Question No Audio On Windows 10

[tobill1221]

Hey guys,

about a week ago I suddenly lost all of my audio capabilities on my Windows 10 machine. So far i failed in restoring any of them and to be honest im out of ides. I tried everything I could think of and looked at many forum threads. Everything didnt help.

What I tried (and remember):

• Un- and Reinstalling all Audio Drivers
• SFC \Scannow
• Audio over HDMI (Also not working)
• Seperate USB Sound Card form Headset (Also not working)
• DriverPack
• Realtek Driver From MB Manufacturer site (MB: Asus Z97-C)
• Windows Audio Troubleshooter

After the first tries I suspected a hardware failure and decided to install a portable version of linus on an USB stick. When booting over linux all audio functionality worked as expected.

If you have any idea what I can try without reinstalling windows I would be happy to try it out.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Can you check and see what your current BIOS version is? As for your OS, what version(not edition) of Windows 10 are you on? Make and model of your headset?

 

[tobill1221]

Thank you
The current BIOS Version is 2.16.1240 and Windows is running on Version 21H2 (no new updates are in windows update). Headset Model shouldnt matter since I tried it with multiple 3.5mm headsets and speakers. Furthermore I tried it with an external USB Soundcard which is also not shown in audio devices but is being recognized and shown under bluetooth and other devices as a speaker.