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Hello, I've been having this issue for about 9 months with varying frequency; sometimes it can happen multiple times a day, and sometimes I go multiple weeks without an incident. It usually happens when the PC is relatively idle, for example, when listening to music or watching a video, but...

Hello, I’ve been having a problem with the wired audio on my computer for about 5 months now, but it’s steadily gotten worse, to the point that the audio is unusable. Under load and occasionally on startup, my headphones pop and in the audio devices menu the connected headphones connect and...

I've been having audio issues like popping/crackling when pausing, or listening to certain audio for a while now. this PC is less than a year old and has been having problems with my audio for a while now. used latencymon and got these results also here is everything I tried that I can...

So I have speakers hooked up to the 3.5mm jack on the monitor and it outputs sound when my nintendo switch is connected (via HDMI) but not on my pc (via DP) any ideas? In the sound control panel I have my normal headphones, Speakers Realtek USB Audio (says "not plugged in"), Headphones Realtek...

Hello all I built a PC 6 months ago and have had numerous issues with it. The current issue I'm trying to resolve is crackling audio. I've updated all my drivers to my ASRock motherboard's recommended ones as well as even replacing the motherboard with a RMA. Even after replacing it I'm still...

Hello, recently my PC has been doing constant audio glitches. I installed LatencyMon to check for what exactly happens (providing details below). What step should I take to solve the problem? Thank you Link to Main Image: https://ibb.co/kMpPqg1...

Before I start - I've done a lot of searching and trying to find a solution on my own, but not a lot of people are looking for what I want. I just completed a new build with 2 major differences - no PCIE sound card, and Windows 11 instead of 10. For many years now I have used a sound card for my...

I just do clean install windows 10, everything seems normal, no problem, but i just notice that my Audio is missing, it says "No speakers or headphones are plugged in" Both Rear and Front panel not working I've tried these steps: 01. I've install Realtek Audio, it installed, but nowhere to be...

I just got a Samsung HW-C460 soundbar and i tried connecting it to my PC with USB-A to USB-A but it won't connect (it says no usb). so I'm assuming now that i need to connect it with the optical audio cable, but my motherboard doesn't have an optical audio port on it. Does anyone know if theres...

Hey all, New to Tom's Hardware and I need some help. I got an AudioTechnica AT 2020 and my friends hear static at random times. I fix it temporarily by disabling and re-enabling the Focusrite that it connects to, but then it happens again at a seemingly random time later. Here is a video link...

Front and back sound jacks on motherboard "Board Explorer" show as "Disconnected" as opposed to other slots' "Empty", and no audio output or input I have encountered this problem after buying this computer on facebook marketplace, and I didnt think to check the audio. PC specs. MBD: MSI...

Hi everyone I’m having my first real sound issue, and am not very technical to be able to sort it out. I’m just starting to work with music on my PC, and have been trying out a couple of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) packages for this. I've been trying a DAW called Cakewalk for a week...

Problem: Recently my mic has a lot of static in the background when I use it, it's heard in recordings and on web voice recorders/Discord. This happens on both the front and back audio jacks, I've tested other headphones and the same result. The audio from the headphones itself is fine but the...

TL;DR; Certain games make entire PC stutter for 10-20 seconds, followed by my headphones audio peaking as loud as possible. system background process goes high in % when this happens. Thanks for any help! This is a weird one.. and I consider myself a pretty techy guy and this still makes 0...

I'm trying to listen to a video on one monitor with my airpods while playing call of duty on the other monitor and have game audio thru my gaming headset. Everything works fine until call of duty launches, then my air pods quit playing audio from my other montior. game audio thru the headset...

Good day, I have no clue if this is the right sub forum to post this question, but it's related to consumer electronics so here goes. I'm hoping to upgrade my car's factory speakers, I currently have these in mind: https://pioneer-mea.com/en/products/ts-a1687s/. I already upgraded my car's head...

I'm looking to build a high quality gaming PC that can handle live streaming. I haven't purchased anything yet, i'm just doing a lot of research and i'd like to get your thoughts on the parts below and what i can improve on/if anything is overkill. I'm located in United States, i'd like to stay...

I've been trying to get my headset mic to work for multiple hours now and nothing seems to fix it. It honestly might be dead for no reason at all but I'll give it one last shot. I've tried pretty much everything I've found online from uninstalling in device manager or through control panel...

Hi all, Having trouble with audio on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 ProX and haven't been able to figure out a solution so far. My laptop has recently returned from a repair by Lenovo due to a faulty power button however, since it has been returned I have been experencing strage issues with the audio...

I recently purchased an ASROCK B550M Steel Legend + 16GBx2 XPG 3200 + Ryzen 5 4500 and I'm having problems with the 3.5mm audio jack. When I'm playing some games like Fallout 76, Baldur's Gate 3, Forza Horizon 5, Divinity: Original Sin 2 I hear a crackling/popping noise and just when I'm playing...

