“No Audio Device” Windows Problem – Here’s the solution!
I recently reinstalled Windows and lost sound. The computer said “No Audio Device” even though everything was hooked up correctly. It drove me crazy for a week and most of the “solutions” online were complex and/or convoluted. This is what worked for me: 1)Go to the Realtek website (www.realtek.com). You can either: 2) click “Downloads” and do a search for “WDM_R198″, or 3) on the front page under “Quick Links” click “HD Audio Codec Driver” and that should take you there as well. 4)Accept the High Definition Audio Codecs agreement and click “Next”. 5) Find your operating system (Windows Vista or XP… even Unix/Linux) and click “GO” (choose site 1, 2, or 3, it doesn’t matter). 6) Install and reboot, and hopefully it works, although I still had to adjust one more thing in Device Manager followed by one more reboot to get it going. 7) If that doesn’t work, try doing a search for “WDM_A404″ and maybe that’s the correct driver for you. Hope I can help someone out there! 
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dang doesnt work for me
@boomey5555 its the same
thnx man
Indeed, making sure that the actual devices and drivers are properly installed and loaded is one solution.
Sometimes however, the computer decides not to load your device, due to incompatibilities with some other component. I had this problem when I installed a new gfx card. Luckily I found the solution in the Nvidia forums.
Go to the computer BIOS (hold down the key to enter ‘Setup’ when you restart) and change the ‘Onboard Audio’ settings. This might fix your problem. Good luck.
@deadskullfkowner123 reboot meanst restart the computer not format
THX MAN!
Worked 100% thanks man 
thx a lot mate!!! It 1000% works guys )
I have been looking for it 2 days and finally you gave me my answer !!
Did not work.
if your audio devices are not detected go to start –> run there type in services.msc then scroll down to window audio and click on start
thumbs up if this helped
doesnt work
What if none of the drivers worked??
AWSOME! Thanks alot bro
GMoney$
tyvm!
Thank you so much mate!! Finally someone who just gets to the point and doesn’t talk shit! 
cheeersssss x
I Love your editing and syncing to music!
What adjustments you have to make in Device Manager..plz help…
@MAGICALRAINBOWFROG Hey , my friend has a computer that does the same thing .. is you’re s a desktop computer?? if it is open the sides and see if your fan is working .. if its not you might have to fix that or put a fan beside it XD
whut if u got window Xp Pro?
I have my volume way up, not mute at all, have my audio card (well, it played perfectly before, but now suddenly it just died) and no earphones. But the computer has been shutting down frequently nowadays because of lack of energy source. Is that helpful? Anyways, I really need my sound back 
so i have to reboot ? what if i dont wanna cus i just rebooted and formated my pc already..>
THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
i been tryin to fix this for months
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thank you very very much,,, worked for me, my laptop have sound after i use your advice,, thankssssssssssssssssssssssss
does’nt work shet !
didn’t work but thanks