If the Sound, video and game controllers category is missing from your Device Manager or a controller device not showing up in Windows, use these fixes.

2] Locate your sound driver In the Device Manager window, click on the right arrow just before the Sound, video and game controllers option. The section will expand to show your sound driver.

Double-click "Sound, Video and Game Controllers." Right-click the sound driver and click "Enable" to restart the device. Restart the computer, if prompted, to turn the sound card back on.

Enter "device" into the search box. Click "Device Manager." Double-click "Sound, Video and Game Controllers." Double-click the audio device to see the name of the sound card and its manufacturer.

Look for 'Sound, video, and game controllers' and click it. Identify your audio driver, and right-click it. Click Properties and select Update driver.

Click the arrow beside the "Sound, video, and game controllers" section. If you're experiencing problems with a specific audio output device, choose the name from the list and click "Update driver." ...

Firsly, you’re going to want to roll-back your NVIDIA High Definition Audio Drivers. You can do this by opening your Device Manager in Windows, locating Sound, video and game controllers, and ...

Microsoft has partially addressed known issues impacting Windows 10 devices with certain Conexant or Synaptics audio devices after investigating ongoing errors since May 2020.