So guys, I had posted a thread in 'motherboard' category- https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/no-speakers-or-headphones-are-plugged-in.3523513/ as it was related to drivers, but my research online has led me to believe that it's most probably due to windows 10 update. So I'm going ahead and posting it here as well. I really need help, I have tried almost everything that I could.
I have fresh copy of windows which I formatted yesterday, so there's no way I can go back to some restore point. I downloaded the latest drivers that my motherboard supports(Realtek R4.31), but it still won't add an entry in device manager, and I have this red cross on my sounds option which says "No speakers or headphones plugged in". I have tried a lot of things that I have posted in previous thread, but just in case, I'm pasting that here as well..
1)Rolling back those driver updates.
2)Downloading audio drivers from motherboard vendor website( Gigabyte H61m-S1 rev 3.0).
3)Downloading audio drivers manually.
(In either of those cases^ device manager didn't show "Realtek high definition audio" nor can I find realtek audio manager anywhere on my PC even after successful installation. Also, the audio option on task bar has a red cross on it, and if I do right click on it, it doesn't show the "sounds" option, the one that has playback, recording etc).
4)Adding legacy software for realtek (This ended up with blue window).
5)Downloading driver booster and letting it solve the problem(it obviously didn't).
6)Trying my headphones on other devices. (the fact that audio worked for awhile after formatting kinda tells that it isn't hardware issue).
7)Uninstalling default drivers and letting windows download the drivers on their own.
8)Installing old drivers that my motherboard supported(although wasn't supported by windows 10, but me being desperate to solve this tried that anyway, obviously didn't work).
9)Disabling audio driver,rebooting PC and enabling audio driver again.
10)sfc and DISM scan
11)Setting "windows audio" in services to automatic and restarting.
12)Deleting "upperlimit" in registry.
13)Formatted my PC again.
So yea, as you can see I have tried almost everything.....
I have fresh copy of windows which I formatted yesterday, so there's no way I can go back to some restore point. I downloaded the latest drivers that my motherboard supports(Realtek R4.31), but it still won't add an entry in device manager, and I have this red cross on my sounds option which says "No speakers or headphones plugged in". I have tried a lot of things that I have posted in previous thread, but just in case, I'm pasting that here as well..
1)Rolling back those driver updates.
2)Downloading audio drivers from motherboard vendor website( Gigabyte H61m-S1 rev 3.0).
3)Downloading audio drivers manually.
(In either of those cases^ device manager didn't show "Realtek high definition audio" nor can I find realtek audio manager anywhere on my PC even after successful installation. Also, the audio option on task bar has a red cross on it, and if I do right click on it, it doesn't show the "sounds" option, the one that has playback, recording etc).
4)Adding legacy software for realtek (This ended up with blue window).
5)Downloading driver booster and letting it solve the problem(it obviously didn't).
6)Trying my headphones on other devices. (the fact that audio worked for awhile after formatting kinda tells that it isn't hardware issue).
7)Uninstalling default drivers and letting windows download the drivers on their own.
8)Installing old drivers that my motherboard supported(although wasn't supported by windows 10, but me being desperate to solve this tried that anyway, obviously didn't work).
9)Disabling audio driver,rebooting PC and enabling audio driver again.
10)sfc and DISM scan
11)Setting "windows audio" in services to automatic and restarting.
12)Deleting "upperlimit" in registry.
13)Formatted my PC again.
So yea, as you can see I have tried almost everything.....
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