Audio vanishes after startup?


  1. Posts : 456
    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
       #1

    Audio vanishes after startup?


    I had to reinstall windows 10 after my old hard drive started failing, and my computer has a Creative SB Recon3d PCIe sound card, so I had to re-install the driver files/program associated with it. After that, everything worked fine, but even after this was done, I have an audio issue that happens now and then

    Occasionally, when windows boots up to my desktop, for whatever reason, sound refuses to happen; I disconnected my audio speakers, cleaned them from top to bottom, even cleaned the sound card, blew out my case of all dust build-up, and wiped down whatever dust was clinging on with a small q-tip with a bit of isopropyl alcohol (and making sure no residue was leftover), and made sure all audio ports were free of dust. I checked my device manager to see if the sound card drivers were being recognized, and they are. I then made sure my speakers were set to default audio and communication device. I even went into the software control panel for my sound card, and made sure my audio wasn't switched to headphone mode, or switched to 5.1 surround sound instead of stereo. Seemingly nothing I do (I even reinstalled the sound card drivers one time, no dice) works, short of shutdown and restarting of my computer. when I do that, then I get audio back

    I do not know the exact cause on how this happens, but if it happens again, is there a way for me to track this to the culprit so I can fix it once and for all? Or is this a windows 10 quirk?
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  2. Posts : 2,585
    Win 11
       #2

    Since you are using a separate sound card, if you haven't done it disable the Realtek Integrated (on motherboard) audio to avoid conflicts.
    You can disable the Realtek audio in the Device Manager but the best way is to disable it in the BIOS (F2 - Setup at power on).
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  3. Posts : 456
    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    The only option on my BIOS settings relating to audio that I could find was "Onboard Audio Controller" and its already disabled (didn't change it, possibly a default); and the audio problem still happened to me yesterday
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