Just want to let everyone know that the sound issue is fixed, apparently the fix was to unplug and re plug in the headphone jack several times. I am not sure WHY it worked but all my sounds are back and working through many reboots.
I know I have the correct drivers installed for my system but all the sounds in every program I have tried are extremely low and quiet to the point of being almost non existent. I have tried windows media player, skype, and VLC. No joy. I have surfed the forums for about 2 hours and not found...
amd
audio
audio issues
codec
drivers
gigabyte
headphones
low volume
media player
mixer settings
nvidia
realtek
skype
speakers
system sounds
troubleshooting
video playback
vlc
volume control
windows 7