Troubleshoot audio issues in Windows 11 24H2 No audio Realtek Dell 8940 Reinstalled recent Driver 6.0.9486.1, A55

My last posting above is the fix for now. Driver 10.0.26100.1150 is included in Windows 11.

Problem solved for now.

I NEED HELP.

Troubleshoot audio issues in Windows 11 24H2 No audio Realtek Dell 8940 Reinstalled recent Driver 6.0.9549.1

I have found a temporary solution to the problem. I downloaded and installed the lightweight Foobar2000 player. Recorded the sound of silence in Adobe Audition. I loaded this sound into the player and put it on loop playback. In the properties of the player shortcut, I added the path to the track and moved the shortcut to the auto-upload. Now, when you start the PC, the silence sound starts playing immediately. Due to the fact that the external sound card is always active, it does not turn off. But my problem was precisely that when idle, the sound card turned off and turned on only when it received sound. All other methods did not help me: reinstalling the drivers, disabling the power saving mode and prohibiting the disconnection of USB ports. None of this helped. The only thing that helped was the constant background sound of silence.

Oh, by the way, if anyone needs it: The sound of silence is exactly 1 minute so that the file has a small size. In the player settings, you need to set the startup in the tray so that it does not appear on the desktop. Well, the sound card: I have it M-Audio M-Track 2014. Windows 11 24h2. Processor: Ryzen 9 5900x Motherboard: Msi Meg B550 Unify Video Card: RTX 3060 32GB of RAM

For now, until Microsoft figures out a fix, go to "Device Manager", expand "Sound, video, game controllers", right click on "Realtek(R) Audio" and select "Update driver", select "Browse my computer for drivers", select "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer" and click "Next", select "High Definition Audio Device" and click "Next", you will get a popup window that states "Update Driver Warning", choose "Yes" to continue to install this driver, new "Update Drivers - Realtek(R) Audio" window will popup stating "Windows has successfully updated your drivers". Select "Close".

In "Device Manager" expand "Sound, video, game controllers", right click on "Realtek(R) Audio" and select "Properties", a new window will pop up "Realtek Audio Properties", "Driver Date" should read "7/3/2024", and "Drive Version" should read "10.0.26100.1150".

This should restore sound, but it is limited in functionality. Microsoft needs to be aware that not all Windows 11 approved systems use USB-based sound devices. They still need to fix the drivers ASAP to properly support motherboard-based 3.5mm jack analog outputs.

Soundless Windows 11 PCs are basically useless in today's streaming Internet world.