Approach #2: Update the Audio Driver via Device Manager. Do the following steps. Press Win+R and type devmgmt.msc. (Computer Name) Sound, video and game controllers. Find the name something like “NVIDIA High Definition Audio Device“. NVIDIA High Definition Audio - there are 6 drivers found for the selected device, which you can download from our website for free. Select the driver needed and press download. This download provides the Realtek. High Definition Audio Driver for the 3.5mm audio jack on the Intel® NUC Kits NUC8i7HxKx. This audio driver is required if you plan to connect a microphone or headset to the audio jack or want to use the TOSLINK connection on the back of the Intel NUC.
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NVIDIA High Definition Audio drivers support the output of HDMI audios. If you can’t hear sound through HDMI port after upgrading Windows 10, you can check if the NVIDIA drivers are missing or outdated. Mostly, driver problems can be the reason. To fix the problem, update the drivers. There are 3 ways you can update NVIDIA High Definition Audio drivers in Windows 10:
Approach #2: Update the Audio Driver via Device Manager. Do the following steps. Press Win+R and type devmgmt.msc. (Computer Name) Sound, video and game controllers. Find the name something like “NVIDIA High Definition Audio Device“. Right-click and click on “Update Driver“. There are two options. Under Device Manager, you can navigate to Sound Video and Game Controllers Select VIA HD or VIA HD (Win 10) driver. Right click and you will find Update driver option. You choose “Browse Computer” and then “Let me Pick from list” and then select the GENERIC HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO DRIVER (don’t select any of the VIA HD options.
Option 1: Update the Drivers using Device Manager
Option 2: Download Drivers from NVIDIA
Option 3: Update NVIDIA Audio Drivers Automatically (Recommended)
Option 2: Download Drivers from NVIDIA
Option 3: Update NVIDIA Audio Drivers Automatically (Recommended)
Update the Drivers using Device Manager
Follow these steps:
1. Go to Device Manager.
2. In Device Manager, expand category Sound, video and game controllers. Right click on High Definition Audio Device and select Update Driver Software…
3. In the pop-up window, you will see two options. Click the first option Search automatically for updated driver software. Then Windows will find and install drivers for your video device automatically.
If Windows fails to update the drivers, you can download the latest drivers from manufacturer’s website. The NVIDIA audio drivers are part of Graphics card driver package. So if you want to update NVIDIA audio drivers, just download the driver package for your Graphics card. Drivers are available to download from NVIDIA official website freely.
Download Drivers from NVIDIA
Following steps are for your reference.
1. Go to NVIDIA download page.
2. Select the product information and system information depending on the Graphics card and system version that you are using . (Here take “GeForce GTX 750” and “Windows 10 64-bit” as example.) Then click on SEARCH button.
You can get the Graphics card model under category “Display adapters” in Device Manager.
3. Click Download button.
4. Click AGREE & DOWNLOAD button.
5. After download completes, just double-click on the downloaded file (.exe file) and follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver.
The driver will be installed in Express way by default. In this way, all components in the whole driver package will be installed. If you just need to install HD audio drivers and not the whole driver package, choose Custom Install and uncheck the other optional driver packages.
Update NVIDIA Audio Drivers Automatically
If you don’t have patience, time or computer skills to update drivers automatically, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.
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Driver Easy will scan your computer and detect any problem drivers in your computer. You can update the Nvidia high definition audio drivers automatically with the Free or the Pro version of Driver Easy. But with the Pro version it just takes 2 clicks (and you get full support and 30-day money back guarantee).
1. Downloadand install Driver Easy.
2. Click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will scan your computer and provide you with new drivers instantly.
3. Click Update button next to the NVIDIA high definition audio driver to download and install the correct version of this driver. Or click Update All button (if you go Pro) to download and update all drivers at a time automatically.
Hopefully you find this article helpful. If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
Edit 2018-07-15: Updated Script at the bottom: Gta v lite.
