Windows 10 all of a sudden disabled my audio and all the playback devices disappeared (maybe after windows update). I tried almost everything to fix it (like driver updates, uninstalling drivers etc.,). But I'm unable to fix it.
I decided to try USB Sound Adapter but still its not discovering any audio devices.
Any idea what's the issue is? I did select show disabled audio devices as well.
In device manager I see that USB Pnp Device is visible but no audio and its not showing up in playback devices. I disabled other audio devices just to test.
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Windows 10 all of a sudden disabled my audio and all the playback devices disappeared (maybe after windows update). I tried almost everything to fix it (like driver updates, uninstalling drivers etc.,). But I'm unable to fix it.
Update BIOS, power drivers and Audio Drivers. Best approach: Get the PC Manufacturer's Driver Update App, run that and update ALL drivers.
Also get their Hardware Diagnostic App to check for hardware issues.
It appears there may be a hardware issue.
Be sure Windows is fully up to date.
Thanks to this article. The issue was due to windows update. I had to turn on the mono audio and the playback devices started showing up.
