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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
See pictures below
Configuration
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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 ...
