No sound, no headphones or speakers showing and nothing listed in device manager.?

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Recently my computer has been having some issues with crashing. I ve been tinkering around with the components because it was crashing as a result of a fault somewhere. It starts now but all of the sudden I have no audio at all. The speaker icon on the taskbar is muted and when I enter my playback devices all that is listed are 4 nvidia HDMI outputs that cant be accessed. I used to have the realtek audio manager which has disappeared as well. I have tried running the trouble shooter, I have tried searching for new components in the device manager and I have redownloaded the exact realtek drivers that came with my Asus mobo from the disk that came with the mobo. Nothing has resulted in any progress.

? · Answer

When did it start? You could have a virus and it may have corrupted your audio drivers and deleted some software. Run a scan and if a virus is found and removed, uninstall and then re-install the drivers and missing software. In most cases your computer will re-install the missing drivers automatically. Your anti-virus should have a boot scan, I would recommend doing that.

@Alex, most viruses will corrupt the system restore files to prevent you from restoring to an earlier date. It's a defense mechanism that many viruses have in place today.

@Alex, most viruses will corrupt the system restore files to prevent you from restoring to an earlier date. It's a defense mechanism that many viruses have in place today.

Anonymous · Answer

Run a virus scan, then run a chkdsk. If it doesn't show up then you might have to reinstall your OS or Restore it to an earlier time.

No sound, no headphones or speakers showing and nothing listed in device manager.?

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