If you’re reading this post, then the chances are you have the same problem I did… I spent two frustrating days searching for solutions for no sound on Windows 10 PC until finally fixing the issue with something very simple.
I sincerely hope this post helps you out and saves you time. The video will walk you through the 3 options below.
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So, I’ll start with the fix that worked for me and then list some of the other solutions for no sound that I researched:
- Worked (for me): as per the video, right mouse on the audio icon in the bottom toolbar, open up the ‘Volume Mixer’ menu. GTA V needs to be running or it won’t appear. Check if the sound is muted and if so, unmute. I finally found this solution as I noticed that Google Chrome had no sound either and that was where I noticed this fix.
- Works for others: this one seems to work for a number of people given the comments online. You essentially need to run the Direct X setup again. Navigate to it via Program Files > Rockstar Games > GTA V > Redistributibles > Direct X and then click on DXSETUP to update Direct X
- Might work: within the Rockstar launcher there is a Settings menu (top right). When you’re within Settings, click on GTA V and then try the Verify Integrity option. This checks for missing or corrupted files and when I ran it, the infamous Direct X showed up. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me, but might for you
These are the list of successful options that I found online. I also tried many (many) other things. I didn’t go down the nuclear option of uninstalling and reinstalling GTA V, but did use the Repair option which probably does a similar job to option three above.
Along with this list I reinstalled my sound drivers, disabled and re-enabled my speakers and tried the Windows sound troubleshooter. This last one is worth a try at the very least.
I also checked my computer history and saw that there had been a Windows update a week ago which seemed to correspond with the time that the sound went. It took a full morning to revert those changes, but they did nothing. I also deleted all my temporary files to no effect.
I’m still none the wiser as to what made the change in my sound settings in the first place.
Please let me know in the comments if this or another solution has worked for you and hopefully it will help others as well.
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jb tops
legend – worked 1st time 🙂
georgia 🔮 blm (@repressednerd)
It’s not the volume mixer that’s the problem for me, I don’t see a DirectX in my GTA files, and I also don’t see GTA V in Settings in the Rockstar Launcher. So none of them worked for me. My issue usually goes away and I get sound back halfway after loading into GTA Online, but for Story Mode that doesn’t seem to happen.
Greeny Schmidt
Same for me. I can hear up to the sound of the glass breaking and then about 2 seconds later it cuts out, but FOR THE ENTIRE PC. EVERYTHING then comes back about 30 seconds before the screen loads for online mode. Everything stays muted in 1-player mode. It’s driving me crazy! Bad enough GTA takes forever to load, now I gotta deal with it in silence??
beermattuk
None of these worked for me. Disabling my microphone fixed it.
(Right click volume icon in bottom right hand corner > sounds > Recording tab > disable any recording devices.)
Chetan
Thanks brother, 2nd method worked for me
God bless you
Chris
Great news – you’ve very welcome
Danny
Thankyou so much i was about to uninstall and reinstall (its a 90GB game too lol)
Chris
Phew – glad it worked for you. Really frustrated me as well until I found a fix.
John
Disabling the recording devices is also a fix.
right click on the speaker on the menu bar and click recording devices and disable both your headphone mic and laptop mic. and see the magic 🙂
Anonymous
Disabling my microphone brought my sound back.
Ayub
I TRIED EVERYTHING. I tried everything and somehow its still not working.
gonzax
Much easier than any of that for me was:
Game settings – Audio – uncheck the default ‘disable sound when out of focus’
That fixed all problems I was having with Air lin.
chris
Thanks – something else for people to try!
James Brey
My audio only stutters in Voice Chat. The music in game is fine. It makes the game un playable for me bevacause i can only hear every other word when people talk to me. I have tried everything and i have the DEV team helping me as well. If anyone has a clue whats going on please let me know.