Each time I update my NVIDIA Graphics drivers no matter if it’s via Windows Update or via Geforce Experience or manually (ok, manually I’m able to choose to NOT install the audio driver so a kind of workaround), it’s also reinstalling the NVIDIA Audio Driver so randomly one of my displayport connected monitors will be the new and default audio output rather than my Headphones.
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Making it look like this, a long list with monitors (I’ve got 5 connected) and audio playback devices I don’t want to use.
I’m then manually selecting the Headset and making it the default device for Playback and Communication. And most of the times also disabling all the other playback devices by right clicking them. It works but feels a bit annoying.
It’s also possible to disable the NVIDIA High Definition Drivers in Device Manager, which is once again manual work.
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And next time the Graphics Driver is updated, the audio driver is reinstalled so the devices that were previously disabled are now enabled again.
Luckily, it’s possible to automate the task with Powershell.
2 | Get-PnpDevice-ClassMedia|whereFriendlyName-like'*NVIDIA High Definition Audio*'|whereStatus-eq'OK'|ForEach-Object{ Disable-PnpDevice-instanceid$_.instanceid-Confirm:$false |
Easy as that, we use Powershell to disable the NVIDIA High Definition Audio driver so the result is like this;
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And my headphones are now the default device again.
To take this one step further I’ve also automated the script to be executed automatically at computer startup with the help of a Scheduled Task. So each time the driver is updated and I reboot, the audio settings are back to how I want them to be.
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- Save the above Powershell script in a file called “C:tempdisablenvidiaudio.ps1”
- Download and unpack this file: Disable Nvidia Audio (It’s my Exported Scheduled Task settings).
Important Settings if you want to create the task manually else ignore step 3 and go to step 4. - Optional, manually create the scheduled task.
- run as System (an Admin Account will work too but as I wanted it to be easy for anyone to import it, i choose System).
- Run whether user is logged on or not
- Triggers: At Startup
- Action: Start Program
- program: cmd
- argument: /c powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file C:tempdisablenvidiaudio.ps1
- Open ‘Task Scheduler’ from Windows Start Menu (search for it if needed).
- Select menu item “Action” and then “Import Task…”
- Select the extracted file from Step 2.
- Modify any settings as you see fit.
- Click OK
- Problem Solved
Edit 2018-07-15
After writing this post I did find a very useful Powershell Module here: https://github.com/frgnca/AudioDeviceCmdlets it gives us some options to work with the Audio Devices, so I’ve modified my disablenvidiaudio.ps1 script to look like this;
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 | Get-PnpDevice-ClassMedia|whereFriendlyName-like'*NVIDIA High Definition Audio*'|whereStatus-eq'OK'|ForEach-Object{ Disable-PnpDevice-instanceid$_.instanceid-Confirm:$false If(!(Get-Module-Name'AudioDeviceCmdlets'-ListAvailable)){ # The version in Powershell Gallery is currently Broken so need to do a manual download/install # Install-Module -Name AudioDeviceCmdlets -Force -Verbose # get-module -Name 'AudioDeviceCmdlets' -ListAvailable | Sort-Object Version | select -last 1 | Import-Module -Verbose $url='https://github.com/frgnca/AudioDeviceCmdlets/releases/download/v3.0/AudioDeviceCmdlets.dll' $location=($profile|split-path)+'ModulesAudioDeviceCmdletsAudioDeviceCmdlets.dll' New-Item'$($profile | split-path)ModulesAudioDeviceCmdlets'-Typedirectory-Force [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol='tls12, tls11, tls' (New-ObjectSystem.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url,$location) get-module-Name'AudioDeviceCmdlets'-ListAvailable|Sort-ObjectVersion|select-last1|Import-Module-Verbose # Set my 'Logitech G933 as Default Playback and Recording Device in Windows' Get-AudioDevice-List|whereType-like'Playback'|wherename-like'*Logitech G933*'|Set-AudioDevice-Verbose Get-AudioDevice-List|whereType-like'Recording'|wherename-like'*Logitech G933*'|Set-AudioDevice-Verbose |