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For 2-3 days, I am getting no sound at all from my several audio devices/Windows computer here - I have TWO monitors with HDMI audio, plus headphones jack connected to motherboard audio card. I was able to fix it one time by doing lots of tinkering in Device Manager, but I am unable to replicate the fix a 2nd time.
So, asking here.
System is a desktop PC, running an Intel Core i3 Haswell CPU (2 cores, 4 threads), 16 GB of DDR3 RAM, on a ASUS H81M2 motherboard, GPU is AMD Radeon R9 390 (8 GB). Audio card is the built-in Realtek. 1 Crucial SSD, plus 2 HDDs -- WD and Seagate. Logitech Full HD webcam , Logitech wireless mouse, wired Razer keyboard.
The volume icon in lower right (Notification area) shows with a red X. In Settings of Windows 10 OS, Sounds, NO input or output devices show at all.
No sounds possible in any software, i.e. browser, actual OS does not make the Start Windows sound like it used to/etc.
Also, no recording or voice chat possible with my Logitech webcam (which has a stereo microphone), so no Skype, Viber/etc voice calls.
In Device Manager, nothing shows wrong - all audio, system devices appear to be working fine. In AMD Radeon GPU settings, nothing wrong shows either.
I tried the Windows 10 Sound Troubleshooter, but it unfortunately says it cannot identify the issue.
What can I do to fix this?
(Please do not suggest a reinstall Windows OS or Reset OS, I cannot do those.)
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Guys Window 10 21H1 the sound system is broken. Loading Drivers does not work. Reloading the OS does not work. Resetting the OS does not work. Microsoft when are you releasing the FIX. Until we getting a some what working version of Windows 10 21H1, I will not be recommending anyone to upgrade. Yes, I have tested USB sound cards, Bluetooth speaks, non work.
This works, this so stupid... Thanks.
Not a good situation. I hope we don't have to do this little exercise every day until the Judgement Day...
Waiting for the FIX
SFC and even DISM didn't work for me sadly. I even tried in Safe mode and tried forcing it to use an ISO download of 21H1. SFC finds no integrity violations.
I should add that along with this audio issue, after the BSOD on the first attempted (and failed) update, it actually had changed my login screen to require CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and it also enabled the Administrator account (login was never attempted based on 'net user' info.
I should also mention that this problem occurred for me with the 21H1 CUMULATIVE update that happened this past Tuesday the 8th. It still can't install that update. I've been using 21H1 without issue for a while now, so I can't revert.
I should add that along with this audio issue, after the BSOD on the first attempted (and failed) update, it actually had changed my login screen to require CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and it also enabled the Administrator account (login was never attempted based on 'net user' info.
The same happened for me but I thought this was caused by SFC repair after the bluescreen.
I disabled the admin account again but kept the ctrl+alt+delete login screen behavior.
Today I noticed an out-of-band update and hoped for some fixes but this was just for some Xbox game pass issues :(
Let's hope the best for Patch Tuesday!
