Windows 10: Sound went out while music was playing -LOUD GRATING NOISE FOR 3 SECONDS -desktop,Win10

My issue may overlap Godot's.

My sound went out while music was playing, from a music site. I heard a loud vibrating, grating sound lasting 3 seconds. and I had no sound, tried to play from other sources, other sites, youtube, etc. NADA. I then realized my speaker light was off. I tried resetting, tried different usb ports, etc. NO SOUND. I searched , ran microsoft 'detection' which said my drivers are fine, hardware is fine, everything A-OK. but still no sound. (I did just about all the moves Godot made.prior to posting a related problem here.)

I purchased a driver updater recommended by PC Mag, and updated 15 drivers. I tried different output devece settings. NOTHING. I tried headphones as well as speakers no sound..

Something had done an update just prior to the initial mess-up. Not sure whether it had been Firefox or Windows 10. That was over a month ago.

A week ago a pop-up said Windows Media Player did not disconnect properly. - I think that was what it said, and when I followed it it said THIS APPLIES TO WINDOWS 7 !!!. I haven't been using Win7 for 3-4 years. Can an update from Windows have confused my sound system? Switched it back to Win 7? FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE!

Windows 10, Dell Inspiron desktop 7 year old computer, in use 6 years, orig used Win 7. Lots of unused potential, because I don't download movies. Music is my own music, essentially, plus use of sites like youtube, etc. - without much downloading.

I received the following suggestions from Vijay days ago, which I followed:

Does this make any sense? Your help would be very, very much appreciated. -from magicmagic3

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My sound went out while music was playing, loud grating sound for 2 seconds ...

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My issue may overlap Godot's.

My sound went out while music was playing, from a music site. I was out of the room but heard a loud vibrating, grating sound lasting a second or 2. I discovered I had no sound, tried to play from other sources, other sites, youtube, etc. NADA. I then realized
my speaker light was off. I tried resetting, tried different usb ports, etc. NADA. I searched , ran microsoft checks which said my drivers are fine, hardware is fine, everything A-OK. but NADA. I did just about all the moves Godot made.prior to posting
his problem here..

I purchased a driver reset that was recommended by PC Mag, and rest 15 drivers. I tried different output devece settings. NOTHING. I shopped around for new speakers, confused, but then thought it would make sense to try headphones. NADA.

I think something had done an update just prior to the initial mess-up. Not sure whether it had been Firefox or Windows 10. That was over a month ago.

TODAY! Oddly, a pop-up suddenly said Windows Media Player did not disconnect properly. - I think that was what it said, and when I followed it it said THIS APPLIES TO WINDOWS 7 !!!. I haven't been using Win7 for 3-4 years. Can an update from Windows have
confused my sound system? Switched it back to Win 7? FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE!

Where can I go from here? Dell Inspiron desktop 7 year old comp, in use 6 years, orig used Win 7. Lots of unused potential, because I don't download movies. Music on my computer involves my own music

only, essentially, plus use of music sites like youtube, etc. - without much downloading.

Does this make any sense? Your help would be very, very much appreciated. -from

 

Windows 10 upgrade loud buzzing audio problem

I just upgraded to Win10 and am having the same issue - loud, disjunct, crackling noises when playing anything with audio.

Under the Sound dropdown list, I have IDT High Def Audio CODEC - is that what I uninstall?

Thank you,

Ann

 

My sound went out while music was playing, loud grating sound for 2 seconds ...

Hi magicmagic3

I am Vijay, an Independent Advisor. I am here to work with you on this problem.

Please try these steps and check after each step. If these don't work, let me know. I will provide further troubleshooting steps.

1. Run Audio / Hardware & Devices Troubleshooter

Windows Key+i > Update & security > Troubleshoot >

A. Playing Audio > Run the troubleshooter

B. Hardware & Devices > Run the troubleshooter

2. Take actions related to Audio Driver

Windows Key+X > Device Manager > View tab > Show hidden devices > Sound, Video & game controllers > Right Click on the entry below (if more than one, then you will have to repeat the steps for all) > Properties > Driver Tab >

A. Roll Back - If Roll back driver is enabled, roll it back

B. Update - Update driver

C. Download and reinstall the driver from computer manufacturer's website - If you face issue, let me know your computer make and model?

3. Check Speaker / headphone is not disabled and is set as default

Type Sound in Windows Start Seach box > Click Sound > Under Playback tab, right click on an empty space and select, Show disconnected devices and Show disabled devices > Select Speaker and click on Properties and make sure that it is is enabled > You may also
check if the Speaker that you are using is set as default.