No audio at all problem, only static noise

alex17309

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So I recently upgraded from windows 8 to windows 8.1 Pro. I used to have windows on a normal harddisk, but I installed Windows on my new SSD, that I didn't have before. Everything is working fine, except for the sound. All my sound equipment works fine on other computers, so that's not the problem.
Also, my speakers aren't completely silent, when I turn the volume all the way up, I can hear some low static noise, which disappears when I unplug the speakers from my computers.
I have tried downloading sounddrivers from my motherboards website, aswell with the newest realtek drivers from realteks website, but nothing is working.
I have no idea what to do, I haven't been able to find any solutions by searching on google. I've tried various things such as restarting Windows audio service, downloading drivers and using window's own troubleshooting.
Specs:
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8350
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock 970 Extreme4 (CPUSocket)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1920x1200@59Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (NVIDIA)
Storage
238GB Crucial_CT256M550SSD3 (SSD)
2794GB Western Digital WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 (SATA)
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHOS104
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

also as you see here, in the screenshot of my device manager, the drivers are enabled: Imgur
Any help/tips/ideas are appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
 

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My first step would be to uninstall the Realtek audio in Device Manager then reboot and let it re-install. What version driver are you using? There is a new one released today.

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Some (but not all) experienced sound problems after upgrading from Win 8 to Win 8.1. In most cases, installing a Win 8.1 specific sound driver fixed the problem.

Download and install the newest VR2.78, as popeye noted, and see if that helps. Be sure to download the 64 bit OS version.
Realtek

Proper installation of the Realtek drivers, it will first uninstall the existing driver, have you restart the PC and after Windows starts, Windows will detect no driver and install the generic High Definition Audio driver but after that the Realtek install program will resume and install the new R2.78 driver, and then have you restart the PC again. After the restart, check the audio for operation.

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  • OS
    Win 10
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
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    27" Dell SE2717HR
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    1920X1080
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    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
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    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
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    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
My first step would be to uninstall the Realtek audio in Device Manager then reboot and let it re-install. What version driver are you using? There is a new one released today.

Hi Popeye.

I've tried both the R2.77 and the newest R2.78 driver, but neither of them does anything, there's still only static noise. I've also tried completely removing the driver in device manager, and restarting, but the system defualt driver does the same thing. I'm currently running the R2.78.
 

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  • OS
    windows 8.1 pro
Some (but not all) experienced sound problems after upgrading from Win 8 to Win 8.1. In most cases, installing a Win 8.1 specific sound driver fixed the problem.

Download and install the newest VR2.78, as popeye noted, and see if that helps. Be sure to download the 64 bit OS version.
Realtek

Proper installation of the Realtek drivers, it will first uninstall the existing driver, have you restart the PC and after Windows starts, Windows will detect no driver and install the generic High Definition Audio driver but after that the Realtek install program will resume and install the new R2.78 driver, and then have you restart the PC again. After the restart, check the audio for operation.

For future, Here is how to post screenshots on this forum.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2598-screenshots-files-upload-post-eight-forums.html

Hello.
That windows 8.1 specific driver you speak of, where do I find that? I've only used the drivers from realtek.com, but they are supposed to be compatible with all systems from vista and up. It mentions Windows 8.1, along with these: in the description: 64bits Vista, Windows7, Windows8, Windows8.1, Windows10. I don't know where I'd find drivers specifically for Windows 8.1.

I am installing the drivers correctly, in the way you describe, so that's not the problem.
 

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Ones that include 8.1 are "specific" for Windows 8.1. Some older drivers supported Windows 8 but not 8.1.

You mention the "system default driver". Are you referring to the generic Windows installed "High Definition Audio Drivers"?

Please post a screenshot of the Device Manager, Sounds section, and the Sound Playback screen.
 

My Computer

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    Win 10
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
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    Microsoft Wireless
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Ones that include 8.1 are "specific" for Windows 8.1. Some older drivers supported Windows 8 but not 8.1.

