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Whenever I record or listen with earphones, there is a constant sound that can be heard
I have noticed a weird constant sound that can be heard when wearing earphones or headphones, it's really faint but can be heard.
It's not a buzzing sound or static sound. It's something electric type....
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Wireless USB mouse dongle causes in built speaker not to work?
I have this HP Elitebook G4 laptop with Conexant ISST Audio speaker. I also have a wireless mouse that has a USB dongle that goes into the a USB port on the right side of the laptop. The mouse and ...
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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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USB Microphone Shows Up in Device Manager, but not Windows Sound -> Recording
I have a blue snowball usb microphone, and it shows up in device manager under "Sound, video, and game controllers". However, when I go to the sound control panel, under the "Recording&...
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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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My USB Headphones show up as USB Flash Drive
So, here's it. It shows mine USB headset as non-functional USB Drive for some reason. And it did not do that previously. It works perfectly as it was before, but still pops up as USB Drive. And in ...
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How to stop Windows 10 changing my default sound device
I use my computer to test various USB devices, mostly external sound cards (Steinberg, Focusrite, etc.) Every time I connect a new sound card to USB, Windows sets it as the default sound device. As a ...
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why would the firewall seemingly have disabled speakers on a surface 3?
Suddenly the Windows firewall detected Zoom and seems to have disabled sound -- although the mic from the USB headset was audible to the other person.
I'll have to update this after going through all ...
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USB speakers are not listed neither in the audio device list not in the Playback devices list
Therefore, I cannot select the USB speakers as an audio output. These speakers are not listed in the Playback device list from the audio icon in the task bar.
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Is there any way to funnel one playback device's audio into another?
I'm wanting to use my Sound Blaster Z SE's features (like Scout Mode), but funnel the resulting audio into my HyperX headset with surround sound. I know optical out to a headset supporting optical ...
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Windows' USB Audio Codec summing audio inputs
I set up a small video conferencing room with a USB webcam (Logitech BRIO) and a hardware audio mixer (Behringer Xenyx QX1204 USB) to support several (analog) microphones (Rode Wireless GO via VXLR ...
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USB mic inbuilt with WebCam not giving any inputs
I have a Web-Cam with a microphone in-built and the company claims that, it is 'plug-to-play' (Don't need any driver installation - according to me). When I plug the web-cam, it works well, and also ...
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How to diagnose USB "stability" issues?
I need some guidance / pointers on how to diagnose a very odd, intermittent issue I'm experiencing with my system. This is a long one, so let's get stuck in.
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I'm using a Windows 10 PC, on ...
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Microphone being recognized as headphones in windows 10 using a usb-c
I plugged the 3.5mm jack into a USB-c adapter, and into the PC.
It is recognized as headphones, while my internal mic is recognized as the mic. How can I switch it so the plugged USB-c is recognized ...
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UCube USB speaker stop working after sleep mode
I can "fix" this issue by pluging out the USB cable and plug it in again after waking my PC up from sleep mode. But doing this after EVERY time I put my PC into sleep mode is kind of tiring. ...
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How can I use headphone via Type-C port instead of jack in Laptop?
I have Lenovo V330-15IKB laptop and its headphone jack on the right side that I do not like. On the other hand, there are 2 Type-C USB ports on the left side of the laptop and I would like to use one ...
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Cassette tape to MP3 converter to not writing as expected to a USB flash drive
I'm having trouble getting my cassette tape to MP3 converter to record on a USB flash drive.
Could the USB flash I’m using be too big (It’s only 8GB, but it’s an older unit), or did I set the ...
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Direct digital audio connection from one Windows-PC to another via USB
I have two Windows PCs and one audio amp connected to the second PC. I'm trying to hear audio from both, ie, share the amp between the two PCs.
I tried a regular mixer but I get hum and whine loud ...
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Bluetooth receiver only shows as Hands-Free AG Audio (Connected Voice)
I have read all the related threads, but didn't find an answer there.
The thing is the device doesn't show the a2dp sink or stereo audio capability anywhere, including Services tab and device manager....
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Have to "Test" audio devices before audio starts playing
I recently got a new headset for my PC (an Astro A40 w/ a mixamp.). It connects to the PC via USB and optical. It is exposed to Windows as 2 playback devices Astro MixAmp Pro Game for game and Astro ...
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USB Microphone has no sound input on boot/wake, have to unplug and replug USB
I have tried searching for similar issues but have not had much luck with solutions.
Whether on boot after a restart or wake after sleep, the USB microphone will not send any sound unless I unplug ...
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Zoom H1n recorder not recognised by Windows 10. Only charges the device
For the past few months, whenever I connected my H1n to my laptop (no battery cells or sd card inserted in H1n), a USB screen used to pop up asking if I wanted to record via SD Card or via my laptop.
