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Motherboard: MSI B360M Gaming Plus
OS: Windows 10 Pro
List of things I've done:
Downloaded audio drivers from MSI website
Updated my BIOS
Uninstalled and Reinstalled the High Definition Audio Controller
cmd commands: sfc /scannow & DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
Completely removed all other audio drivers and installed Realtek audio drivers (Which for some reason never actually appear on device manager?)
I'd appreciate any help I could get.
It started happening out of the blue; I never downloaded anything.
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I tried many many things.
Solution that finally worked for me (don't skip any steps):
- Open device manager and Uninstall High Definition Audio Controller.
- Shut down (not restart).
- Unplug the power cable.
- Press and hold down the power button for 60 seconds.
- Plugin and turn on the laptop.
I had been at it for the past 24 hours. This is the only thing that worked.
Many thanks
I've spent hours trying to fix this. I was about to reimage my system and reinstall windows. Such an easy solution. Thank you so much sir! You've saved me a lot of time.
If your notebook has switchable graphics, update intel video driver and the problematic driver will became Intel audio driver.
