Double-click Sound, video and game controllers, right-click your listed sound card, and select Properties to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
If you’re not sure what website to open, press the Win key + X hotkey and select Device Manager.
First, you’ll need to get the latest driver from the sound card manufacturer’s website.
Update or reinstall the Sound Card Driver If, for some reason, you can’t see the HDMI in the Playback devices list, check out this excellent guide to learn how you can fix this problem. Thus, you can’t get any sound from a VDU without any built-in speakers. HDMI cables do support audio signals, but not all monitors come with their own set of built-in speakers. It is often the case that audio is lost after connecting a second VDU because the connected monitor automatically becomes the default playback device. Then you might get audio with the monitor selected as the default playback device.
If your secondary VDU does include built-in speakers, try unplugging the speakers and connecting the monitor with a secondary audio cable.
Press the Apply and OK buttons to confirm your newly selected default playback device.
Alternatively, you can right-click a playback device and select Set as Default Device on the context menu.
Select the speakers that are usually your default playback device.
First, right-click the speaker icon on the Windows system tray and select Playback devices to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
Reconfigure the Default Audio Playback device
Open the Windows Playing Audio troubleshooterġ.
Open the Volume mixer to check the audio settings.
Update or reinstall the sound card driver.
Reconfigure the Default Audio Playback device.
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