver is outdated. I really don?™t know...
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I think that "Nahimic companion" thing is from the Nahimic Mirroring component driver.

like I said before - ASRock needs to get in touch with Nahimic and obtain newer AVoluteNH3Ext.inf & NH3ProductSettings.cab files, especially AVoluteNH3Ext.inf and provide a newer Nahimic utility package that also includes the Nahimic mirroring driver.

the recent MSI versions of AVoluteNH3Ext.inf add the Nahimic Mirroring driver components but other OEM versions of AVoluteNH3Ext.inf from ASRock and Gigabyte do not add the Nahimic Mirroring driver.

I think that Nahimic Mirroring driver is needed (or required) for the Nahimic 1.5.x or higher app versions to work correctly.

MSI is already ahead in the game and few other manufacturers like ASRock and Gigabyte are falling behind in supporting newer versions of the Nahimic app.

a "mess"? more like a "train wreck"
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Originally posted by Manp Manp wrote:

What a mess btw


yup. a mess indeed.

ASRock really needs to ask Nahimic support for newer "Extension" driver files like AVoluteNH3Ext.inf & NH3ProductSettings.cab as those files from the Nahimic3 v1.4.15 utility package are nearly 7 months old (dating back to 4/30/2020). Nahimic creator truly needs to package more ASRock specific presets files in NH3ProductSettings.cab for supported ASRock boards if they want them to work with newer Nahimic3 app versions like 1.5.1 or higher.

MSI, on the other hand, has recently updated their Realtek audio driver to 6.0.9049.1 on their web site and has Nahimic SWC driver 3.1.0.0 [slightly newer than what ASRock has] and newer MSI based preset files in their version of NH3ProductSettings.cab in the Nahimic extension driver.

gotta keep up, ASRock
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What a mess btw
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