Windows 10: USB Audio devices cancelling each other out after new Windows 10 update

I have a FiiO E17/E09K DAC/Headphone amp for my headphones as my main audio output. I have a Blue Yeti microphone as my main audio input. I've had both of these devices working perfectly on my PC since 2013.


The problems started around November. I noticed in several games I was playing, the game would freeze for about 40 seconds every time I tried to activate my microphone. I grew tired of this pretty quickly and reformatted my computer. Everything seemed to be working at first for a week or so, but then the same problems started again. I troubleshot it and found that if I changed the USB port the mic was connected to, it would resolve the issue.

But then it got a whole lot worse, especially since yesterday. I've realized that the main audio input and output devices are cancelling each other out. If I had my USB headphones plugged in and working, the mic wouldn't work, and if I could re-plug the mic and unmute it /make it work, then the DAC stops working. If I plug in the DAC then the mic stops working etc.

I even tried recovering/restoring to an earlier time and it has not fixed it.


At first I thought this was just a USB issue, but it seems that I can't even plug in a typical analog microphone for the time being to make it work.

Please help.

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Creative X-Fi Soundcards and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709 = Complete Disaster / Not Working

Thank you for trying to help , i did tried your suggestion but it did not work :/ , nothing seems to make it work on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709. In the meantime i have bought a new SoundBlasterX AE-5 and it did installed flawlessly , no problems whatsoever. it is up to Creative ( drivers ) and Microsoft ( bug fix ) to fix this huge bugs with Audio.

Kind Regards: Chispy

 

The Ultimate Realtek HD Audio Driver Mod for Windows 10

Everyone that post ids, need just do these steps and you will be good. I kinda tired of keep on uploading the inf. file

1.Go Open up device manager
2. Go under sound,video, and game controllers
3. Find Realtek High Definition Audio
4. Right click and hit update driver
5. Browse my computer for driver software
6. Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
7. Click Have Disk and hit browse
8. Click on the Realtek HD Audio mod folder and look for win64
9. Click on the HDXRT4 and click ok,
10. Click Next and Yes
additional if you want dts audio and others, install it now before next step.
After it is done, restart the PC

You should be good then and also make sure before doing these steps that you have driver enforcement disabled.

 

Problem with audio devices

Hi Marcello,

I appreciate you for trying some steps in order to get the issue resolved.

If you're connecting to an audio device using USB or HDMI, you might need to set that device as the default.

Open Start, enter Sound, select it from the list of results, and then, on the
Playback tab, select a device, then Set Default.

I would also suggest you to turn off Audio enhancements.

• 
  Go to Start, enter Sound, and select Sound Control Panel
  from the list of results.
  
• 
  On the Playback tab, right-click (or tap and hold) the
  Default Device and select Properties.
  
• 
  On the Enhancements tab, select the Disable all enhancements
  check box and try to play your audio device.
  
• 
  If that doesn't work, select Cancel and, on the Playback
  tab, select another default device (if you have one), select the Disable all enhancements check box, and try to play audio again. Do this for each default device.
  

Please revert if you face any issues with Audio.

Thank you.