Why is my audio distorted in windows 7?
this seems to happen when open a web browser or a new tab on a browser, I have Windows 10 update disabled, I have audio updates disabled
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)And Win10 has some pretty good audio tweaks.
earthshine
(1,642 posts)You may be dealing with multiple volume controls. This is called gain, and perhaps your gain is too high.)
The web browser will have a volume slider. The Windows taskbar has a volume slider. And your speakers have a volume control, as well.
Set them all to the halfway point and experiment from there.
Good luck.
pstokely
(10,530 posts)on both wired and wireless connections
earthshine
(1,642 posts)Are you on desktop or laptop?
If a desktop, check all audio cables including the connection between your computer and speakers, and between the two speakers.
Wiggle it while playing music or talking sound and see if there is a correlation between the distortion and your motions.
Let me know.
pstokely
(10,530 posts)I think the NVIDIA display drivers might be causing this
earthshine
(1,642 posts)If sound from the VLC player is distorted, you know that it has nothing to do with the Internet.
You could try uninstalling the sound device and then letting it reinstall through the normal Windows 7 automatic driver update process.
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pstokely
(10,530 posts)I also reinstalled Chrome and still it, seems to happen when I download large files
earthshine
(1,642 posts)So, if you are playing a file off your hard drive, while downloading a large file, there is distortion? Does it stop when the download ends?
Perhaps your drive is too slow to handle both operations concurrently.
You could get a faster drive. You could add more memory, which will ease the workload on the drive.
Have you tried another sound device?
What is the brand/model? How old? Processor? Drive size/type? Amount of RAM?