[SOLVED] Can't find Realtek in Device Manager

[DanteKid]

So basically my headphones stopped working all of the sudden and in "Choose your output device" option in Sound Settings all I get is my monitor which doesn't have a speaker. I opened Device Manager and found out that my High Definition Audio Controlller isn't working properly and I get the message "This device cannot start. Code 10". Besides that Realtek is nowhere to be found in Sound,video and game controllers. I reinstalled the Realtek Drivers using the official ones from my motherboard manufacturer, I also opened msinfo32 and looked in "Problem Devices" and found my High Definition Audio Controller which figures since I already saw that in Device Manager. The last thing I tried using "Add legacy hardware" in Device Manager and I got a bluescreen after I chose "Add manually" and then Realtek

I have a Gigabyte B150-HD3 rev 1.0 motherboard

 

[Ralston18]

In Device Manager > View: Is "Show hidden devices" selected?

 

[onespeedbiker]

Check your installed programs for the Realtec drivers.

 

[Colif]

Latest version of realtek drivers is 6.0.8791.1
can be found on 2nd post here (Not the info post) - https://www.tenforums.com/sound-audio/135259-latest-realtek-hd-audio-driver-version-2-a.html

if drivers install, it means it recognises the hardware. See if latest version helps. Most of websites with suggestions about this error just want to sell you something. Its pretty sad.