Sound issues can occasionally be caused by hardware issues, although software
is typically to blame. Large-scale updates to Windows 10 can introduce new
issues in addition to new capabilities. The patch may be incompatible with
more recent audio drivers or the manufacturer's software for your sound
card.
How to fix Audio or Sound Problem in Windows
If your Windows 10 computer's audio isn't working, follow these
instructions in order to get the audio working again.
1. Check the volume and wires. Make sure the volume is turned up
and that your speakers or headphones are hooked into the correct jacks.
After that, check your Windows volume settings. To access the Volume Mixer
menu, right-click the speaker icon in your system tray.
2. Make sure the default audio device is the one you're using
right now. It may be necessary to set that device as your default if
your speakers or headphones have a USB or HDMI port. For that:
- Right-click on the Sound icon present on the taskbar and choose the sounds option.
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Click on the playback tab and check whether your prefer device is
set as default or not.
- To make it default, right-click on the preferable output device and select it as default device.
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3. Run Audio and Sound Troubleshoot:
- Go to settings by pressing Window button + I and select the System.
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In sound, you see the troubleshoot button, click on it(it will
diagnose any corrupted file or driver issues that may cause this
audio or sound problem)
- If troubleshoot method doesn't help then continue to the next method.
4. Verify Sound Volume Settings.
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Make sure none of your audio equipment is muted or turned off.
- Open Volume Mixer can be chosen by selecting and holding (or right-clicking) the Speakers icon in the taskbar. (Note: If Speakers isn't visible, it can be in the overflow area. To check, choose Show hidden icons.)
- Your device's volume controls will be visible. Verify that none of them are on silent. A red circle with a line through it will appear next to the volume control if any of them are muted. In that scenario, choose to unmute the volume.
- Select Device properties after choosing your audio device. For both the input and output devices, make sure to choose Device properties.
- To make sure that none of your devices have been unintentionally disabled, check the attributes of each one. Start > Settings > System > Sound should be selected.
- Verify that the input and output devices Disable checkboxes are not selected.
- Disable check box in device properties was unchecked.
5. Update Audio Driver
Drivers that are faulty or out of current might lead to hardware
issues. Verify that your audio driver is current and update it if
necessary. Attempt removing the audio driver if that doesn't work (it
will reinstall automatically). Try using the Windows-bundled generic
audio driver if that doesn't work. Try rolling back your audio driver
if you're experiencing audio problems after installing updates.
- Search Device Manager in the Window search bar.
- Click on the arrow next to Sound, Video and game controllers to expand it.
- Right Click on the device such as headphones or speakers and select Update drivers, then choose Search automatically for updated driver software.
- Usually it says you have already updated drivers. Then you can do one thing here, try uninstalling your system audio driver.
- To uninstall audio driver, right-click on the sound card or audio device and click on uninstall device and check the Delete the driver software for this device and then click on Uninstall button.
- Now, restart your pc to reinstall your system audio driver or sound card.