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  1. Windows 11 24H2 Update: Volume Bug Frustrates Gamers

    If you're wearing headphones, you might want to lower your volume right now. Windows 11's brand-new 24H2 update has an unintended "feature" that’s turning gamers' worlds—not to mention their eardrums—upside down. The latest update is triggering a surprising quirk where the OS suddenly maxes out...
  2. Windows 11 24H2 Update: Audio Jumpscare Bug Explodes Volume Levels

    Imagine you're mid-game, slipping stealthily around the corner to surprise your enemy, when suddenly your headphones project the loudest sound you've ever heard, jettisoning you out of your chair and turning heads in neighboring rooms. This isn't a new horror game gimmick—this is reality for an...
  3. Windows 11 24H2 Update Causes Audio Volume Spike with USB DACs

    If there's one thing we can count on with new Windows updates, it's the occasional, head-scratching glitch. This time, Windows 11 users are facing quite the auditory quagmire with a new bug introduced in its latest 24H2 update. Buckle up, folks, because this bug goes straight for the...
  4. Windows 11 24H2 Audio Bug: Gamers Face Volume Spikes with USB DACs

    In a digital landscape where audio is as crucial as visual fidelity, the latest news from Microsoft regarding audio issues on Windows 11 24H2 PCs has stirred up some turbulence among gamers. Microsoft has confirmed that a bug affecting the 24H2 update is causing game audio to spike unexpectedly...
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    Windows 10 PC Crashing under moderate gaming

    Hi! Lately, my PC has been freezing and crashing to black-- no BSOD, power LED on case stays on-- just black, no signal to monitor, while gaming. Sometimes it can make it an hour into gaming without happening, sometimes for less than 15 minutes. Twice now, this has also happened while just...
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    Windows 7 Stutter, crackle, cutout - latency sound issues - my take on it

    HTPC underwent a CPU & mem upgrade, went from XP Pro to 7 Ultimate 64bit Fighting for 2 days with sound issues in many players, most prominent in streaming flash content like Youtube (less problematic, still annoying in Winamp, Foobar, WMP) NO issues with even fullHD stuff in VNC. System: Ram...
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    Windows 7 Media Player, Rhapsody, USB DAC pops and clicks track to track

    Gang, I design high end Audio USB DACS. I have a customer who uses Media Player and Rhapsody and when he is playing a track then goes to the next track the player does not clear out the buffer and it sends pops and clicks to the dac. If he uses J River or any other Media player that does clear...