sydh
Active member
I have a really annoying issue with W11 sound settings. There are 3 audio output settings available on my PC:
Realtek Digital Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers - Realtek High Definition Audio
VX3276-QHD - NVIDIA High Definition Audio
The speakers I use are on my monitor, and via PC audio output to an external amplifier and speakers.
I may have any one of these selected and the audio is working correctly. However, if I do not touch the PC for maybe 30 minutes or more, the next time I try to play audio, there is no sound and I have to change the setting to one of the other options and then it works depending on which option I choose. That sounds very confusing. As an example - the audio is set to SPEAKERS. I leave the PC for a while and when I return there is no audio. I then change to Realtek and I have audio again. I once again leave the PC for a while and then return to no audio again. I then change settings back to Realtek but still no audio, so instead I select VX3276 and I have audio. There appears to be no pattern as to which output to select - it appears to be random which output I should select after every time it changes itself.
That still sounds confusing but there it is. So there are really 2 questions:
1. Why do the settings change on their own after a delay?
2. Why does each option appear to work sometimes but not always.
I have tried to see a pattern as to which options work but it seems to be random which will work and which will not.
Realtek Digital Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers - Realtek High Definition Audio
VX3276-QHD - NVIDIA High Definition Audio
The speakers I use are on my monitor, and via PC audio output to an external amplifier and speakers.
I may have any one of these selected and the audio is working correctly. However, if I do not touch the PC for maybe 30 minutes or more, the next time I try to play audio, there is no sound and I have to change the setting to one of the other options and then it works depending on which option I choose. That sounds very confusing. As an example - the audio is set to SPEAKERS. I leave the PC for a while and when I return there is no audio. I then change to Realtek and I have audio again. I once again leave the PC for a while and then return to no audio again. I then change settings back to Realtek but still no audio, so instead I select VX3276 and I have audio. There appears to be no pattern as to which output to select - it appears to be random which output I should select after every time it changes itself.
That still sounds confusing but there it is. So there are really 2 questions:
1. Why do the settings change on their own after a delay?
2. Why does each option appear to work sometimes but not always.
I have tried to see a pattern as to which options work but it seems to be random which will work and which will not.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- W11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- PC Specialist
- CPU
- 3.80 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
- Motherboard
- ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF GAMING X570-PLUS Rev X.0x
- Memory
- 32684 Megabytes
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ViewSonic VX3276-QHD (x2)
- Hard Drives
- 1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD
ST8000DM004-2CX188 (8001.56 GB)
WDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 (3000.59 GB)
WDC WD30EZRX-00SPEB0 (3000.59 GB)
- Cooling
- Water cooled
- Keyboard
- Logitech
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- 56