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No audio input device installed

by Jan 6, 2018 12:32PM PST

I updated windows yesterdays and after the update, my sound stopped working altogether. I get the message "no audio device installed". I ran the troubleshooter and it fixed nothing.

I then tried the following
1. updating the sound driver (i have one: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM))
2. Uninstalling and reinstalling the driver
3. Trying a different driver (all the Realtek drivers I tried had error 10)
4.Checking if windows audio service was running and set to auto (it was) and restarting it
5. sfc /scannow on cmd
6. Scanning for viruses or malware
7. Resetting the computer to a previous date, before I updated Windows
8. Checked my BIOS settings to see if onboard audio is enabled (it was)

What I noticed
- None of the steps I tried were successful
-When I go on my sound settings, it says that there are no playback devices installed
-It even says this if I plug in things like headphones

My laptop details
Although I don't think this will help,
Intel i7-7500M (notebook processor)
Nvidia Geforce 940MX
16G ram
All my drivers are fully updated
Dell inspirion 7560
My laptop is quite new and I'm sure there are no defects in the hardware

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Go into add-remove area and
by Jan 6, 2018 12:45PM PST

...remove all sound system entries and then reinstall the sound driver supplied by the computer manufacturer or the motherboard manufacturer.

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Nevermind
by cookiemunster123 Jan 7, 2018 1:55AM PST

Thanks for your reply, but the issue was fixed somehow when I booted it today morning. Strange.

Thnx anyway Happy

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No audio input device installed
by markdavies28 Sep 8, 2018 2:26AM PDT

Please can you advise how I find who the motherboard manufacturer is?

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Re: motherboard manufacturer
by Kees_B Forum moderator Sep 8, 2018 5:15AM PDT

With me, program msinfo32 notes the manufacturer and the model number on the opening page. To know even more about your PC, run Belarc Advisor or Everest or make a speccy. All are free to download and run and easy to find with Google.

Post was last edited on September 8, 2018 7:23 AM PDT

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No Audio Output Device is Installed Error
by Oct 11, 2018 1:31AM PDT

It is most likely that the Audio drivers are not updated. But below are few of the causes of “No Audio Output Device is installed” error.
For more helpful articles of your information
https://dailytechposts.com/no-audio-output-device-is-installed-error-fixed/
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/easy-to-fix-error-no-audio-output-device-is-installed/

There are two main reasons for the No Playback Devices error causing no sound on Windows 10

Windows has disabled your audio device
Your system does not have the latest device drivers
One of the above issues causes the "No Audio Output Device is installed" error on the sound icon. We have shortlisted a few repair methods for you to fix this error.

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NO to Drivereasy.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 11, 2018 9:23AM PDT
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No audio input device installed -october 2018 win 10 update
by Oct 11, 2018 7:23PM PDT

The windows 10 October 2018 update has once again caused the error for audio not working in several pc's. not only for hp but other brands too. here is how to fix No Audio Output Device Is Installed error In Windows 10

It should also be noted that windows have temporarily paused the new update rollout.

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