Windows 10: Audio distorts and PC crashes while gaming on windows 11

Audio distorts and PC crashes while gaming on windows 11, I checked event manager and it says "Event 121 DeviceSetupManager Driver install failed, result=0x80070422 for devnode 'HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1007\7&1D5A9D9&0&0001"Help is appreciated :

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distorted audio in medium and longer recordings of games with XboxDVR \ Gamebar

I am wanting to use the xboxdvr on windows 10 to record games i play. However, if the capture time runs much longer than 5 minutes there will be sporadic audio distortion.

The distortion lasts for a several minutes.

If the video is much longer there will be several section of distorted audio.

I have updated drivers and software. This ditortion only happens with the Xbox Gamebar DVR. Not other game capture software. It happens whether i use record or, "record that" from background recording.

Examples



Minecraft Windows 10 edition

Duration - 7:44

Distortion

4:00 - End

Minecraft Windows 10 edition

Duration - 18:22

Distortion

4:36 - 7:50

Dragon Age_ Inquisition

Duration - 51:42

Distortion

3:10 - 5:40

20:11 - 22:30

37:54 - 40:10

I will upload the other video examples if requested.

 

Windows Audio Crashes

My audio stops working when ever a mic is turned on.

On login, audio output works normally, however, when ever any mic is used, both audio input and output crash and a red x shows up on the taskbar audio icon.

It seems the Windows Audio service is what crashes.

After the first crash, the audio does not come back no matter what I do until I restart my pc.

I can replicate this with the following steps:

1. Login to pc
   • audio output working fine
2. Open sound settings, opens to playback tab
   • audio still fine and also able to play test sounds
3. Click on Recording Tab
   • The sound feedback indicator on the right side is missing
   • The window freezes, error window appears about DLL crash
   • If there is no connected or enabled recording device, nothing happens everything else seem to run normally
4. Proceed to follow various trouble shooting steps
   • Some troubleshooting steps seems to get rid of the red x on the taskbar volume icon
   • The recording tab in the sound settings is also now accessible
   • However things may seem fine at first, audio input/output is still not working and playing a test sound fails.

Solutions I've Tried:

• DISM (ended with no errors)
• sfc /scannow (found corrupted files, required restart)
• Restarting Windows Audio Service (results in err 1061, service then gets stuck on stopping)
• Disabling and re-enabling audio drivers
• Reinstalling audio drivers from manufacturers site
• Using windows generic audio drivers
• Restarting my PC

As you can see, I've spent a lot of time trying to fix this issue and it is starting to get really frustrating.

 

sound distorted after windows 10 anniversary upgrade

This is where I'm at on my HP laptop with Windows 10 and the Anniversary update.

I completed step #3 "hardware and sound" but that took me to an option for "sound, speakers." There was no "properties" as step #4 suggests. I selected "sound, speakers" and then found "properties." After selecting "properties" there was no "enhancements
tab" as step #5 suggests.

Regardless, I then uninstalled the realtek audio driver. I noticed that when I did this without restarting my laptop that the sound was now tinny, but not distorted as it was previously. After restarting, the sound was again full, yet distorted.

Realtek still shows in my programs list, though it shows no memory is used.

Thanks for your continued help.