Why don't I have any sound after the Windows 10 upgrade?

[Windows Central Question]

No sound after windows 10 upgrade

I did the windows upgrade now my laptop sounds wont work. I have a Dell inspiron . I di the troubleshooting and it can't fix it. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

 

[heickelrrx]

Re: No sound after windows 10 upgrade

Use windows 8 driver

 

[Tony Clegg]

Re: No sound after windows 10 upgrade

Have you checked the device management screen to see if there is an '!' in there to indicate the there is a problem. Is the volume icon appeared on the task bar by clock/date?

By checking the device management screen and right clicking on the sound/video you may be able to update the driver that failed to load during the install.

 

[realwarder]

Re: No sound after windows 10 upgrade

Note that on the Dell website under Drivers Windows 10 is at the top of the list.. when I first read the list you see 7,8,8.1 oh, no 10. But 10 is there.

 

[gwh34t]

Re: No sound after windows 10 upgrade

I had the same issue on my Surface Pro 3. Not to say it will work, but this is what I did.

Disable sound in device manager, then re-enable. Right click > update driver. Last, manually force updates (if applicable) through Windows Update and restart.

 

[Angelo Droutsas]

Re: No sound after windows 10 upgrade

Same here. I had to to devices hardware and eneble sound which is BS. Also, I've seen that people don't have start menu tiles. It gives a critical error and we'll get back to you. I can't use my PC and can't even go back to Win 7.