I have a USB headset (made by Gigaware) which has been working fine for years in my Win 7 machine. But now the device shows up as 'C-media USB headset' in the 'unknown' devices part of Device Manager with no drivers and any automatic search is unable to find the drivers. Note, the driver always listed as 'C-media USB Headset'.My hunch is that either PNP is not working fully-uninstalling and re-inserting does put the device back into the unknown part. Or driver files are not being found online. I have downloaded software from cmedia.com.tw but those did not work.

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Also, note I never needed any installation media nor were they supplied.The headphone is fine-works fine in my Windows 8 Acer W510 tablet.May be I could delete some registry key and/or some driver dll files to remove some caching to start from scratch but don't know which files to delete?. Some more info On all the USB Ports not only is the headphone is recognized as 'C-media' but also, for some months, my Nokia Lumia 920 is not being recognized as a device-the phone used to. So, perhaps, there is some PnP issue?.Any idea?Thanks. Figured out the problem: It was the USB mouse in my computer which was the culprit. While the mouse itself worked fine it was disrupting other USB devices to work.

Specifically, my Nokia Lumia 920 phone, which was recognized before, stopped being recognized while connected via a micro USB cable. Similarly, the C-media Headphone device started showing as an 'unknown device'.I replaced the mouse with another USB mouse, and voila!, computer not only recognizes the Lumia 920 (though I had to download some software for that) but also the C-Media headset started showing correctly.BTW, another user had reported similar problem elsewhere on the web, related to his/her mouse crashing. That gave me the clue.@Karan: Thanks for your help again.

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Do you happen to use any USB microphone on your Windows 10 devices? If yes, have you noticed any low volume issues with your recordings or calls? In case you did, then your microphone depends on Windows’ internal driver to function. And since the driver is problematic, it won’t work correctly. Below we describe a standard issue with USB audio devices and Windows 10, as well as a quick fix.Unblock any international website, browse anonymously, and download movies and Mp3 with complete safety with CyberGhost,. More specifically, while in Windows 7 we needed about 30-40% volume on a good USB microphone to be able to sound normal, now in Windows 10 we have to reach 100% for a barely audible sound.However, this dramatically increases the sensitivity of the microphone, and therefore also records a lot of noise from our environment. If we set the volume lower, let's say at 80%, to avoid the background noise, we will also impact the volume of our sound greatly; in other words, we won’t even hear it, even if we stand just in front of the microphone.This problem applies to any USB microphone that uses the Windows driver.

Mics that use their own drivers are immune to this issue.We stumbled upon this problem on our review for AT2020 USB+, an entry-level high-quality USB microphone, that didn’t seem to deliver what it promised.After a lot of tests, we realized that the audio driver on Windows was to blame for the low volume. Microsoft’s reactionWe searched the internet for a fix or an update from Microsoft’s side, to no avail.So, Windows 8 was released in 2012, and it's been more than six years since then.

Microsoft is well aware of the issue, as have asked for a solution all these years.Although the problem affects a lot of users, Microsoft hasn’t made any comments or an attempt to fix it. If you ask us, we are confident that they will never do.A user reported Audio Technica’s response to his complains of a low volume back in 2015.

One of that the issue applies to all microphones, and it’s all Microsoft’s fault.After multiple tests, we have confirmed that the problem still exists today on devices running Windows 10. In Windows 7, the sound was loud and clear with the volume at around 40%. Is there a fix?Of course, there’s the obvious 'solution' to sell our USB microphone and buy an XLR version, to avoid using Microsoft’s crappy USB driver.We should do the same for any other USB recording device because they will all face a problem if they don’t use separate drivers.We could also uninstall Windows 10 and, where everything worked just fine.But those “fixes” are more like masking the problem than serious solutions. We might as well throw our computer out of the window, that would solve the problem as well.The point is, is there a way to use a USB microphone in Windows 10, with proper volume levels?The solution we present below doesn’t solve the driver problem, but it can significantly improve the low volume on a USB microphone. We will need two third-party programs. Equalizer APOFirst, we will download Equalizer APO from.It is a simple equalizer for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10.The program adjusts some registry settings for the input of a USB microphone. All we have to do is run the.exe file and install the program.When finishing the installation, we’ll have to choose the devices we are going to use with the APO.Make sure to select your USB microphone from the “Capture devices” tab, although we can also do that later.

After that, we’ll have to reboot our system. Peace Equalizer - UI for Equalizer APOLastly, we need Peace, which is a user interface for the Equalizer APO we downloaded above.After we run PeaceSetup.exe, it will find Equalizer APO’s folder automatically. All we have to do is click on “Install.”How to fix the low volume levelsNow we are ready to adjust the volume of our USB microphone. We start by opening Peace and accepting the first window prompt.We will have to choose between a simple interface or the full interface.

It won’t make any difference for what we want to do, so we picked the simple one.On the bottom right, we can see a drop-down list. We click on that an choose our device.Now we can increase the Pre Amplifying bar, and we will notice that the low volume on that same device will increase as well.We don’t want to go too high, which would make the background noise unbearable. However, you have to put your USB microphone to the test and choose what works best for you. After we’ve set it, we can close the program, and it will still work as it should.Just for reference, a range of 8-15 is what worked in our case, depending on the distance between the sound source and the microphone. We also had to set the volume at 80% on Windows sound properties. To access this panel, we can right click on the sound icon on the notification bar and choose “Recording devices.”Click on “Properties” after you choose your USB microphone.and set the Levels tab to 80%.More than 80 produced lots of noise for us, so we don’t recommend it.

I don’t see any differenceThere is a case where the above fix might not work at first. If you don’t notice any improvement, then you need to set Equalizer APO once again, because something went wrong.In fact, the software has two tabs; one for playback and one for capturing devices. If your capture device also has a headphone input, it is easy to get confused the first time.Navigate to the installation folder - usually at the path below: C:Program FilesEqualizer APOFrom there, we want to run “Confugurator.exe.”This time we make sure we go to the “Capture devices” tab, not the “Playback devices.” Then we check our device and press OK.

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We will need to reboot once again.Do you have a USB microphone?If you own a USB microphone, have you ever noticed the low volume of your recordings? Do you happen to hear complaints from friends and family when you do skype calls? Now you know the reason.If you found our solution helpful, or if you have any other questions, feel free to ask in the comments section below. Support PCstepsDo you want to support PCsteps, so we can post high quality articles throughout the week?You can like our, share this post with your friends, and select our affiliate links for your purchases on or.If you prefer your purchases from China, we are affiliated with the largest international e-shops:.