Realtek ALC898 Sound Driver

This Realtek ALC 898 chip is found in many Laptops and Desktop computers and while most of the time the drivers are installed correctly and require no changes. After Windows updates especially 11 and 10, the drivers often either get disabled or replaced by generic. In some cases drivers get completely removed. The first thing to do is to see if there is a new driver from the device manufacture for example Lenovo or Dell website, and check to see if they have an update. Using the manufacture is the best method for fixing the issue. If all these paths have been exhausted then try the drivers below.