Windows 10: Realtek Audio stopped working randomly

help! i was on my HP laptop and i paused a youtube video to do something and came back my sound not working at all. Every time I try and troubleshoot the audio it tells me there's a generic audio device that is not working. I have no idea what that means. I've googled and watched videos galore but nothing has worked and I still have no audio.

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audio randomly stops working


Hello all,

My computer is currently connected to my Vizio E420-A0 TV (HDMI). My audio randomly stops working and the display audio device disappears. When it works I can see it in device manager:








And when it stops working it disappears:





The driver seems to be up to date:





Disconnecting and reconnecting the cable doesn't help or turning the TV off and on, but rebooting fixes it. Any ideas?

 

Realtek Audio stops randomly for a second


Hi and thanks for the reply. So...

1. No problems with all the troubleshooters. The only thing that I've disabled is the audio enhancements even thought they weren't turned on.
2. I am attaching 3 screenshots to show you my startup settings, Ucheck statistics and Driver booster info.

For some reason Driver Easy doesnt start on this PC.. No Idea why
Now I will turn on some music and latency mon and monitor the lags.

Also I use KMPlayer so I havent installed third-party codecs. What is the best choice - CCCP, K-Lite, X?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: After 5 mins of music - it happened again even though - no latency issues...

 

Realtek Audio stops randomly for a second


An Update: Same old story - sound stopping/dropping out. Here is a screenshot.

I've reinstalled network controller, stopped all CPU Throttling in BIOS/Windows.. No idea what to do next.