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sound VERY low
I just did a clean install of Win7 64-bit, and am running into a problem I've had on another machine (that also didn't get solved). It seems to be a very common problem, and I've tried all the suggestions I've found online. Nothing works.
The problem is that it seems the "WAV" (or what used to be this in XP) level is extremely low. If I click on the speaker in the system tray, the green "level" only goes up about 10%. The volume is cranked to 100% in every level in the mixer.
Things I have tried to resolve this:
- set the communications to "do nothing"
- disabled all input devices (mic, line in, etc)
- disabled exclusive mode
None of these have worked. I only have a pair of (powered) speakers installed, and am using the standard green line-out on the motherboard (Gigabyte with Realtek audio). I also have a Sound Blaster Audigy/2, and the problem is the same with the main output on that card.
The weird thing is, if I right-click on "Test" of the "Speakers" section in the Playback area of audio properties, the level is correct. It's like the WAV slider (in XP's audio properties) is down to 10% or so, but I can't find any way to increase it.
This is extremely frustrating. Hopefully somebody can shed some light on this for me.