Hello, I have a bunch of issues with the motherboard. First, the back panel jacks are only working for outputting audio to my headphones, but they do not accept input audio from my mic (mic is seperate from the headphones). Front panel is working just fine. Another issue is that after...

Hey everyone, I'm thinking about getting new headphones to replace my Arctis 3. My main concern is music quality, looking for something that delivers unmatched clarity. I mainly listen to K-pop on Spotify and Apple Music, and I also play some FPS games like Valorant and CS2. I was initially...

So I recently upgraded from a gtx 1660s to an rtx 3060. No issues at all at first, everything seemed to go as smoothly as possible. I go to start a game to test the new card after installing the newest drivers, and notice there is no sound. "Okay, obviously I need to change my default output...

Hello, I've got a super strange problem... When I plug in my 2016 HTC Vive and launch SteamVR, everything works for like 5 seconds. Then, audio randomly changes output to this weird generic "USB audio device", which sounds really bad. If I disable this audio device in Control panel, all audio...

Hi I've got a stubborn audio issue which I cant resolve... My dedicated desktop mic stopped working one day while on discord, I tried reseating the 3.5mm jack but it didn't work at all. I decided to buy a new mic and it kept giving me static noise which led me to reinstall audio drivers that did...

I recently bought a new AT2040 microphone and upon hooking it up it is super quiet and I have to have everything turned up to max to get the volume to just below average volume level. I have the volume in windows turned up to max(100), I have it plugged in through a Behringer UM2 with the gain...

1. What is your budget? -- Around 1000 dollars. Preferably on the budget side. 2. What is the size of the notebook and screen resolution that you are considering? -- Doesn't matter 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? -- Doesn't matter, Build quality could be good so that...

I just finished building a new PC and I'm experiencing a strange audio issue. From the moment I turn on the system (before boot, as soon as I press the power button) the front AUX port outputs a high-pitched ringing noise. It isn't affected by Windows volume settings and expected audio is...

So, here's the problem: I've been using "M-Audio M-Track Solo" audio interface alongside "Behringer XM8500" microphone, all connected to my PC with Windows 10 installed on it (version 22H2, if that's important), and recently, seemingly at random, my PC just stops receiving any audio from my...

Hi, This is a problem that has been happening that past year or so. When I want to share my screen, usually in Discord, but I have also tried using Messenger or Zoom, my computer kind of freezes and disconnects the headset and my keyboard usually. In games it can happen out of the blue with no...

Hi. I have a question regarding audio and motherboard. I have an issue where the sound in my headphones does a crackling sound every 30mins or so and I have tried everything from changing headphones to even reinstalling my windows a couple of times in case it was a driver issue and nothing seem...

As said, whenever I'm talking through discord, game chat or even OBS my Blue Yeti microphone has this noise gate filter added on to it and severely lowers the sound quality. HOWEVER, only on Fl Studio does my mic sound perfectly crystal clear. I've updated my drivers for both Realtek and Blue...

Hi folks, I need some advice. I'm currently using my Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones attached via Bluetooth to my PC but I know I'm not getting the best sound quality from them as it states I'm only getting DVD-quality audio in Windows. I recently purchased some SteelSeries Arctic Nova Pro Wireless...

Issues that were both working prior to this: No sound coming from 3.5mm MoBo and Front Panel. (only got sound if I use the monitor speaker via HDMI to GPU) Bluetooth PCIe card not being detected by MoBo MoBo : Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Bluetooth PCIe card : Asus PCE-AX3000 I have reset the PC...

I just got a new MSI laptop (Stealth 16) with Win 11, and have since day 1 experienced frequent popping in my external speakers. My previous mac had no such popping, using the same speakers. The popping seems to occur only when no or low audio is playing. For example if I have no audio playing...

I've recently been gifted a hand me down soundbar, the Bose SoundTouch 300. I've been trying to connect it to my PC via optical cable, but it hasn't worked at all. Windows doesnt seem to detect it. When the cord is plugged in to the mobo i'm seeing light coming out of the cord. I've been able to...

So, at some point in the future, my AM4 will be replaced, and this got me thinking, is it not time we removed the audio sockets from motherboards and cases. They have served their purpose from the infancy of audio on PC's but surely, we should now move on to something better, now this may be USB...

hello everyone, I just built a new gaming pc and everything is great except for the annoying sound from the speakers. the sound card is fine, as are the speakers, cables, I tried to change and combine everything and the problem did not stop. I tried replacing the entire motherboard today and...

Hello all, When I am trying to watch Netflix on my projector with my laptop the audio will not work unless I reset my audio settings and I will have to continue to do so after each individual episode. When trying my roommates laptop it works just fine. In the reliability history SECOCL.exe is...

My PC has been having audio problems for 2-3 months. It started off as the speakers sometimes not outputting audio unless I max out the volume using a chrome extension. Even then, I just got some weird robotic audio. It would fix itself eventually so I just ignored it. Then just a week ago, it...