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This article helps to fix an issue in which Windows 10 doesn't install specific drivers for USB audio devices on the first connection.

Original product version: Windows 10, version 1703
Original KB number: 4021854

Symptom

When you connect a USB audio device to a Windows 10 Version 1703-based computer the first time, the operating system detects the device but loads the standard USB audio 2.0 driver (usbaudio2.sys) instead of the specific device driver.

Cause

This issue occurs because the USB audio 2.0 driver (usbaudio2.sys) isn't classified as a generic driver in Windows 10 Version 1703. Therefore, the system assumes that a compatible, nongeneric driver is installed for the device even though the driver is generic.

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This issue also causes Windows 10 Version 1703 to postpone the search for other compatible drivers through Windows Update that typically occurs immediately after you install a new device.

Resolution

To fix this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

To resolve this issue, install update 4022716.

Method 2

If the device-specific driver is distributed through Windows Update, you can manually update the driver by using Device Manager. For more information about how to do this, see update drivers in Windows 10.

Method 3

If the device is not yet connected, first install the device-specific driver, such as by using the appropriate installer. After the device-specific driver is installed, Windows 10 will select that driver instead of the standard USB audio 2.0 driver when you first connect the device.

Note

See the device manufacturer's user guide for specific instructions about how to install the driver.

Method 4

If the driver isn't distributed through Windows Update, you can manually reinstall the driver. To do this, follow these steps:

Install the device-specific driver (see Method 2).
Open Device Manager.
Right-click (or tap and hold) the name of the device, and then select Uninstall.
Restart the computer.

When it restarts, Windows will try to reinstall the device by using the device-specific driver.

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The USB Audio class system driver (Usbaudio.sys) is an AVStream minidriver that provides driver support for audio devices that comply with the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device Class Definition for Audio Devices.

The USB Device Class Definition for Audio Devices specification (release 1.0) is available at the USB Implementers Forum website. Usbaudio.sys supports a subset of the features that are described in the USB Audio specification. In addition to Usbaudio.sys, there are several other kernel-mode audio components in the Windows Driver Model (WDM). For more information, see Kernel-Mode WDM Audio Components.

In Windows 98 Usbaudio.sys introduced support for USB devices such as speakers and microphones. Support for MIDI devices was added in Windows Me.

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When an audio device identifies itself as USB Audio-compliant during Plug and Play device enumeration, the system automatically loads the USBAudio driver to drive the device. USBAudio drives the device directly, without the aid of a proprietary adapter driver. This means that a device that complies with the USB audio specifications requires no proprietary adapter driver.

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Microsoft recommends that hardware vendors use the USBAudio driver for their USB Audio devices instead of writing proprietary adapter drivers.

In Windows 98, the USBAudio driver supports the following features:

All Type I formats (except 8-bit signed PCM)
AC-3 Type II format
Synchronization types synchronous and adaptive
Multichannel devices

However, USBAudio in Windows 98 does not support:

8-bit signed PCM format
MPEG Type II format
Type III formats
USB MIDI
WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE wave format (USBAudio uses packed WAVE_FORMAT_PCM for 24-bit data instead.)

In Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Me, and Windows 2000 and later, USBAudio supports all the same features as Windows 98, with one exception: USBAudio supports WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE but does not support packed WAVE_FORMAT_PCM for 24-bit data.

In Windows Me, and Windows XP and later, USBAudio supports all the features that are supported in Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000. In addition, Windows Me and Windows XP support USB MIDI but do not support USB MIDI Elements.