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How to renumber usb audio playback devices windows 10
I always forget how i fix this, but in the audio playback devices in windows 10, windows will start sequentially numbering a device anytime you replug the device into a new USB port, there is a way to ...
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Non-audio focused applications acquire poor microphone input
I have an USB headset (Plantronics Rig 500 HD) with a microphone on Windows 10. The microphone can only be configured for 2-channel (stereo) sampling in Windows sound controls. When I use programs ...
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Windows 10 Audio input to programs broken
Recently my audio input, from USB headset and USB guitar cable have stopped working. Going into Windows 'Sounds' and enabling 'Listen to this device' outputs the audio as expected; the problem is not ...
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Windows 10: USB Audio device "cannot start (Code 10)"
I just bought a RadioShack Microphone Adapter 33-331. It's a XLR to mini USB converter. Supposed to be plug-and-play, but sadly doesn't work.
The device gets recognized as an audio device, however, ...
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Audio interface only being recognised for a few minutes
So I just bought the 'UR 28M' audio interface from Steinberg and I'm having some problems with it. It's disconnecting randomly during usage and 'malfunctioning', absolutely non-stop especially when I ...
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USB DAC Causes USB Initialization Error
I am using a "Fulla Schiit" USB DAC on a Windows 10 64-bit PC with an MSI Z170a motherboard.
Everything normally works fine but my power went down this morning and after turning on my PC I found ...
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USB headset mic cuts out all of a sudden
My USB Headset has been working fine for quite some time until today when I noticed that the mic all of a sudden stopped working. The headset works fine, the mic just stops working randomly. The ...
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Running older software on Windows 10
I just received my new flashy pair of headphones (gaming) with a device driver installation disk. Now I usually just download the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website anytime I buy a new ...
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Why Windows 10 not appear to support 5.1 audio
This is a follow up to my previous question Does Windows 10 support 5.1 audio over USB where I asked if WIndows 10 supports USB audio and the answer is yes.
On my Surface Pro 3 I can use my 5.1 audio ...
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USB speaker emits funny sound when idling and gets worse when processor is busy [closed]
I am running Windows 10 on a desktop PC. The USB speakers emit funny sounds even when the PC is idle. The sound gets worse when the processor is busy. What are the possible causes and solutions?
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USB Headset: Device descriptor request failed (error 43)
The headset I'm trying to connect is Exibel GHX-5 which I found no driver for.
I already tried uninstall/install its driver and power recycling the PC.
I had the same issue when trying this headset ...
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Does Windows 10 support 5.1 audio over USB
Does Windows 10 support 5.1 audio over USB or, is my question kinda nonsense as it's the hardware which will support this or not!
Simply I'm looking at 2 components and would like to know if they can ...
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Windows 10 shows my usb headset as speaker
I have asked this question from Logitech support and Reddit but no luck. I am desperate. I have owned Logitech G930 headset for 3 years and it has worked fine so far. But suddenly couple of weeks ago ...
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Slight Buzzing Noise on Bluetooth Headphones on Windows 10
I just got a new pair of Bluetooth headphones for my Windows 10 pc. They work great except for a slight buzzing sound in the background. It's quiet enough that you can almost ignore it but I'd like to ...
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USB Audio and Video devices no longer work after Windows 10 Update KB3176493
I'm not sure if it's related to KB3176493 as I can't find anything else relating. I've been searching all day and all I've found are a ton of totally unrelated Windows XP/8 posts. Anyway, came to my ...
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Dell SoundBar (USB) no longer works with Windows 10
When I installed the SoundBar on my Windows 10 system, it worked perfectly for a month or so, but now it has stopped. I don't play sound very often, so I don't know if it just happened or occurred ...
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USB Audio Device Preventing Sleep (Windows 10)
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I have been having issues with my computer not entering sleep and also waking from sleep since Window 8.1. I had hoped that Windows 10 would resolve these issues, but unfortunately this is ...
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Why are my headphones disappearing from Playback devices
When I start my computer, my headphones are set as the default playback device. About 15 seconds after I log into my profile, the headphones make a quick static type sound, and no longer exist in the ...
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Speaker turns into default communication device when plugged into front audio panel
After installing windows 10 I encountered a problem with my audio.
In windows 8.1, my speaker when plugged into either rear or front audio jack, would be registered as "default device"
I in windows ...
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USB sound card stops on Asus Windows 10 / works great on Lenovo Windows 7- wrong settings?
I have weird problem... It seems that on my personal laptop [Asus N73SM] after connecting the external sound card "musical fidelity v90-hpa" sound play nice, but after I pause the music, several ...
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Windows 10 - Headset and speakers show as one sound device (have to unplug headset)?
Just finished installing Windows 10, and the only issue that I'm encountering pertains to my audio. I have a USB headset and also have USB speakers.
Before, I could leave both of them plugged in and ...
