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This is a bit of a mixed bag, I believe it to be both software, and hardware related and here's why. This is regarding my parents'/brother's PC, not mine. So, my brother won a free Vizio sound bar, right? For a couple of months, it's been working great with Windows 10 64-bit home. However, it all came to a screeching halt last night when audio refused to output. See, what's weird, is that when I check the sound settings in the OS, the audio is "playing" as I see the spectrometer going up and down. This tells me that there is audio outputting, but not going through the speakers.
Audio: Realtek HD Audio
Driver: Most recent on website
We've uninstalled the audio drivers, reinstalled it, rolled back, updated, everything, even running the audio troubleshoot tool, nothing.
I've never seen anything like this, and we're not sure what's going on, as there is little to go off on Google. We tested the speakers with a phone, and used Bluetooth to run music, and music worked fine. So, if it's not the speakers, then what is it? We've changed out cables, tried different ports, nothing works. Could it be that the aux audio input jack on the sound bar is damaged/unusable? Could it have been an update from Microsoft that screwed it all up?
Audio: Realtek HD Audio
Driver: Most recent on website
We've uninstalled the audio drivers, reinstalled it, rolled back, updated, everything, even running the audio troubleshoot tool, nothing.
I've never seen anything like this, and we're not sure what's going on, as there is little to go off on Google. We tested the speakers with a phone, and used Bluetooth to run music, and music worked fine. So, if it's not the speakers, then what is it? We've changed out cables, tried different ports, nothing works. Could it be that the aux audio input jack on the sound bar is damaged/unusable? Could it have been an update from Microsoft that screwed it all up?