Need Help: My Speakers Give a Muffled Sound

You may be able to get some answers in this thread, @MoKiChU posts there with latest drivers, specifically ASUS
he will most likely point you in the right direction if given all information regarding motherboard being used
also you will find useful information about completely cleaning out all remnants of previous driver, prior to re-installing

Good luck

 

Typically a problem that persists across 2 different PCs isn't going to have anything to do with either PC.

You could try snappy driver to see if there is a newer driver with potential fixes included, but that is unlikely to help.

 

Perhaps a cat is sitting in front of them.

 

First of what's the model of the asus and what version of windows 10 are running could be a windows issue?

 

Install Linux/BSD and see if the issue goes away. Then you know its driver issues.

 

... seriously guys, @Laura_44, ... noobe.. posted question (1st post [and only]), suggestions provided.. no likes. no thanks, no response... why are you still commenting?

 

I'm having the problem with a MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) mobo and a Realtek ALC 887 onboard sound card, if I use Windows drivers without updating all good, if I update any drivers
it begins to act funny, distorted sound, skipping sound and all that

 

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Note: Download Snappy Driver ORIGIN... not snappy driver
As good as it is.. I would be very careful when using it, as it will mess up your system if you don't know what you are doing (with me it was Trial and Error)

.. examples, I don't use it to update my USB drivers (USBs stop working if I do), AMD Raid drivers (AMD recommends using MS drivers)
and I certainly don't use it to update my Realtek drivers as they are hardware (HDA) based (preference), unlike the UAD driver suggested by MoKiChU above (app based)
if I use SDiO updated drivers my audio Software loses a lot of its functionality

Spoiler: Realtek High Definition Audio drivers come in TWO different formats: HDA and UAD

Glossary ---------- HDA = High Definition Audio
HDA (Realtek) = Standard (NVIDIA) = Legacy (Microsoft & Intel)

UAD = Universal Audio Driver
UAD (Realtek) = DCH (NVIDIA & Intel now) = DCHU (Microsoft) = UWD (Microsoft & Intel before)

DCH/DCHU = Declarative Componentized Hardware Support Apps Universal API compliance

UWD = Universal Windows Driver

HDA drivers ------ Supported on (Both) old & new machines that have onboard Realtek HD audio devices
Use Win32/Legacy apps (including Realtek HD Audio Manager) Have a tray icon (with the option/possibility to disable it)

Note:
There are many FFxx HDA (nonUAD) Realtek HD Audio driver releases and the latest versions
usually come only in FF00 HDA form and not in other FFxx editions.

UAD drivers ------ Supports Realtek HD audio devices found on at least Intel Kaby Lake (7th gen Intel core),
AMD Ryzen or newer CPUs
Are only for Windows 10 64 bit 1709/RS3/16299.x or more recent (1903/19H1/18362.x + for some Third Party drivers)
Do not have a tray icon (with no option/possibility to enable it)
Use UWP apps downloaded from Microsoft Store (including Realtek Audio Control/Console)

In the main the following applies to HDA drivers
Each FFxx desigination provides different functionality (Check your Original driver for designation)

FF00 - generic - no special integration -

FF01 - generic + Fortemedia APO or FMAPO integration,

FF03 - generic + Nahimic 1.x/2.x APO integration,

FF04 - generic + Conexant APO integration,

FF06 - generic + Waves Maxxaudio APO integration,

FF10 - generic + Creative MB APO integration, (considered discontinued)

FF0C - generic + DTS / Intel SST APO integration, (in danger of being discontinued)

... above, accurate to the best of my knowledge