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No Audio Output after Windows Update
I am running a Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 desktop with a EVGA Z97 Classified Motherboard (EVGA 152-HR-E979). Recently, I installed these Windows updates; image
Currently these are the Audio input and ...
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Audio Driver has 'Location: Unknown' and isn't working even though windows xp says it functions fine
I have a dell latitude d830 with windows XP professional. I'm using the built-in speakers. It's definitely not a hardware problem as when I switch my HDDs and boot into Windows 7 the audio works fine. ...
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Bluetooth audio on windows 7 is horrible but on windows 10 it works properly
I have a Toshiba Protege R700 which has windows 10 installed. I decided to install windows 7 and daily drive it for fun. Everything sailed smoothly except of the bluetooth audio. I tried every driver ...
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Bluetooth audio device lags after a minute of playback
When I play any media on any earbuds using my HP Pavilion laptop, it starts out perfectly fine, but after a minute or so, there is a one second audio loss and then it starts to lag.
I've tried
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Windows 7 nVidia drivers either don't install, or don't have audio
I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, and currently have no audio. I do not have an audio device named "nVidia High Definition HDMI Output" in device manager, but when I installed drivers for what ...
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Audio Driver not Found Issue in Manjaro Linux
I need Help in resolving the Audio Card not found issue in the Manjaro Operating system.
When I installed the Manjaro Operating system the Audio driver was uninstalled and Now that driver is not at ...
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USB C headset (Huawei) only recognised on Windows 11 once after PC restart, after subsequent unplugging and plugging in not recognised anymore
I encountered a most peculiar problem. I have a Huawei USB C headset (don't know the model, bought it second hand). It works fine with my Fairphone 4, sound, mic, volume keys, everything. On my ...
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How to install sound driver on Ubuntu 20.04?
I've installed nvidea drivers:
sudo ubuntu-drivers install
After that I lost network adapter and sound drivers. I've solved problem with network driver, but I can't find any information what to do ...
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Bluetooth keeps disconnecting my headset
I have a headset that I use most of the day. For some reason, it, or the bluetooth service itself keeps disconnecting the device. Sometimes I can reconnect, but other times the bluetooth & other ...
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Support for Windows audio drivers on a Chromebook
I am running Windows on a Levono Ideapad 3 Chromebook and I cant find an audio driver without paying for it. Does anybody know how I can find a driver?
Specs:
Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4020 CPU @ 1.10GHz
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Do the Realtek Audio drivers have anything to do with USB headset volume?
I have three entries in my Windows 10s Device Manager that have Realtek in their label:
I'm trying to troubleshoot a long-lasting audio issue with the volume of my USB headset speakers (the USB PnP ...
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Headset volume randomly changes to loudest setting despite Windows 10 saying it's at 2%
There are a lot of similar questions to mine, but I haven't found any describing mine exactly:
The most popular question I found is Windows 10 volume randomly jumps to 100% but that answer (a RealTek ...
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Onboard audio not detected Asrock windows 11
Foremost, I do not use headphones that much aside from gaming (and I didn't game in the last months) so the one thing I do not know is when, precisely, this problem started.
I'm sure that until I had ...
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Any video or audio misses the few first couple of seconds; I must scroll back to the beginning to see/hear the first few seconds
When I play any media (audio or video) in any software, the first two or three seconds are skipped. The media starts at 00:02 or 00:03 or so. The only way to access the first few seconds is to ...
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Corsair Void Pro Wireless Firmware and Drivers not allowing Surround Sound
I have a Corsair Void Pro Wireless gaming headset.
However, during the firmware update to v0.15 of the headset and dongle, the equalizer, 8-channel surround sound, and the audio repositioning feature ...
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HP Pavilion dv6748us: Dummy Output on Linux Mint 20.3
I recently installed Linux Mint on this HP Pavilion dv6748us laptop to use as my main "portable" device aside my phone.
Up until now, it was a nightmare to set all up. Given that it has an ...
