Windows 10: Code 10 - High Definition Audio Controller

Hey,


I have run into an audio issue after factory resetting Windows 10.

After the reset I got a red cross on my volume bar saying "no speakers or headphones are plugged in". Did try to install latest Realtek hd audio from motherboards website but when I try to install it, it doesn't show up in device manager. Every time I try to add it manually trough device manager it gives me a BSOD with error code SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED and RTKVHD64.SYS


In the device manager under "system devices" I have two high definition controllers and one of them is with yellow exclamation mark, It has probably something to do with my audio issue but I have no idea how to fix it.

In properties it says -


This device cannot start code 10


Device PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A348&SUBSYS_86C71043&REV_10\3&11583659&0&FB had a problem starting.

Driver Name: hdaudbus.inf
Class Guid: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Service: HDAudBus
Lower Filters:
Upper Filters:
Problem: 0xA
Problem Status: 0xC0000001

Some things I have tried -

uninstalling/updating the driver but it just pops up again with the mark,

install a fresh windows 10 again,

updated bios,


I did never have this problem before the factory reset, so if someone could help it would mean a lot.

Thanks.

:)

 

Windows High Definition Audio Controller Code 10

Hi all, my High Definition Audio Controller shows up in Device Manager with a yellow exclamation mark and has code 10 in its Properties. I can't play any sound at all. I've tried:

-Uninstalling the High Definition Audio Controller and restarting my computer to no avail

-Using Windows Troubleshooter which couldn't identify the problem. It just said "High Definition Audio Controller has a driver problem".

I'm using Windows on a partition in my 2012 Macbook Pro running Mojave. The Windows partition was installed using a bootable USB.

 

Code 10 for High Definition Audio Controller

On an Asus N55SF, upgrading Windows 10 from version 1607 to 1709 (a reset install from USB, since numerous attempts through Windows update had failed to complete) caused havoc in that the High Definition Audio Controller (Device Manager – System devices)
subsequently refused to start; the dreaded Code 10 error. No such issues ever noted under version 1607.

Having then tried a host of suggestions posted online, and several combinations thereof, including Windows’ Troubleshoot – Playing Audio and Troubleshoot – Hardware and Devices, checking under Services if Windows Audio is running, removing and reinstalling
different versions of Realtek High Definition Audio drivers, Intel graphics and chipset drivers, modifying the registry (deleting UpperFilter values), all to no avail, the issue looked hopelessly deadlocked. An external USB DAC (Denon DA-10) was working fine
all the time.

However, one BIOS (ver. 207) setting on this Asus N55SF machine presents an apparently working work-around, if not a real solution: under the “Advanced” tab, when “Play POST Sound” is set to “Yes”, it enables the High Definition Audio Controller to start
when loading Windows, and the Realtek High Definiton Audio devices (both speakers and microphone) to work again. One then has to live with a sound being played at Windows startup and shut-down, but the “Speaker Volume” for this sound can be set to low (“1”)
in the BIOS settings.

The Realtek High Definiton Audio driver 6.0.1.7571 was automatically installed by Windows, but it did not work well; the best results so far on this machine with Windows 10 version 1709 have been with the Realtek High Definiton Audio driver 6.0.1.6413 (for
Windows 7) from Asus Support. It does, however, fail to install Asus Sonic Master. That does not matter much to me. The most recent driver versions 6.0.1.8219 and 6.0.1.8228 found at the excellent Asus driver resources site
Blog - Ivan Ridao Freitas install OK, but run less stably in this case than version 6.0.1.6413.

 

High Definition Audio Controller (Code: 10) Issue

in system devices , high definition audio controller

and also Realtek hD audio device must and should present under sound devices .

I suspect that high definition audio device is real Realtek HD audio device , rightclick n that , try to update the driver using .inf file