Windows 10 - sound way too loud even at 1%

[cwilliamsws6]

This is driving me nuts. My gaming PC runs Windows 10 and regardless of what audio device I am using (I have tried several sets of wired speakers (3.5mm and USB-DAC type), several pairs of headphones, and several different bluetooth speakers), even at just 1% the volume output is WAY too loud.

What can I even do about this?

 

[Pew]

What does your volume mixer sliders look like?

 

[cwilliamsws6]

What does your volume mixer sliders look like?

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All the way at the bottom

 

[Pew]

What is your current sound setup? (Aftermarket sound/USB DAC/Headphones, etc)

 

[cwilliamsws6]

What is your current sound setup? (Aftermarket sound/USB DAC/Headphones, etc)

USB-DAC. I also have wired headphones I can toggle over to. At 1% both of them nearly make my ears bleed

 

[JavierH19]

I wonder if it's some kind of sound driver being broken because I had one where the screen brightness was stuck to max and wouldn't go down even though it'd show me cranking it lower on the laptop.

 

[Pew]

I wonder if it's some kind of sound driver being broken because I had one where the screen brightness was stuck to max and wouldn't go down even though it'd show me cranking it lower on the laptop.

That's what I'm thinking too. I would suggest going into device manager and uninstalling all your sound drivers. After they're uninstalled, restart your PC and the drivers will be "reinstalled" automatically. Try it out after.

 

[JavierH19]

That's what I'm thinking too. I would suggest going into device manager and uninstalling all your sound drivers. After they're uninstalled, restart your PC and the drivers will be "reinstalled" automatically. Try it out after.

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Yeah I think I remember doing this on the youtube video I watched and my screen brightness adjustment worked again after a restart.

 

[cwilliamsws6]

Alright so not sure what the actual issue here was but I started having other issues today that led me to just nuking it and reinstalling Windows entirely and now everything is fine.