DISTORTED SOUND-MAY 2024

After many years of using sound drivers all of a sudden Realtek issues a driver that progressively distorts your sound. It sounds like the amplifier is being overdriven. The dc power cord connector at the computer was the initial culprit but taking that out and cleaning in alcohol took that noise away. The resolution is to uninstall the driver 7989 and replace with 8158 then update to 9235. IMPORTANT: You have to disable Win10 from reinstalling the old driver, that is done by Googling how to stop drivers from updating otherwise your computer will continue to put the bad driver back in.