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    Youtube froze Now Sound is all Messed/Muffled

    Thanks folks. LiveCD slipped my mind, but I said TRUCK it and shut it off for the night, and it fixed it self....... I'm assuming it needed a proper shutdown maybe verses a reboot?? I had looked in the bios for audio but hadnt seen it.. that was todays plan. Thanks again folks EDIT It...
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    Youtube froze Now Sound is all Messed/Muffled

    will try this, thanks. It's something software as it was immediately after the lockup. It's as if a setting went bad
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    Youtube froze Now Sound is all Messed/Muffled

    Youtube locked up my system, Asus SCAR 12700, 3060, and now my sound is muffled on everything. I've uninstalled realtek, dolby, intel sound drivers but nothing. I restored and rebooted to no avail. Help someone?? Thanks
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    Need a new CPU/MOBO

    I was thinking of the 5600 too. It's the old "I want the ferrari but really only need a yugo" syndrome.......
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    Need a new CPU/MOBO

    Yha, the lesser core count shouldn't be a problem
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    Need a new CPU/MOBO

    This still a solid build? That's sort of my question
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    Need a new CPU/MOBO

    mY 6600K just popped in a power outage so I am in need of a new setup. I'm not much of a gamer, run Cities Skylines mostly, so do not need top of the line. Looking to spend about $500cdn. Will be just the cpu/mobo and reuse my DDR4 ram, 700W psu, M.2 drive and gtx970 Been a long time since i...
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    Skype messes up Sound Settings

    Yha, that's in Communications and i have it set to "Do nothing". Thanks
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    Skype messes up Sound Settings

    Hello Got a new ASUS Scar laptop with Dolby sound and every time I make a call, the Dolby setting changes from my desired "Movie -> Balanced" setting to "Voice". I have to go into the settings and set it back after, however most times I'm pretty sure it doesn't change the actual sound as...
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    Looking for a BIG laptop 18+ inches

    Slight necro but I literally just had this size issue. Ran an Acer 8930 thhen replaced it with an AW-18.. Last month after 6yrs the AW18 started crapping out. With no more 18" I had to get a 17". To be honest, the performance gains have out shined the slight loss in screen size and do not...
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    Not PC ? But TV to Soundbar Digital Audio cable

    Need some help connecting my 2007 Sharp Aquios TV with an Optical Digital output to a bose sound bar with a digital in. I do not know if those 2 connectors are the same or different. TV: https://www.crutchfield.ca/S-1Kj0hvCK48O/p_284LC42D62/Sharp-LC-42D62U.html Soundbar...
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    Sound drops on new tab.

    Thought that to, and have it's set at "Do Nothing", from mute all, 20% 50%.
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    Sound drops on new tab.

    It's every browser\, Well, FF and Edge. So, it's something besides mute tab.
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    Sound drops on new tab.

    If I have 2 twitch tabs open then open a 3rd tab that has sound, like a 3rd twitch or a ytube page, the volume on that tab drops to what seems like 20%. If I close 1 of the other tabs the volume goes back to normal. I can also cycle through the Spacial sound selection to get it back. This is on...
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    Sr2 any use?

    It was the ultimate dual xeon board as it could overclock dual 1366 xeons. So, no i guess
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