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Frequent PC audio issues and game freezes occurring simultaneously across various programs.

Frequent PC audio issues and game freezes occurring simultaneously across various programs.

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kcaz56
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02-13-2023, 02:07 AM
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Hello everyone! Over the last few months I've experienced an unusual issue on my PC, mainly while gaming. It only occurs when I'm using these three programs together: 1) World of Warcraft, 2) Discord, 3) Opera GX (for YouTube). The symptoms vary: Part #1 – My game freezes briefly (2-3 seconds), then resumes normally with no change in ping. Part #2 – During the freeze, all sound disappears; I can't hear or speak on Discord and my YouTube video stalls and buffers. Part #3 – About 20-30 seconds after Part #1, the game freezes again for roughly 5 seconds. Suddenly everything replays as if it happened in real time. To talk or listen, I have to disconnect and reconnect to the channel. Notes: During Part #2, Discord sounds completely muted—not just voice, but also mute/unmute, join/leave functions. Even after refreshing my browser, nothing loads. Playing normally without any lag or spikes is fine until Part #3. The last PC upgrade was a GPU boost from 1660TI to 3060TI in June. I switched from Powerline to a dedicated network card, but the problem continues. I shared a screenshot of LatencyMon and MSI Afterburner during Part #2. This issue occurs intermittently, sometimes once or twice every few hours, but occasionally more than eight times in a 6-hour span (rare). PC specs: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 3060TI, Corsair Vengeance LPX, 16GB RAM, 3200MHz, dual channel. Network card: Corsair TX750M with Samsung 970 Evo Plus (500GB). Any advice would be appreciated! This is really frustrating and disrupts my gameplay daily. Thanks a lot, Steve.
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kcaz56
02-13-2023, 02:07 AM #1

Hello everyone! Over the last few months I've experienced an unusual issue on my PC, mainly while gaming. It only occurs when I'm using these three programs together: 1) World of Warcraft, 2) Discord, 3) Opera GX (for YouTube). The symptoms vary: Part #1 – My game freezes briefly (2-3 seconds), then resumes normally with no change in ping. Part #2 – During the freeze, all sound disappears; I can't hear or speak on Discord and my YouTube video stalls and buffers. Part #3 – About 20-30 seconds after Part #1, the game freezes again for roughly 5 seconds. Suddenly everything replays as if it happened in real time. To talk or listen, I have to disconnect and reconnect to the channel. Notes: During Part #2, Discord sounds completely muted—not just voice, but also mute/unmute, join/leave functions. Even after refreshing my browser, nothing loads. Playing normally without any lag or spikes is fine until Part #3. The last PC upgrade was a GPU boost from 1660TI to 3060TI in June. I switched from Powerline to a dedicated network card, but the problem continues. I shared a screenshot of LatencyMon and MSI Afterburner during Part #2. This issue occurs intermittently, sometimes once or twice every few hours, but occasionally more than eight times in a 6-hour span (rare). PC specs: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 3060TI, Corsair Vengeance LPX, 16GB RAM, 3200MHz, dual channel. Network card: Corsair TX750M with Samsung 970 Evo Plus (500GB). Any advice would be appreciated! This is really frustrating and disrupts my gameplay daily. Thanks a lot, Steve.