Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to update your headphone drivers on a
Windows 10 PC or laptop. No matter what headphones you have, the methods in this
video should work. You can also follow the methods if you have a different type of sound
output device, such as earphones or speakers and it should also work for Bluetooth devices.
You might want to try updating device drivers to help fix a problem. There are a few ways to
check for driver software and in a lot of cases, your drivers might be already up to date. Most
devices won’t need drivers to be downloaded to work, but it’s worth checking to see if there
are any driver updates available. Remember to leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the
video helps, let’s get into the methods. We’ll start by using the automatic Windows
tool to try and update our drivers. To do this, first head to the device manager.
You can get there by searching for it in the search bar. When the device manager opens,
look for the section called audio inputs and outputs and double click on it to expand it,
it should be near the top. In here, look for the headphones or the sound device you want to update
the drivers for. If you don’t see it on the list, make sure it is connected and working on your PC.
If it is connected but it isn’t being recognized, then click the card onscreen now to watch a video
of mine showing you how to fix potential problems with headphones. If you do see it,
double click on its name to bring up the properties window. Now go to the driver tab,
which should be the second option. In here, find where it says update driver and click on that.
Now choose the automatic option, which should be the top option of the two available. If there are
any drivers that Windows finds, it should install them automatically. However, it might say that the
best drivers are up to date. If you want, you can click on search for updated drivers on a Windows
update. If you need help installing a Windows update, click the card onscreen now to watch a
video of mine focusing on that. As well updating these drivers, we also need to try updating the
driver software for other items in the list. Go back to the device manager and look for sound,
video and game controllers and expand it. Within this section, you may see your headphones again.
There will also be things like Realtek HD audio. You can update these drivers as well with the
method we just covered, which was double clicking on the name, then by choosing update driver and
then the automatic option. If you are unsure which items from the list to update the drivers for,
you can try them all. Remember this method to update drivers in case you can get the driver file
later. In that case, you can use the manual method instead of the automatic method we have just done
to navigate to where the file is stored. You shouldn’t have to worry about this though.
Once you have installed the driver, you may need to restart your PC. If your headphones still don’t
work after restarting, first try rolling back the driver update. To do this, go back to the device
manager and find your headphones on the list and then double click on them, go to the driver tab,
choose rollback driver, and then follow the steps. If after this they still aren’t working
then visit the video I mentioned earlier, that will run through a few possible fixes.
We’ll now move on to another way to update device drivers. You can do this method even if Windows
couldn’t find any driver updates. This method is to check on the website of the manufacturer.
This will be slightly different depending on the brand your headphones are.
Go to the official website of your headphone manufacturer, for example Sony. Have a look
on the manufacturer’s website for a drivers page. Alternatively, you could search on google for the
headphone brand and then drivers. Some brands will have a drivers page but just make sure you are on
the official website as I am not responsible if you download something from a fake source.
You should have the website, or information about where to get drivers from on the box of your
headphones or in the instruction manual. On the drivers site for the brand headphones you have,
most should display or allow you to search for your model number or series. Search and find yours
and then find where it allows you to download the driver. Download the driver and once its finished
open the file, it should be a setup file and all you need to do is follow the steps to install it.
Once again, this method will vary depending on your headphone manufacturer.
If your headphones stop working after installing the new drivers, you can roll back the drivers
by following the method I showed earlier. There is one other way to check for and install
driver updates. This is to download and install automatic driver update software. This software
will help with updates for all kinds of drivers on your PC automatically. I’ll leave a link to
a video in the description showing you how to install that software and get the latest drivers.
And so that is how to how to update your headphone drivers on a Windows 10 PC or laptop.
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