Windows 10: 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.

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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.

 

This device cannot start. (Code 10) High definition audio controller


Macbook pro early 2011 bootcamp was not willing to let the SSD run in AHCI mode in windows 10, so I did EFI installation of windows 10.
Everything seems to work but the audio card.
Code:

Code:

This device cannot start. (Code 10) in the High definition audio controller.

I tried installing the drivers manually and automatically and from the bootcamp but this error persists.

Is the problem in the EFI implementation of the macbook pro early 2011 that windows cannot read , or is it related to drivers ?
I downloaded latest videocard Intel HD 3000, and realtek generic driver. The audio drivers seems to be from currus logic.

On Bootcamp install (BIOS) the sound card works fine, but in EFI it can not start the driver.

Thank you.

 

Code 10 for High Definition Audio Controller

I have just did a clean install of the new November update for windows 10

After configuring the OS, I noticed that the audio was not working.

Diagnosing the problem shows that the High Definition Audio Controller is reporting errors, in particular code 10

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}

The requested operation was unsuccessful

I have installed my audio drivers, and still nothing

I did notice that the driver number for the controller is newer.

The old driver version that worked was

10.0.10240.16384

While the newer version that does not work is

10.0.10586.0

I have followed the following answers:

code 10 error code on the audio

problem installing the driver software for your device code 10, high definition audio device problem

I have also looked at the following KB:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/943104

One thing I would like to try is to install the older driver. Is there any way to install (Not rollback) an older Microsoft driver?