So I have completely lost all audio on my Windows 7 machine after installing the Nvidia Geforce Experience and additional drivers.
The version of Nvidia Geforce Experience is: 2.5.12.11
The version of the Nvidia HD Audio is:
1.3.34.3
Things I have done to fix this:
-Uninstall Geforce Experience and all the drivers (including the HD audio one)
-Checked AVG's virus vault for any files that may have not been downloaded for protection (no files here)
-Double checked my Logitech Z506 speakers are all correctly plugged in and working (these are brand new too)
-Restarted computer
-Checked my speakers are the default audio output
-Disabled other audio outputs other than my speakers
-Attempted to rollback driver version (option greyed out and couldn't be done) and update driver (which resulted in an alert saying the best driver option is already installed)
UPDATE: After installing Realtek audio I have managed to gain audio back but only if i plug my headphones in.
It should be noted that there was sound before this download and install earlier today. This is why I highly doubt that it is anything but an Nvidia Driver issue.
Could anybody help me out?
Contact Nvidia support, it sounds like one of the driver problems since the drivers got updated for Win10 compatibility.
double check your playback devices, if they are set correctly.
Windows 7 is well known for messing up with playback devices.
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No chance you are having your sound playing over an HDMI connection to a monitor with no speakers right?
^ This. Nvidia drivers set HDMI to default every time...
It has defiantly just changed your default playback device to HDMI it dose this to me sometimes when i instal Nvidia drivers. just right click on the volume icon in the bottom right go to playback devices and set whatever you want to default.
edit: Never mind just read that you already did this. Maybe try disabling everything but the speakers you want and see if that forces it to work.
I've always had audio issues with Nvidia drivers and I usually just reinstall them until it works, it is a major pain in the ass.
JUST TO BE CLEAR I AM USING DISPLAY PORT TO MINI DISPLAY PORT- NO HDMI IN SIGHT
-cardboardman and Skelterz-- I've already tried both of these solutions :(
JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT EARLIER.
Don't get upset when people guess at a common answer your post didn't rule out.
Maybe try downloading and installing the drivers with Manual Driver Search on the nvidia website and and don't install Geforce Experience because it might be messing with something. There are also older driver versions listed when you use the manual search so try some of them if the new one dose not work. http://www.geforce.com/drivers