Hi everyone, this problem is driving me insane:
I'm on Windows 8 (but I've also had it on my previous PC with Windows 7), 64-Bit.
My soundcard is Realtek HD.
Every time an application plays sound (e.g. youtube, a computer game, mp3 player) for the first time after it's loaded up, the sound is massively loud.
However, if I go to the volume control and put the volume down a notch and then back to the original setting, it is back to normal. So what happens is that for some reason the sound goes super loud even though the windows setting is on average, and only modifying the windows setting makes it use that setting again.
Now, things that I've already tried:
* Googled this problem like crazy, but every single solution that I've found has always been:
* Sound -> Communications -> Do nothing. My setting has always been on Do Nothing, but I've tried the other settings as well, just for fun. Same issue. So for now it's back on do nothing.
* De-activated the Realtek HD Audio Manager in case it was interfering. No success.
* Looked at the Dell and NVidia audio settings, but they are all very minimalistic and none of the settings there look like they would do anything.
* [DEL]Installed the latest Realtek HD drivers and now my audio is all tinny and crap, it sounds like through a phone, wtf! [/DEL]Phew, fixed that by completely kicking the realtek drivers and just using the default windows ones.
Please help my poor damaged eardrums!
Thanks!
I'm on Windows 8 (but I've also had it on my previous PC with Windows 7), 64-Bit.
My soundcard is Realtek HD.
Every time an application plays sound (e.g. youtube, a computer game, mp3 player) for the first time after it's loaded up, the sound is massively loud.
However, if I go to the volume control and put the volume down a notch and then back to the original setting, it is back to normal. So what happens is that for some reason the sound goes super loud even though the windows setting is on average, and only modifying the windows setting makes it use that setting again.
Now, things that I've already tried:
* Googled this problem like crazy, but every single solution that I've found has always been:
* Sound -> Communications -> Do nothing. My setting has always been on Do Nothing, but I've tried the other settings as well, just for fun. Same issue. So for now it's back on do nothing.
* De-activated the Realtek HD Audio Manager in case it was interfering. No success.
* Looked at the Dell and NVidia audio settings, but they are all very minimalistic and none of the settings there look like they would do anything.
* [DEL]Installed the latest Realtek HD drivers and now my audio is all tinny and crap, it sounds like through a phone, wtf! [/DEL]Phew, fixed that by completely kicking the realtek drivers and just using the default windows ones.
Please help my poor damaged eardrums!
Thanks!
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell
- CPU
- Intel Xeon CPU E5-1650 v3 @ 3.5GHz
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Antivirus
- McAfee