You mention the "system default driver". Are you referring to the generic Windows installed "High Definition Audio Drivers"?

Please post a screenshot of the Device Manager, Sounds section, and the Sound Playback screen.

Yeah, that's the ones I mean. The ones that are there when no other drivers are installed.
My computer is in Danish, as you can see, but I will write the English translation for the important things.
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The driver I have selected in the picture above is the generic driver, which you mentioned.

2.PNG
This is the audio playback screen. The first one reads 'speakers', the second reads 'headphones' and the third one mentions 'digital sound'. The rest of the outputs are just HDMI outputs port 0-4.

When I plug my Apple earpods in, it looks like this:
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I tried uninstalling my sounddriver again, so currently I have no drivers installed. I will try installing the R2.78 driver again, and upload a screenshot of my devicemanager with those, so you can see how that looks. Also I'm not quite sure what you mean with a picture of the sound section?
 

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The "Speakers" should be set as the default audio playback device. With Digital set, unless you have speakers that use S/PDIF digital the speakers will not work. This is the first step. Do this and see if you have sound in the speakers.
 

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  • OS
    Win 10
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    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
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    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
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    Deepcool Captain 120EX
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    Microsoft Wireless
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The "Speakers" should be set as the default audio playback device. With Digital set, unless you have speakers that use S/PDIF digital the speakers will not work. This is the first step. Do this and see if you have sound in the speakers.

The reason the speakers weren't set as default was because I didn't have any speakers plugged in in the first picture. As you see in the other two pictures it's the headset/speakers that are set as default when I have my earpods plugged in. There's no sound either way. The thing is though, that when I turn on some music etc. I can see on the equalizer that it's playing the music, even though theres no sound.
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That is usually because the wrong playback device is selected. Sometimes its a Windows corruption.

To correct any Windows/Sound corruptions, go to the Device manager, RIGHT click on the entry for the Realtek sound and then LEFT click "Uninstall". DO NOT uninstall the driver. Then restart the PC and when Windows starts it will detect and reinstall the sound.
 

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  • OS
    Win 10
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
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    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
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    Deepcool Captain 120EX
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    Microsoft Wireless
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That is usually because the wrong playback device is selected. Sometimes its a Windows corruption.

To correct any Windows/Sound corruptions, go to the Device manager, RIGHT click on the entry for the Realtek sound and then LEFT click "Uninstall". DO NOT uninstall the driver. Then restart the PC and when Windows starts it will detect and reinstall the sound.

Alright, I have tried doing that now, but unfortunately it didn't fix the problem :( The only thing different that I see, is that the two Nvidia drivers I had (the ones you see in post #7 and #8) are gone now, and have been replaced by this driver:
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The NVIDIA drivers are for HDMI audio only. If you use HDMI audio you will have to reinstall the NVIDIA Video drivers to get that back.

I don't know why the Digital Output is listed. I have never seen that.

The only suggestion I can offer is to start over by installing Windows. I don't like to suggest reinstalls but it is something to consider.
 

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  • OS
    Win 10
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
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    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
I was doing some troubleshooting for another user and had to look at my Device Manager.

I see the speakers and digital output but that is NOT the section I was referring to. The Device Manager section where you uninstall the Realtek is the (in English) Sound, Video and game controllers.

See my screenshot:

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
I was doing some troubleshooting for another user and had to look at my Device Manager.

I see the speakers and digital output but that is NOT the section I was referring to. The Device Manager section where you uninstall the Realtek is the (in English) Sound, Video and game controllers.

See my screenshot:

Ah, alright, my bad. I did uninstall the right one (I just tried doing it again to make sure), but it didn't make a difference. I must've accidently taken a screenshot of the wrong section.

Well, I guess since it didn't work, the only option left is to reinstall Windows... Thanks for the help anyhow, I appreciate it :)
 

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  • OS
    windows 8.1 pro
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