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Audio device disappeared
I have a rather complex setup. I have 4 audio cards(external and internal sound cards) and I run several virtual audio devices.
I had everything working more or less(I'd get problems with VAC crashing ...
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Is it possible to pass through Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 to a Windows VM while working in Linux
Considering to switch to Linux as primary OS. Which distro is not important (I guess). The only thing stopping me from switching OS is a driver for Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 sound card. It is not ...
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Limit paged pool memory size in Windows 10 to battle driver memory leak
I'd like to battle paged pool memory leak caused by audio driver. I came up with the idea to limit the paged pool memory size to a reasonable amount. In "Windows Internals, Part 1" book by ...
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Why does audio work in Linux but not in Windows?
Model: MSI GL63 8SE
Problem:
Headphones audio work in Linux and Windows
Speakers audio work in Linux only
Observations:
In Windows, the audio output default seems to be headphones
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In ...
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Sending audio signal to both back and front with Realtek USB Audio Devices
Old answers no longer apply. It appears to no longer be possible to simultaneously output the same audio stream to the front and back audio jacks when using new 'Realtek USB Audio' devices like the ...
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Windows 11 Realtek speaker volume change doesn't work
I recently had to use this cleanup utility from AMD to fix some issues with my graphics drivers on my HP pavillion laptop with windows 11, which worked just fine, except it just completely messed up ...
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Poor sound quality until I click on settings
I have a windows 11 Latitude 5520 paired with a Jabra Evolve 20 ms headset.
When I play music I heard it in a "telephonic quality.
If I go in windows 11 settings under: System > Sound > (...
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How can I rename a USB sound device (headphone) in Windows Sound settings?
How can I rename the CORSAIR HS70 device, I want to get rid of the prefix "2-". I have searched the registry and replaced all strings alike, but the "2-" seems to come back. After ...
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Source of Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy device (and others)
I seem to have 3 sound devices on my Windows 10 installation that I haven't really seen before, called "Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy", "Microsoft Streaming Quality Manager Proxy&...
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DTS Headphone:X v1 - Please ... to use DTS audio controls
I have recently noticed that for some reason DTS Headphone:X v1 keeps telling me "Please enable the PC Speaker to use DTS audio controls" or "Please connect a Headphone to use DTS audio ...
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Sound glitch disappears when changing the RealTek driver version without restarting the computer
I am under Window 10 Pro (build 19044). Today I started experiencing a glitch when listening to MP3s with generated speech (produced using Amazon Polly). The glitch is a stutter close to the beginning ...
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USB dongle refuses to work on startup when in USB dock
I have a wireless headset with a USB-C dongle. I bought a USB-Hub so that I do not have to plug it into my laptop where it takes up either my only thunderbolt port or a USB port. It works well, but ...
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Windows 11 Pro: How to fix warning icon in device manager for some hardware controllers?
I built a new modern system and included the Creative AE-9 in it for best audio experience. I installed Windows 11 Pro on my new system and everything was recognized and working nice. I then picked a ...
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options for using old sound drivers on windows 10
i just found this old copy of elder scrolls redgaurd on archive.com (from 1998) https://archive.org/details/REDGUARDDemo
Do i have any options other than virtual machines for getting the sound drivers ...
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External microphone not working
There are several posts about an external microphone not working, but none of them is an exact match.
I am trying to connect an external microphone (Bietrun UHF Wireless) to HP EliteBook 840 G8 with ...
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Can't swap between audio devices - Windows 11
So I accidentally clicked "Don't show this again" on the dialog box that lets me choose which audio device to use when I plug in my headphones. Now it just won't swap at all, unless I ...
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Bluetooth audio keeps stopping
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 which as built-in Intel bluetooth.
I have paired a keyboard, mouse, and Jabra Motion headset to this computer, and everything has been working fine for many months.
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Why is my microphone's input a constant low air sound?
