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December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
massey22

Sound stopped working on Laptop

by massey22 . Updated 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hi,
I have a Huawei Matebook D laptop running windows 11. I’ve had this for several years. Recently, when i plugged headphones in, it only played sound out of one earpiece…i changed headphones and it was the same…so i went hunting around in Device Manager etc, and the Settings->Sound area, and i clicked a few things…and now i have no sound at all from the laptop.

It says it is using the “Nahimic mirroring device” to play sound, and i can see that in the Device manager, and have gone “update drivers” but to no avail.

I seem to remember it used to use “Realtek Audio” to play sound…but i cant see Realtek Audio in the Device Manager any more.

Strangely, if i connect up a monitor via the HDMI port, and plug headphones into that, then i can hear sound. But not otherwise.

Very grateful for any ideas?

My Device Manager snapshot
Device manager

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