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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.
See pictures below
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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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