Windows 10: USB Sound Card "malfunctioned" on Windows 10

Hello, hope you are fine.I have a USB sound card attached to my computer and it was working fine until yesterday. Sometimes when I plug it in a notification appears saying the USB device malfunctioned and it is not being recognized. Sometimes I plug it in and it turns on for a second there is a red light on the sound card showing whether or not it is on and for a moment I can hear the audio. Other times I plug it in and it works completely fine. I plugged the sound card into my laptop to see if it works and it does. Any solutions? Thank you for your help.

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Recommend me a Sound Card (Windows 10)

How do you feel about USB sound cards? $130 is a sizable budget. Depending on your listening setup, you could use Sound Blaster X-Fi HD / Sound Blaster Omni Sound etc. I have grown attached to USB sound cards, because I can swap them between different machines:

• Laptop with crappy audio-> no problem/
• mini-ITX build with crappy audio-> no problem etc etc

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net