Posted November 7, 2013 Hello All, I have a rather strange issue. My current workstation is having issues with the ability to mute audio. I have a custom built PC running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. The issue is as follows, I hit mute and the icon in the notification area responds accordingly, but if I then proceed to open windows explorer the audio of opening folders isn't muted. Say I hit mute and then open iTunes and hit play, audio still passes through the speakers. Now if I leave it unmuted open iTunes and once the application opens I hit mute the audio is successfully muted. It seems I have to individually mute each application in the mixer, for muting the default audio device isn't enough. I've tried uninstalling the driver and installing the latest driver for my Asus Xonar Phoebus but sadly it had zero effect. I've restarted my PC multiple times but the problem still persists. I've removed eset my anti-virus and re-installed the audio driver to no avail. I'm officially stumped as to what might be causing these issues. Currently the Xonar Phoebus is hooked up into my Logitech Z5500 speakers through the S/PDIF port. Sadly the analog inputs on the Z5500 control station no longer work, so I can only output audio through digital coax or optical audio and the Phoebus doesn't have connections for digital coax. If anyone has any ideas as to what may be causing my current headache I would be highly appreciative. Thanks Again, Seikai Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/73202-strange-audio-issues/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Are you sure you're muting the right thing? I know with my old SoundBlaster Live! card there was a ton of stuff which could be muted. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro OptiPlex 7040M Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/73202-strange-audio-issues/#findComment-1003146 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author I have two audio devices according to control panel the hdmi connection from my Geforce GTX 670 which is not connected to any device. And the Optical out from my Xonar Phoebus S/PDIF device which is set to my default audio device. So the keyboard shortcut is sending the command to mute the audio and windows responds by displaying a muted speaker icon and when you open the mixer each application plus the device shows up as being muted but I have to un-mute then specifically re-mute the application for it to actually take effect. Simply muting the "DEVICE" isn't enough. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/73202-strange-audio-issues/#findComment-1003228 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 I would try to get on the ASUS support chat and see what they have to say about this. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro OptiPlex 7040M Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/73202-strange-audio-issues/#findComment-1003273 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 If you are using keyboard to mute as in media key "Mute", it might be problem with keyboard drivers instead of soundcard itself. My X6 reacts occasionally slowly to media key commands such as volume control and I'm pretty sure its because drivers/control software is made by Microsoft. ^^^^ That's my post ^^^^ <-- This is me --- That's your scrollbar --> vvvv Who's there? vvvv Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/73202-strange-audio-issues/#findComment-1004892 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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