Thus, it is simply a problem with the 'High Definition Audio Device Driver', although the device manager shows 'IDT High Definition Audio CODEC'. You must ignore the warning message that it is recommended not to install this device driver since it cannot be assured that it is compatible with the hardware. Against any intuition, you must not choose the driver with the same name like the device! Instead, you need to strictly follow the Lenovo guide and really install the 'High Definition audio controller'. While the accepted solution of 2016 asks you to update with the choice 'IDT High Definition Audio CODEC' at this point, surprisingly, this has turned out wrong in my case.
'High Definition audio controller' (right one) and.Strangely, there were two rather confusing drivers offered when I had followed the steps almost to the end: I found Audio device missing or cannot find audio device - ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation to fix it.
The 'IDT High Definition Audio CODEC' had a yellow sign, and I could not get any sound. I had the same issue on an older Lenovo Z710 Ideapad after a full reset of Windows. Four years later, the accepted solution of 2016 is outdated.
