Audio output switches

[Ninjafoof]

Good afternoon everyone,

 

I've been having a strange issue for the past couple weeks with my audio driver, and I haven't been able to find a good solution. The problem is this: when playing a game, my audio output will occasionally "switch" on its own, making the game crash and the sound temporarily stop working. It doesn't always happen, but when it does, it'll switch from, say, "Samsung-8" to "Samsung-0". When this happens, I have to open the sound playback, and manually set the new one to default. I have my audio running out of my GPU via HDMI into a receiver, which then runs the video to my TV. When this switch or whatever happens, the video will stay unaffected, save for the game crashing.I've tried reinstalling the drivers to no avail, and I don't want to switch to using optical out, as the sound quality isn't as good.

 

My specs are:

 

i7 5820k

MSI X99-A SLI Plus

2x MSI 970's in SLI (the problem started before I added the second GPU)

4x4gb Corsair DDR4 Vengence

250gb Samsung 840evo

1tb Seagate Barracuda

3tb Seagate Barracuda

Carsair HX1050 PSU

 

Thanks for the help in advance, Ya'll are the best.

 

[tlink]

have you tried reinstalling your graphics drivers instead of your soundchip drivers? 

[Ninjafoof]

Yes I have. First tried updating, then tried reinstalling.