Sound to my USB headphones gets interrupted


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #1

    Sound to my USB headphones gets interrupted


    So, I use YouTube or play games(specifically PCSX2 currently) and during that activity my sound gets interrupted every 10-20 minutes, sometimes even more often. It's not related to those specific programs, it happens everywhere. When it happens, I have to reconnect my headphones, otherwise it probably won't restart the audio to the headphones. Also, it takes a while for them to get recognized after connecting them. How do I prevent this from happening and speed up the recognizing time?(this might be my imagination but whenever I raise the cable upwards it connects a lot faster. No, it's not a hardware issue, because I had absolutely no issues on Windows 10 or 8 or any of the Linuxes.)
    Sound is from onboard on ASUS H81M-K motherboard.
    System is a Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, newest updates installed, however only the important ones.
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  2. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #2

    First, a USB device such as your headset does not use the internal PC's sound but rather takes the digital audio and converts it to analog for the headphones internally in the headphones.

    Because you have to "raise the cable upwards" it suggests a problem with either the headset cable/connector or USB port (if you are only using the same USB port each time). This is the most likely suspect for problems/disconnects.
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    fireberd said:
    First, a USB device such as your headset does not use the internal PC's sound but rather takes the digital audio and converts it to analog for the headphones internally in the headphones.

    Because you have to "raise the cable upwards" it suggests a problem with either the headset cable/connector or USB port (if you are only using the same USB port each time). This is the most likely suspect for problems/disconnects.
    I am pretty sure this is not the issue because, as I mentioned, I had absolutely no problems on other operating systems.
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  4. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #4

    Run the free Resplendence Latency Mon and see what it reports.
    http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    fireberd said:
    Run the free Resplendence Latency Mon and see what it reports.
    http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon
    I ran it for 3 minutes, I'll copy the results from the Stats bar to here.
    Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 25450,705414 (this spiked a lot during the test)
    Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 8,077319

    Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 174,481327
    Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 1,683235

    Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 103,911623
    Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

    Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0,232646
    Driver with highest ISR total time: dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

    Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0,522988
    ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 319139 (all 0 after this one)

    Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 320,235054
    Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: ataport.SYS - ATAPI Driver Extension, Microsoft Corporation

    Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0,319443
    Driver with highest DPC total execution time: iusb3xhc.sys - Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver, Intel Corporation

    Total time spent in DPCs (%) 1,021576

    DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 1376926
    DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
    DPC count (execution time 500-999 µs): 7 (0 after this one)

    Process with highest pagefault count: compattelrunner.exe

    Total number of hard pagefaults 16638
    Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 15385
    Highest hard pagefault resolution time (µs): 1164409,333828
    Total time spent in hard pagefaults (%): 47,335811
    Number of processes hit: 15

    If you need more info, I'll gladly put it here.
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  6. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #6

    I assume Latency Mon told you your system would have problems running audio.
    Thus, the first step is to clean up the PC and get it to the point Latency Mon is satisfied it can run audio without problems.
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    fireberd said:
    I assume Latency Mon told you your system would have problems running audio.
    Thus, the first step is to clean up the PC and get it to the point Latency Mon is satisfied it can run audio without problems.
    Do you have any particular suggestions about what to clean?

    Also, if it helps to explain the problem a bit more, it's described much better here: USB PnP device - sound cuts out, makes unplugging sound when not - Microsoft Community

    He has pretty much the same problem I have, especially these parts:

    "The device manager does not show an exclamation point or question mark next to any sound device and the usb pnp device is listed properly. In the sound options in control panel, there are sound bars next to the usb device that shows that sound is playing, but it isn't actually playing."
    (I took a picture of this problem: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet)

    EDIT: I didn't explain the photo. So, no sound is playing at all(song is off, Opera didn't make any sound, no other sound programs active) and yet the green bars are still there like something is playing.

    "It does the same thing in all my usb ports."
    "None of the USB devices have exclamation points."
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  8. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #8

    Your PC needs "cleaned" so that Latency Mon does not show any problems. That is the first step.

    With a Celeron CPU, that may be a bottleneck and causing some problems. A Celeron CPU is the least desirable. If you want to run multi-tasking, the Ultimate version of Windows and modern apps you need more than a Celeron CPU. You are asking a "Yugo to do the job of a Mercedes".

    Start by disabling all unneeded tasks in start up. Only minimum items. No other apps running and then run Latency Mon again to see if it shows better results. Also, with minimum see if USB disconnects.
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