Low volume windows 7

I have recently upgraded my OS from XP to windows 7 64bit, and upon doing so the volume will not go loud at all.

I have searched and tried just about every way I could find. I downloaded the R2.42 drivers from realtek and no use, it is still too quiet. I have tried installing older versions after uninstalling the drivers already in and they have not helped.

In the communications tab of sound options I have it set so "Do Nothing". And if I check Loudness Equalization under Enhancements it does not help either.

The only way I can get my volume anywhere decent is if I turn my systems sound to 100%, and if i'm using youtube for example turning the volume on their to full as well.
While when I had XP I could have the volume set to around 50% and the slider bar on youtube to around 20% and it was way louder than what I can get out of windows 7.

Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks in advance

stillfreefilms said:

here change it to this.

I just tried setting it to DvD quality like you suggested, but to no avail it is still quiet.

Is there any specific driver # from Realtek I should try that works with win7?

Devak said:

I just tried setting it to DvD quality like you suggested, but to no avail it is still quiet.

Is there any specific driver # from Realtek I should try that works with win7?

Strange isn't it... XP definitely had/has more volume with the same audio device.

Going back the the enhancements tab, you can do a manual adjustment of the eq raising each frequency level up 20-30% This will give you more volume.

Also, check the device manager... if you have both the Realtek HD Audio -and-
and plain High Definition Audio Device. Disable the plain "High Definition Audio Device" leaving only the Realtek HD Device active.

Win-7 has more OS layers in the audio path... from the looks of things it seems to be causing a lot of problems. I'm hoping SP1 will fix some things.

Ap

Aphelion said:

Devak said:

I just tried setting it to DvD quality like you suggested, but to no avail it is still quiet.

Is there any specific driver # from Realtek I should try that works with win7?

Strange isn't it... XP definitely had/has more volume with the same audio device.

Going back the the enhancements tab, you can do a manual adjustment of the eq raising each frequency level up 20-30% This will give you more volume.

Also, check the device manager... if you have both the Realtek HD Audio -and-
and plain High Definition Audio Device. Disable the plain "High Definition Audio Device" leaving only the Realtek HD Device active.

Win-7 has more OS layers in the audio path... from the looks of things it seems to be causing a lot of problems. I'm hoping SP1 will fix some things.

Ap

I checked Device Manager and only Realtek HD Device was there.

I just tried manually adjusting the equalizer and it helped to boost it. Ill have to play around with different settings and see if I cant get it close to how it was with XP.

Thanks for helping me to improve it by a good margin.

windows 7 the sound really is low any patches microfoft? need help or I'll just return the computer and go back to xpWhy was this program given to the public if there so man.
any answers help