Windows 10: Audio Devices Flickering in and out of existence

Sometimes when I am watching youtube or just playing some games my sound will just disappear. When I looked at my inputs and outputs it turned out to be that they just randomly started to flicker in and out of existence. after a bit they stop and all I have to do is go back and forth between 2 of them and they reset to the same way they were before it started. it seems to only happen to my sound devices though. But the weird part is that when It happens my youtube start stuttering and my game start freezing and sometimes I lose connection entirely, but after a bit it just comes back to normal. And all of this started after I installed a new HDD disk and yes I have tried to unplug the disk but nothing changed.

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Device Manager > Sound > Recording "flickering"

Hi,

When you said you disabled it, did you actually disable the device by going to
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound
> Recording, then right-clicking on the device and clicking on
Disable? Also, have you tried to plug in another recording device to check if it will exhibit the same problem?

In the meantime, we suggest that you run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter to scan your computer, identify the problems, and attempt to fix the issues automatically.

• Right-click on the Start button, and select Control Panel.
• Type troubleshooting in the search bar and click on
  Troubleshooting.
• Click on Hardware and Sound > Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the steps from the wizard to run the troubleshooter.

We'll keep an eye out on your response.

 

Screen flickering in Windows 10 safe mode

I haven't made any changes on my device. This screen flickering is only happening in Safe Mode.

 

Screen flickers with any Windows device

Hello Marcus,

To address your concern, we suggest that you check the list of troubleshooting steps provided on this
article.

Let us know if you need further assistance.