How to fix "High Definition Audio Device" on my Windows 11?

Hello,

Since a couple of days I've been encountering this issue of my laptop speakers randomly not playing audio, even if I'm playing a video with audio, the sound just "disappears", after multiple restarts only is when the audio returns to play from the speakers, there's no such issue when i connect my Bluetooth earphones. As per previous forums questions, I've also tried restarting the audio services, re-installing audio drivers, but nothing seems to be working. I'm suspecting it to be driver issue and not a hardware issue as the hardware diagnostics show no result of a failing hardware.

I noticed a greyed out, hidden driver named "High Definition Audio Device", the device status shows the following:

"Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45)

To fix this problem, reconnect this hardware device to the computer."

I'm suspecting this to be the main issue, please guide me if you think otherwise.

Driver version : 10.0.26100.8737
Driver date: 18/06/2026