Windows 10: Startup Sound Screeching

Not sure what started causing this. Whenever I startup the PC and the startup sound plays it sounds all distorted and glitches out. It's a loud ear piercing screech. I literally have to turn my headset down all the way. The only solution I have is turning off the startup sound completely. The only thing I did was get a new headset which is the Arctis Nova 3 by SteelSeries. It hasn't done this before. The headset itself is totally fine with other media such as playing music and video games. The connection has a USB-A to USB-C adapter. Not sure if this is the issue. Anyways, anyone have any idea

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Audio screeching sound

Hi AnnObrzut

I am Juliet and It's my pleasure to help you today.

How are you? I hope you are doing good.

I know how frustrating this may be for you but I'll do my very best to help you

Does this only happen when you use the headset?

I would suggest you also try the headset on other devices and check if it would still have the screeching sound..

 

Windows Startup Sound

Hi Peck,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As per the previous posts I understand that you are referring to Startup sounds in Windows 10.

If so, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.

Make sure that your device speakers are working fine before performing the troubleshooting steps.

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  Right click on the Volume icon on the Task bar.
  
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  Select Sounds option from the list.
  
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  Select Sounds tab.
  
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  Check mark on Play Windows Startup sound option.
  
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  Under Program Events: click on any option and under Sounds: select Windows Startup from the list.
  
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  Click on Browser button and select a
  Sound.
  
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  Try to restart the computer and check if it helps.
  

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue, we will be happy to help you further.

 

windows10 startup sound not working

Hi,

For us to provide you with the a proper solution, are you only referring to the startup sound? If not, have you tried playing audio from different programs?

In the meantime, we suggest that you run the Hardware and Sound troubleshooter in Control Panel to check for any errors.

Here are the steps:

• Click on Search/Cortana, and type Troubleshooting.
• In the results, click on Troubleshooting (Control Panel).
• In the Troubleshooting window, click on Hardware and Sound.
• Under Sound, click on Playing audio.
  
  Note: We also suggest that you run Hardware and Devices under Devices.

Your reply is most important for us to assist you accordingly.