Opening more Chrome tabs mutes all pc sound

[Dannyk90]

Somtmes, not always, but once I reach about 5 tabs in Chrome, all sound coming from my speakers stops... anything... windows media player, skype call, fb/youtube video, everything.

I can get the sound back by closing a tab or 2. They are not the same tabs I open, they are random websites each time it happens.

From the volume mixer, nothing is muted, all is appearing to work normally.

I can find nothing like this from googling it.

 

[Norton]

Search Engine "DuckDuckGo"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-auto-playing-sound-by-default-starting-2018/

 

[Dannyk90]

Search Engine "DuckDuckGo"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-auto-playing-sound-by-default-starting-2018/

No, please read the question, it is other software that gets muted by chrome.

 

[Norton]

Try reinstalling Chrome to see if this resolves your issue.

 

[Grizzly]

you may run low on memory?? just guessing as chrome as well as firefox hogs RAM like crazy.....

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Danny,

what version of W10 do you have?:

https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...ws-10-to-the-latest-version.13015/#post-73822

 

[Dannyk90]

Try reinstalling Chrome to see if this resolves your issue.

I will try this now, but the problem does not happen every time so I can not say if it has been fixed immediately.

 

[Dannyk90]

you may run low on memory?? just guessing as chrome as well as firefox hogs RAM like crazy.....

If it happens again I will try get a screenshot of that idea.

 

[Dannyk90]

Hi Danny,

what version of W10 do you have?:

https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...ws-10-to-the-latest-version.13015/#post-73822

Hi, im on w10 pro, got all updates.

 

[Wolfie]

HI Danny,

W10 Pro check!, what version, 1703 or 1709?.

 

[Dannyk90]

HI Danny,

W10 Pro check!, what version, 1703 or 1709?.

Version 1709 (os build 16299.19)

 

[Wolfie]

Alright, did you check to see if there were any further updates after installing 1709?, it may not update right away and you may need to retry a couple of times!.

 

[Dannyk90]

Just discovered something else... when the sound mutes, playback devices is actually not showing any visual bouncing green bar things (whilst Windows Media Player is playing a song).
Also when the sound is muted, pressing refresh on chrome brings back all sound UNTIL the web page has finally loaded then it mutes again... then the sound comes back again after doing nothing after a while.

 

[Dannyk90]

Alright, did you check to see if there were any further updates after installing 1709?, it may not update right away and you may need to retry a couple of times!.

Windows is now installing November 2017 updates.

 

[Dannyk90]

Another strange thing...these are the tabs I had open. I have refreshed each tab once, all works fine apart from one. When I refresh godaddy website and it finishes loading the page, my audio mutes, it then comes back again after 10 seconds.
I have been watching my resources as Grizzly said, they do not change percentage.
Something is wrong with Chrome surely? But I have already reinstalled it.

 

[Wolfie]

HI Danny,

what make and model computer is it?, maybe there are newer drivers available for it?.

 

[Dannyk90]

Hi Wolfie,

It is mine, I custom built it.

Processor: Intel i7-5820k 3.30ghz
RAM: 4x 4gb Crucial 2133mhz DDR4
Drives: 3x SSDs 256gb Samsung 850 Pro
Optical Drives: LG CH10LS20 Bluray
Graphics Card: 1x Gtx 1080
Power SUpply: Corsair AX850
Monitor: Acer XB270H (144hz, G-Sync, 27")
Speakers: Logitech Z506
Keyboard: Logitech Illimunated
Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3500. Mat: Steel Series
Operating System: Windows 10 64bit
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Extreme V ROG
Computer Case: NZXT Phantom (White with Red) atx full tower
Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S + 7 case fans
Router: Asus DSL-AC68U

I could probably check updates for the motherboard drivers.

 

[Wolfie]

I could probably check updates for the motherboard drivers.

HI Danny,

that is what I meant, check and see and maybe it will fix the problem for you!.