What is ‘No Audio Devices are installed’ error in Windows 10?
In this article, we are going to discuss on How to fix Windows 10 No Audio Devices are installed error. You will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the error. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘No Audio Devices are installed’ error: It is common Windows Problem considered Sound relating issue. When you hover your mouse cursor over the Sound/Volume icon in taskbar in your Windows 10 computer, you may see ‘No Audio Device is installed’ or ‘No Audio Output Device is installed’ error message on it. If you see this error, then it indicates there is some issue with audio system in your Windows 10 computer.
You should make sure audio I/O (Input/output) device is properly connected/attached into your Windows computer, audio device is enabled in your computer. This issue can be occurred due to some issue with audio device hardware and its connection. So, you can check and fix hardware connection problem in order to fix the issue. Another possible reason behind the issue can be the corrupted/outdated audio device driver and outdated Windows OS.
You should make sure audio device driver is properly installed in your Windows 10 computer and is up-to-date to latest & compatible driver version. If not, you can fix the issue by uninstalling incorrect audio driver and then reinstall correct & compatible version of audio driver in computer, or perform audio device driver update operation in computer in order to fix the issue. It is possible to fix the issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Windows 10 No Audio Devices are installed error?
Method 1: Fix ‘No Audio Devices are installed’ error with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Run Playing Audio troubleshooter
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Update & Security > Troubleshoot > Additional Troubleshooters’
Step 2: Find and select ‘Playing Audio’, and select ‘Run the troubleshooter’ button, and follow on-screen instructions to finish troubleshooting, and once finished, restart your computer and check if it works
Method 3: Disconnect and reconnect external Audio device
One possible way to fix the issue is to disconnect audio output/input device from your computer and then restart your computer, and after restart reconnect the audio device and check if it works. Also, you can try connecting audio device to another port/jack of your computer, and check if works.
Method 4: Uninstall and then reinstall audio device driver
You can uninstall currently install audio device driver and then reinstall it in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows PC and go to ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ category
Step 2: Right-click on your audio device driver, and select ‘Uninstall Device’, and follow on-screen instructions to finish uninstall and after that, restart your computer.
Step 3: Restarting your computer will automatically reinstall all necessary drivers including audio drivers, and then check if it works for you.
Download or reinstall Audio device driver update in Windows 10 [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers including audio device drivers using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 5: Update Windows 10 OS
Updating Windows 10 OS to latest update version can resolve the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App and go to ‘Update & Security > Windows Update’ and click ‘Check for updates’ button
Step 2: Download and install all available updates in computer and once updated, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 6: Add Audio Device as Legacy Hardware
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows PC and click ‘Action > Add Legacy Hardware’
Step 2: Click ‘Next’ in the opened window and select ‘Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)’ option and select ‘Next’
Step 3: Select ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ as hardware type and select ‘Next’
Step 4: Select the audio manufacturer from the list to left of screen, select the model from right side. Select ‘Have Disk’ if you have disk that contain drivers for audio device, and hit ‘Next’
Step 5: Select ‘Next > Finish’ to start and finish the installation and once done, restart your computer and check if it works for you.
Method 7: Reset Windows 10 OS
If the issue is still persist, then you can try to fix the issue by performing Windows 10 reset operation.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows PC and go to ‘Update & Security > Recovery > Reset This PC’ and click ‘Get Started’
Step 2: Follow on-screen to finish resetting and once done, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Conclusion
I hope this post helped you on How to fix Windows 10 No Audio Devices are installed error with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
