: Right-click the Start button and select Device Manager .
If you’ve restarted the driver using the methods above and still have no sound, the problem may be elsewhere: restart audio driver windows
Targets a specific audio chip without affecting others. Con: May not fix system-level driver crashes. : Right-click the Start button and select Device Manager
Unlike a full PC reboot, restarting the driver resets the audio pipeline without closing your open applications. Here is the definitive guide to doing it properly in Windows 10 and Windows 11. headphones) is failing
Use this if only one output device (e.g., headphones) is failing, but speakers work.