Windows 10: High Definition Audio Controller has yellow exclamation mark.

Everything was working fine till yesterday. Now the problem is that Windows cannot detect my stereo speakers which are connected to the motherboard. Instead, it uses NVIDIA high definition audio on my monitor's speakers as default. It only shows my monitor's speakers on the output devices list. My speakers are working fine with other devices. I updated audio drivers from the motherboard manufacturer's website.

Specs-

Motherboard - ASUS ROG STRIX H370 F

CPU - Intel Core I5 8400

Graphics Card - NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI

OS - Windows 10 PRO 64 bit

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High Definition Audio Devices-Yellow Exclamation Point

Thank you, Andre, for your suggestions. I did try scanning for hardware changes in device manager. I also uninstalled the driver and then reinstalled a driver as you suggested for "High Definition Audio Device". Your website regarding ISO files is very
interesting. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 3847 and has Windows 10 Pro Creator 1703. Updates are automatically downloaded and installed in my computer. Since the audio on my computer appears to be normal, perhaps I should just try to ignore the yellow exclamation
point that precedes "High Definition Audio Device" and the Code 10 message. My knowledge about audio is very limited, but I am assuming that perhaps "Realtec Audio" is all that is needed for the type of work I do on my computer. Again, thank you for your suggestions.

 

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.

 

High Definition Audio Devices-Yellow Exclamation Point

In Device Manager, Under "Sound, video & game controllers" there are two different items listed. The first one listed has a yellow exclamation point before its name, "High Definition Audio Device". I have updated this driver but the exclamation point is
still there. Right-clicking on Properties shows this message: "This device cannot start (Code 10), The requested operation was unsuccessful." Events information: "Device HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_10280622&REV_1000\4&39679b84&0&0001 requires
further installation."

The other item under "Sound, video & game controllers" is "Realtec Audio". Right-clicking on Properties shows this message: "This device is working properly". Events information shows two entries, both with the date of 8/10/2017:

Driver Management has concluded the process to add Service IntcAzAudAddService for Device Instance ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_10280622&REV_1003\4&32774E71&0&0201 with the following status: 0.

Driver Management concluded the process to install driver hdxsgma4.inf_amd64_034f53eb9221809f\hdxsgma4.inf for Device Instance ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_10280622&REV_1003\4&32774E71&0&0201 with the following status: 0x0.

My question: The sound from my computer seems to be normal. Is Realtec Audio the only Sound, video & game controller needed? If so, should I uninstall High Definition Audio Device? Sure would appreciate some advice on this.