After upgrading Windows 10, the sound became quieter or completely gone: what to do

Many users of the tenth version of Windows OSsometimes after updating to this modification, a "clean" installation or after installing updates for the existing system complain that there are problems with the sound (for example, after the Windows 10 update the sound became quieter or disappeared altogether). Why is this happening? The reasons can be not so much, and the problem can be eliminated in several simple ways, which are further proposed for consideration.

After the Windows 10 update, the sound became quieter: what to do first

In the event of such a situation, the first thingit is necessary to independently diagnose the sound system. If there is no sound, it became lower in volume, there were extraneous noises or rales, first go to the settings of the sound system using the PCM on the volume icon in the system tray with a choice of the troubleshooting line.

When problems are detected, the system at each stagewill issue recommendations for their elimination. If the problem is not found, the device window will open. You can check them yourself. If there is no sound in Windows 10, select the active device that is used by default (it is indicated with a green check mark) and press the setup button. Then go through several steps to detect problems. If nothing of this effect is given, and in Windows 10 there is no sound and after that, go to the next steps.

Selecting a playback device

The tenth version of Windows in terms of sound systemlooks very interesting. The fact is that it can automatically add third-party playback devices, for example, audio systems of graphics adapters, HDMI devices or even virtual control components like SoundMAX. Such devices are able to intercept the control of the sound system, and their settings just can cause the volume to decrease.

In the window where all the devices are shownplayback, disconnect all third-party devices and software audio components and select the device that is currently used (for example, Realtek HD Audio speakers - by the way, there may be more than one, but two). Try playing a test or a test on each one. The one that will work fine is set as the default device.

Disabling additional effects

But sometimes the question of how to fix the sound(Windows 10), or rather, the search for an answer to it, can be reduced to disabling unnecessary effects, which many users even have no idea. For example, for the selected device, you can use the connection tab, where you will see the settings for reducing the volume when working with other applications (Skype, for example). Such settings can affect the volume, but not always.

It is better to use the property button and check theresettings of several tabs (Enhancements, spatial sound or additional features). It is possible that the parameters include a surround sound, a hint or playback of 7 + 1, and the sound system itself is not suitable for this. Turn off all effects and check the sound again.

Problems with drivers

But what if afterupdate Windows 10 sound became quieter, and the above methods did not solve the problem? Very often the problem can be in the drivers. The situation can be twofold: either the driver needs to be updated, or the updated driver does not work correctly, and it needs to be rolled back.

To perform such actions in the simplestIn this case, you should use Device Manager (devmgmt.msc in the Run menu), update the drivers through the PCM, or go to the properties section where you can update or rollback.

If you need to install the driver foron the details tab, select the device ID and copy the longest line with DEV and VEN IDs, and then search for the driver on the Internet.

For cases where after upgrading Windows 10the sound became quieter, you can use a simpler solution, which consists in installing special programs for updating drivers (for example, Driver Booster). The application will automatically scan all the "hardware", and then find and install the latest drivers for absolutely all devices available in the system.

Missing sound in Windows 10: what to do in this situation

Finally, if there is no sound at all, in the settingssound cards try to restore the default settings, remove the device from the "Task Manager", uninstall the newly installed updates, apply the system rollback until the date when everything was OK with the sound.

But this does not always work either. In Windows 10, the sound update can be done by self-reinstalling the appropriate driver, but only for the installer itself, you need to enable compatibility mode (it's often better to use compatibility with Windows 8).

Short summary

These are in general terms problems with sound and methodstheir elimination. Viruses that could affect the drivers were not considered, nor are additional virtual software devices that need to be disabled or customized for playback. In addition, some such programs install their own devices or drivers for sound cards during the installation, so that they are used by default. But they with the installed equipment can be completely incompatible. So, and such situations should be taken into account. But most of them are helped by the simplest methods, from the correct selection of the playback device or the disabling of effects and ending with the installation of the most recent driver. Compatibility mode can be used if the automatic update program driver under Windows 10 for specific hardware is not found.