Massive Audio Driver Problems (Realtek/ Intel)

Alex Gebhard · August 26, 2019

Hey guys (and girls),
I have a problem with my Audio Drivers. After booting my Laptop up today, it did not have any sound anymore (only via bluetooth, and there was no audio source found anymore, just an "unknown audio device" with a yellow exclemation mark, telling me something went wron with the drivers "Code 28" (in the beginning it was Code 10)).

After trying like 1000 fixes (none worked), it helped to uninstall my Realtek Audio Drivers, restart my Laptop, and then I had sound like always, just worse, cause no dedicated drivers were installed.

When I do install the latest Realtek Drivers now (cant find any older ones sadly :/ ), after rebooting the system, I have the old problem back. No matter if it is my downloaded driver from suppot page, or automatic dowload by "microsoft updates".
If I repeat uninstalling the drivers, everything works fine again, just with the same problem again, that the audio quality is worse. Now what should I do?!

gramoflanz · August 26, 2019

did u change any settings before the audio driver crashed like u explained? maybe try to start windows in safe mode and make a complete audio driver wipe with Display Driver Uninstaller or short -> DDU... don't get irritated by the programs name.. it works also for audio driver or anything else!