Windows 10: No audio device installed Inspiron 3501 laptop windows 11 cirrus logic driver problem

I've tried everything in the community threads to no avail so I'm asking if anyone has a solution for this problem before I just give up and wipe it and lose all the info on it. I'm hoping if all fails that wiping it should get her back running right. I hope.

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Trouble with Replacing Cirrus Logic Audio Driver with Realtek on Dell Inspiron 3501

Dell has an automatic driver updating thing. Use that to update drivers for your laptop.

Your laptop was designed in 2020, the whole world was having supplier problems. So Dell put in any audio chipsets that were available.

Read the Dell inspiron 3501 service manual (page 78-79), some 3501 laptops come with realtek audio chip and some 3501 laptops come with cirrus logic audio chip.

https://dl.dell.com/content/manual39757171-inspiron-3501-service-manual.pdf?language=en-us

Of course you are not going to be able to install realtek audio driver on a laptop with a cirrus logic audio chip.

 

Trouble with Replacing Cirrus Logic Audio Driver with Realtek on Dell Inspiron 3501

I'm attempting to replace the Cirrus Logic Superior High Definition Audio driver with the Realtek High Definition Audio driver on my Dell Inspiron 3501. However, despite uninstalling Cirrus Logic from the Device Manager, it doesn't seem to disappear when I install the Realtek drivers. What should I do?

 

Trouble with Replacing Cirrus Logic Audio Driver with Realtek on Dell Inspiron 3501

There is nothing to replace.

Your laptop is a pandemic era laptop, the whole world ran out of supplies. Some 3501 comes with realtek audio chips and you install the realtek audio driver on these laptops. Other 3501 comes with cirrus logic audio chips and you install cirrus logic audio drivers on those laptops.