Fix No Audio Output Device is Installed error on windows 11

Can’t hear the Audio sound after installing the Windows 11 update? Or getting no audio output device is installed pops up when you mouse over to the speaker icon on the taskbar. Mostly this problem (No Playback Devices) occurs when your system carries a corrupted sound driver or the OS fails to recognize your PC’s audio device. And reinstalling the correct Audio driver mostly fixes the problem for you. Again, sometimes incorrect sound configuration, audio connectivity, audio hardware (sound card) failure, etc. cause no audio output device installed on your system.

Fix No audio output device is installed

If you are also struggling with this problem, we have collected some troubleshooting tips to fix the No audio output device installed in Windows 11 laptops, including HP, Dell XPS 13, Toshiba, Lenovo Yoga, Asus, And PCs.

First of all, check your speaker and headphone connections for loose cables or the wrong jack. New PCs these days are equipped with 3 or more jacks including.

• microphone jack
• line-in jack
• line-out jack

And these jacks connect to a sound processor. So make sure your speakers are plugged into the line-out jack. If unsure which is the right jack, try plugging speakers in to each of the jacks and see it produces any sound.

Also, check your power and volume levels, and try turning all the volume controls up.

Run Windows Audio troubleshooter

Let’s first Run The Windows inbuilt Audio troubleshooting Tool and let Windows find and fix the problem. To run Windows, Audio troubleshooter,

Click on the Start menu search and type Troubleshoot settings and select from search results.

Then scroll down and look for playing audio, select and run the troubleshooter to let Windows check and fix Windows audio-related problems for you.

Check And Restart Windows Audio Services

This is another effective solution to check if the Windows audio service is stopped running or corrupted. We recommend checking and Make sure Windows audio and dependency services are running.

• Press Windows + R and type services.msc and ok.
• When Services snap-in opens, scroll down,

Check and make sure that the following services have Running Status and their Startup Type is set to Automatic. Right-click these services and select restart.

• Windows Audio
• Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
• Plug and Play
• Multimedia Class Scheduler

Pro Tip: If you find any of these services don’t have Running Status and their Startup Type is not set to Automatic, then double click the service and set this in the service’s property sheet.

Now Check Windows sound started working or not. If you are still getting No Audio Output Device is Installed in Windows 11, then proceed to the next solution.

Check the status of Speakers

If the problem started after the recent windows 11 upgrade, there is a chance due to incompatibility issues or bed driver windows automatically Disable the audio device, then you might not see it under the list of playback devices.

• On the Start menu, search Type sound and select it from search results.
• Here under the Playback tab, right-click on the empty area.
• Make sure “Show Disabled Devices” has a checkmark on it.
• If headphones/Speakers are disabled, it will now show up in the list.
• Please right-click on the device and Enable it.
• Select “Set Default” Check if it helps.

Reinstall Audio Driver (The Ultimate solution)

If all the above solutions failed to fix the problem still can’t hear audio from your laptop, PC. Let’s play with the audio drivers which mostly fix the issue.

• First open the Device manager, By pressing win + X select Device manager.
• This will display all the installed driver list on your system.
• Look for the category, namely Sound, video, and game controllers, and expand.
• Her,e right-click on the installed audio driver, and select Enable Device if it’s disabled.

Also, from here, right-click on the installed Audio driver, Select update driver, and click on search automatically for updated driver software to let Windows check and install the latest available software on your system.

Install generic audio driver

If that didn’t work, try using the generic audio driver that comes with Windows. To do this

1. Again open Device Manager,
2. Expand Sound, video, and game controllers.
3. Right-click on the current installed audio driver, select update driver software.
4. Browse my computer for driver software
5. Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
6. Select High Definition Audio Device, select Next and follow the instructions to install it.

Still need help? Let’s Uninstall the old driver and install the latest Audio Driver. To do this

• Again, open the device manager.
• Click the arrow that appears on the left sidebar of Sound, video, and game controllers.
• Right-click on your audio driver. From the menu that pops up, click the Uninstall device.
• Restart your PC, and upon restart, the OS will by itself install the audio driver Windows 11.
• Well, in this way, it installs the latest driver which will resolve the issue.

If the driver didn’t install itself, Open Device Manager, click Action and select Search for hardware change. this will automatically scan and install the audio driver.

Otherwise, visit the device manufacturer’s website, download the latest available Audio driver and install the same with administrative privileges. Restart your PC and check Audio started working.