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I have a FiiO E17/E09K (DAC/Headphone amp) for my headphones as my main audio output. I have a Blue Yeti microphone as my main audio input. I've had both of these devices working perfectly on my PC since 2013.
Also note: I have a Gigabyte Assassin 2 motherboard, and I've noticed other are starting to have problems after the new updates.
The problems started around November. I noticed in several games I was playing, the game would freeze for about 40 seconds every time I tried to activate my microphone. I grew tired of this pretty quickly and reformatted my computer. Everything seemed to be working at first for a week or so, but then the same problems started again. I troubleshot it and found that if I changed the USB port the mic was connected to, it would resolve the issue.
But then it got a whole lot worse, especially since yesterday. I've realized that the main audio input and output devices are cancelling each other out. If I had my USB headphones plugged in and working, the mic wouldn't work, and if I could re-plug the mic and unmute it /make it work, then the DAC stops working. If I plug in the DAC then the mic stops working etc.
Something else to note is that when the mic is plugged into certain USB ports, the new sound settings menu hangs and won't load for a very long time and is bugged out when it does load.
I even tried recovering/restoring to an earlier time and it has not fixed it.
At first I thought this was just a USB issue, but it seems that I can't even plug in a typical analog microphone for the time being to make it work.
I just tried reinstalling my sound drivers and the two were working together for about 5 seconds and now it's back to the same issue.
I reset my DAC back to 96K audio quality and now they both seem to be working for the time being; but I suspect it wont be long until we're back to problems here.
Please help.
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Also note: I have a Gigabyte Assassin 2 motherboard, and I've noticed other are starting to have problems after the new updates.
The problems started around November. I noticed in several games I was playing, the game would freeze for about 40 seconds every time I tried to activate my microphone. I grew tired of this pretty quickly and reformatted my computer. Everything seemed to be working at first for a week or so, but then the same problems started again. I troubleshot it and found that if I changed the USB port the mic was connected to, it would resolve the issue.
But then it got a whole lot worse, especially since yesterday. I've realized that the main audio input and output devices are cancelling each other out. If I had my USB headphones plugged in and working, the mic wouldn't work, and if I could re-plug the mic and unmute it /make it work, then the DAC stops working. If I plug in the DAC then the mic stops working etc.
Something else to note is that when the mic is plugged into certain USB ports, the new sound settings menu hangs and won't load for a very long time and is bugged out when it does load.
I even tried recovering/restoring to an earlier time and it has not fixed it.
At first I thought this was just a USB issue, but it seems that I can't even plug in a typical analog microphone for the time being to make it work.
I just tried reinstalling my sound drivers and the two were working together for about 5 seconds and now it's back to the same issue.
I reset my DAC back to 96K audio quality and now they both seem to be working for the time being; but I suspect it wont be long until we're back to problems here.
Please help.
Continue reading...