After you reboot, search "sound" in the search box in the lower left. That new sound controller just so happens to be soundblaster recon 3di.ĥ. Does it go from normal to having an X through it to back to normal? If it does, that means a new sound controller is being installed. During the install, pay attention to your speaker icon in the lower right corner. A restart may be required after the install, so restart if necessary.
SOUND BLASTER SOFTWARE FREEZE INSTALL
Simple download that file and install it. If you find this file, then you will be able to reinstall your soundblaster recon 3di control panel. Under the "Audio" tab, you should see a creative labs file for download. For example, I have an m18xr2 Alienware, so I would type "dell alienware m18xr2 drivers" into the search.Ĥ. If you have an Alienware laptop like I do, then simply typing "dell alienware _ drivers", where the _ is your alienware model, should link you to the dell drivers download page where you can select drivers to download. Find the drivers for your sound blaster recon 3di on the web. It should say "speakers (high definition audio device)", or something similar. After it finishes updating, click on your speaker icon in the lower right corner. Don't worry - Soundblaster is coming back very soon. This is to ensure soundblaster is comletely removed from your PC.
This will replace it with a generic sound controller. This WILL NOT install soundblaster software. Select the sound blaster recon 3di, right click on it, and select "update driver software.". Double click on "sound, video, and game controllers". After you reboot, open device manager by clicking control panel > hardware and sound > device manager. A restart will be required to complete the uninstall, so go ahead and restart when it asks you to.Ģ.
Simply open control panel, click "uninstall a program" on the bottom left", click on "sound blaster recon 3di", and click on uninstall. Uninstall the sound blaster recon 3di software from your computer through "add/remove programs" equivalent on windows 10. I managed to fix my sound blaster recon 3di, so I will try to walk you through fixing yours:ġ.