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As many others have recently posted, I have experienced a sudden loss of onboard audio devices - the speakers and the headphone jack no longer work.  I can still connect to audio via Bluetooth and HDMI.  I have performed all of the diagnostics through HP and Windows but they do not detect a problem.

As far as I can tell, this has happened since an automatic driver update from Windows.  I rolled back all possible audio drivers to no avail.  I performed a system restore which temporarily solved my problem, however I wasn´t quick enough to disable to automatic driver updates, and now I can now longer use an old enough restore point, one before these drivers where installed.  I prefer not to reinstall Windows, however this is looking like my only option until there is a new update rolled out.

Any advice would be appreciated,

Cheers.

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Ok, I´ve finally found the problamatic driver.

Windows 10 automatically updated a driver called "Sound Research Corp. - SoftwareComponent - 2.0.9.18".
This version is the cause of my loss of audio.  I was unable to revert this driver to an older version, so I decided to delete the driver entirely. Upon restarting the computer, Windows shows in Device Manager, under SoftwareComponents - Sound Research Audio Effects Component - version 2.0.9.17.  I now have full audio capabilties. 

Hopefully this is helpful for anyone else having this problem!


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Still looking for some assistance with this issue.. have not been able to find a solution yet..

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Ok, I´ve finally found the problamatic driver.

Windows 10 automatically updated a driver called "Sound Research Corp. - SoftwareComponent - 2.0.9.18".
This version is the cause of my loss of audio.  I was unable to revert this driver to an older version, so I decided to delete the driver entirely. Upon restarting the computer, Windows shows in Device Manager, under SoftwareComponents - Sound Research Audio Effects Component - version 2.0.9.17.  I now have full audio capabilties. 

Hopefully this is helpful for anyone else having this problem!


Cheers

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Same problem encountered here. Complete loss of audio from laptop external speaker on 1/22. Headphone jack still works. I also had this driver installed as part of Windows update and sound stopped working.

Looking into how to get rid of this driver. 

 

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Rolling back the driver works as well. Here's how to do it ..

- Open Device Manager

- Expand 'Software components' - you will see 'Sound Research Audio Effects Component' 

- click on it and go to the Driver tab

- click on Roll Back Driver

No reboot needed.

Mine rolled back to 2.0.9.73 (dated 10/7/2020) and audio started working immediately after.

 

 

 

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I found success in rolling back all the drivers I could find relating to audio devices in the Device Manager. I'm unable to tell which one precisely fixed the sound problem, but after the roll backs and a restart the sound is back and working.

 

I just hope that Microsoft patch Windows properly with the next update so that I don't have to keep rolling back the drivers 

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Well this sorted it out. The roll back driver option was shaded out for me, so I tried the uninstall driver option and it has gone back to th 2.0.9.17 version

Thanks mate

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I only wish to contribute as I've had a similar issue with a colleagues machine. The steps I took (after researching) were:

 

Use AMD Driver Removal Tool

Download the AMD driver tool

Uninstall anything in the audio devices that didn't mention AMD

Uninstalled anything that related to audio and Realtek.


I also disabled hardware updates by:

 

Control Panel > System & Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Hardware > Device Installation Settings. Then choose "No (your device might not work as expected). This information was from Tom's hardware.

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