Sadly, I haven't really figured out a fix, but I have figured out a band-aid. I just changed my setup within Realtek from stereo to 5.1, then disabled all the "extra" speakers that I don't have, then...

Tonyb,

Thanks for the assistance! My guess is that you are correct and it was an Asus Realtek driver (I have an Asus motherboard). However, when I go to Asus' driver section for the mobo (Maximus...

Hello all, thanks for a very helpful thread!

I recently decided to update my Realtek driver as it had been quite a while since I'd updated it. I wasn't having any issues, but figured I might as...