No Audio Output Devices found (no speakers) - windows 11 - Elitebook x360

[coralbubble]

In sound settings there is no audio output.

When checking device manager, under "audio inputs and outputs" there is no speaker - only the microphone array is detected.

in device manager under sound, video and game controllers, the realtek audio is present 

I uninstalled this driver and reinstalled it after downloading the latest audio driver package - SP154106.exe

the windows 11 audio troubleshooter was unable to determine any issues.

windows 11 driver updates:

This does seem to be a common issue for different HP devices.

What is the root cause for this issue and what is the solution?

kind regards

Coralbubble

[coralbubble]

Further information ;  this post here : Solved: Re: No Audio Output/Driver for HP Pavilion x360 Laptop - HP Support Community - 8685966  suggested an intel smart sound audio device issue --- which, if it was an issue would display a yellow exclamation icon -- in my case, this was NOT the case --- so the root issue is possibly something else...

[coralbubble · Accepted solution]

Hi, problem solved, the onboard speakers had been disabled in BIOS settings. Thanks ChatGPT for outlining this as a possible cause.