i sat down to join a call this morning and my family PC was completely silent. no sound from the a soundbar, no startup chime, nothing. the speaker icon has a red X and Sound settings says there are no output devices. last night Windows installed the Dell Sigmatel Stac 92XX C-Major HD Audio Driver 5.10.0.5515, A11 update, and Im pretty sure thats the culprit. when i open Device Manager i see this:
USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
i've rebooted twice and run the audio troubleshooter, which claims it fixed something. It didn't. i don't know whether i should reinstall the driver, roll it back, or something else entirely. Where should i start so i don't make it worse? any ideas??
