Windows users often encounter errors related to drivers, hardware, software, and BSODs. Recently, a few users have reported encountering an unusual speaker-stopping Windows issue.

Many Windows users have messaged us about speakers stopping working on Windows. Speaker problems on Windows can ruin your computer experience because you won’t be able to hear anything.

In this article, we will share some of the best methods for fixing speakers that stopped working due to Windows errors. So, let’s check them out.

1. Check If the Audio Was Muted

Before you try the other things, you must ensure that the audio on your computer/laptop is not muted. Audio can be muted by just hitting the wrong button or hotkey.

So, if speakers stopped working on your Windows, you should first check whether the audio has been muted. To unmute your audio, play an audio or video file and press the mute button on your keyboard.

You can also click the speaker icon on your system tray to mute/unmute the audio.

2. Check if Speakers are Properly connected to the PC

The next thing you need to do is check if the speakers are properly connected to your PC/Laptop. You need to examine the speaker jack on your PC closely.

Unless you have a USB speaker or headphones, you must connect your audio device to a 3.5mm port. Ensure that the 3.5mm jack of your headphones or speaker is plugged into the correct port.

3. Using Audio Troubleshooter

Windows 10 offers a troubleshooting tool to fix hardware and software-related problems for those who don’t know. You can use the Audio Troubleshooter tool to fix various audio-related errors from Windows computers. Even if it fails to fix the problem, it will let you know the actual cause of the problem.

1. First, open the search box and search for Troubleshooting.

2. Open the Troubleshooting page and click on Troubleshoot audio playback.

3. In the next step, you will see another page asking you to troubleshoot playing audio. Click on Next.

4. The Troubleshooting tool will scan and fix the audio-related problems. Wait a few seconds.

The Audio Troubleshooter will either fix the problem or will let you know the actual cause of the problem.

4. Reinstall Drivers

If you have Speaker problems on Windows 10 computers, reinstalling the drivers might be the best solution. We will reinstall Audio drivers to fix the speakers’ stopped working issue in this method.

1. Search for Device Manager on the Windows 10 search box and open the first option.

2. On the Device Manager Page, expand the Sound, video, and game controllers.

3. In the next step, right-click on the current sound card and select Properties. Under the Properties, head to the Driver tab and select ‘Uninstall’

Now click on Apply and restart your computer. The operating system will automatically install the required audio drivers during the restart.

5. Update the Audio Driver

As we all know, outdated audio drivers can also cause several sound-related errors, including Speaker stops working. In this method, we will update the Audio Driver through the Device Manager to fix the Speaker stopped working error message.

1. Search for Device Manager on the Windows Search bar and open the first option.

2. Now, you will see the Device Manager page. Here, you need to expand the System Device menu

3. In the System Devices list, find the Audio driver. Right-click on it and then select Update Driver.

4. On the next page, you will be asked to select whether you want to select the drive manually or search the web. Select the first option and click on Next

This is how you can update audio drivers to fix speaker problems from Windows 10 computers.

6. Set the Speaker device

In this method, we will set the default speaker device to fix the Speaker stopped working problem. Windows updates often change the default audio playback device, leading to speaker problems. So, here’s how you can set the default speaker device on Windows 10.

1. Click on the Start menu and search for Sound. Open the first option from the list.

2. In the sound menu, select the Playback tab.

3. Right-click on the device in which you want to set the audio playback and then click on Properties

4. Under Device Usage, select Use this device (Enable).

Now click on Ok and then on Apply. Restart the computer, and your speaker will now work fine.

7. Change The Audio Format

You could try changing the audio format if the above methods fail to fix the speaker problem. Some Windows users have reported on Microsoft Forum that they have fixed the speaker not responding or stopped working after changing the audio format. So, to change the Audio format, follow some of the simple steps below.

1. Right click on the Speaker icon from the notification bar and then click on Playback devices.

2. Now, double-click the default playback device on the Sound settings.

3. Select the audio format from the ‘Advanced’ tab. You need to try a different audio format to check which one works.

This is how you can fix speakers that stopped working on Windows 10 computer problems.

These are the best methods for fixing speakers that have stopped working on Windows computers. If you know other methods that work, please let us know in the comment box below.