It does the same behavior with all of my computers (Windows 8.1, 10 and 11)
My main computer:
Windows 11 Pro (latest version).
All drivers have been installed by Windows Update
Microphone Access is ...
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Audio keeps dissapearing mid sentence only during Voice chat
my friend keeps disappearing mid-sentence. He said that his Microphone and Audio just stops for about a second. It happens on Discord and Teamspeak. He said that he updated his Drivers. Every other ...
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I'm installing hd audio driver using setup file, during the uninstallation process the setup unistallation window froze
Im using windows 11, the windows says InstallShield Wizard is unistalling, the bar behind it is frozen, I can still use my laptop, the audio doesn't work, I dont know if I should power the pc off, the ...
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Unable to install Realtek High Definition Audio driver - "No Audio Output Device is installed."
Today my partner's Windows 10 Lenovo Yoga 720-13IKB decided it no longer wanted to produce any audio. It's coming up with "No Audio Output Device is installed.".
Screenshot of the error ...
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Windows 10 no longer detects new audio port connections after replacing GPU
I just upgraded my GPU to a 3060 ti.
When I booted my computer, the sound was working normally and the drivers were out of date.
I updated to the latest driver through the GeForce Experience control ...
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No sound from internal speakers on laptop, but headphone jack and HDMI works
I just bought an ASUS Zenbook 14, model UX3402 (Q409Z when purchased from Best Buy in the US). It came with Windows 11 installed, and sound output works perfectly on Windows. I installed Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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Samsung Windows 10 computer got an update to its sound driver and now I can't play music through bluetooth
My computer via Samsung Update told me I had an update for my computer's sound driver. I installed it, thinking it would be fine. Ever since the install, the computer will "connect" to ...
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USB headset volume low on some ports
I have a Plantronics USB headset that I have been using on a number of computers for several years with no problems. I have had a new laptop (Dell Latitude 5520 running Windows 10 Enterprise Version ...
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What would prevent an OEM audio device driver from installing?
I maintain a cluster of HP XW8600 servers for CAD and Mathematica users - all running Windows 7.
Additionally, all are using the onboard Realtek Audio chipset with the latest driver (6.0.1.5973) from ...
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Which driver messes with media keys on Dell 9550?
System info
Dell XPS 15 9550 with Windows 10 19043.
Problem
I made the mistake of unnecessarily updating drivers with the program Snappy Driver Installer. It changed about 30 drivers. The problem is ...
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Delay in microphone starting to pick up words
I've used the same microphone and computer for a few months, and it's worked fine, mostly for web meetings. Starting 1-2 months ago, issues with people not hearing me talk started to crop up. ...
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Cannot change default audio format (Windows 11)
Microsoft Surface Book 3, 13.5″, Windows 11 Pro. The default sound output device won’t let me change the sample rate and bit depth. The corresponding Control Panel menu is grayed out with 16 bit, ...
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Win 10 doesn't recognize bluetooth headset as audio device
Hi everyone and happy new year!
Got the problem: my Win10 laptop doesn't recognize my Bluetooth headphones as audio device:
It is recognized as headset, but I can't use it as audio oder microphone ...
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Enhancements Tab on Windows 11
I am having issues on my Lenovo ThinkPad E490 laptop running Windows 11. Trying to plug a set of plug and play headphones via the 3.5 mm jack the sound comes out of them but not at the expected ...
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issue with lenovo audio - windows 10
I am having an issue with my lenovo thinkpad since I bought it.
No sound devices are installed
, so the laptop speaker and microphone are not working (however I am able to use bluetotth speaker and ...
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Separate input jacks as independent input devices
So I have a pair of earbuds which I have been using for about 3 years now, they are still working (the output part, at least) and I use them daily for my laptop, however, their microphone recently ...
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Bluetooth headphones disconnects when I play a certain game
This is not the "my headphones die, my game crashes" or anything like that. My headphones disconnect from my output and don't connect back whenever I'm playing this certain game or window, (...
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