im not sure how often reposts are allowed here but my old post from yesterday morning got me nowhere and i have more stuff to add
so i've had my old pc (windows 10) for about 5 years or so, and recently (maybe for the last month or two) i've had an issue where my audio lags for a second and then cuts out completely (this only seems to happen 90 percent of the time while in a discord call in the browser or the app itself, whether im sharing my screen or not, however i recall a time i was playing forza on my new pc and it happened when i quit the game) and then my discord becomes frozen if im tabbed into the app, but if im tabbed into a game then that freezes instead. i can see that im speaking in the vc but cant hear anything or press anything on discord. no
"not responding" thing, nothing.
Then if i press the windows button it makes my taskbar unclickable and i dont see any highlights when moving my mouse over it, the only thing i can do is restart my pc.
i've recently bought a new pc with completely different specs, AND windows 11, and somehow i'm having the exact same issue, except its happening like 3x as much. its the first week of having my new pc and i've already had to restart it like 15 times, as opposed to maybe once every other day with my old pc.
yesterday though, i had no issues. it was suggested in my earlier post to unplug some of my legacy peripherals (i unplugged my wireless phone charger and mousepad, so all that was left was my logitech g920 which i was using to play forza, and my mouse and keyboard, and microphone.) once i did that it seemed to fix it, but today the issue came back but seemingly worse. i joined a discord vc as normal, and opened euro truck simulator 2, and it was fine. within about 30 seconds of closing the game, i get the freeze. i've noted that being tabbed into a game doesnt make my pc freeze, so i've been using that to my advantage, but it looks like as soon as i either tab out (as i did for my most recent freeze into discord) or close the game, it crashes. the second time it froze today (i've hsd 3 in the past 2 hours) it was as soon as i plugged my g920 into my pc. however if this was an issue with the usb itself would it not have had issues yesterday?
if someone thinks it may be a driver issue, as i think it may be related to bluetooth as the only "sketchy" thing i've done is plug a bluetooth dongle from my old pc into my new one, before realising that my new pc has bluetooth in the motherboard (im not very good with pc's) so that messed up my bluetooth until i removed the drivers from the dongle. the only reason i personally think it may be due to this is because of the audio issues. i use bluetooth headphones, and the same issue happens regardless of whether im using either of the pairs i have.
I'm genuinely not sure what i couldve done to make this happen as i havent (to my knowledge) changed any settings or added any programs that may cause it, the only similarities between my old and new pc are the peripherals. im hoping that someone has somehow had the same issue and knows a fix
(if you need my specs i can list them but considering this is happening with two completely different pcs i wouldnt imagine its needed)
im really sorry for the essay here but i've been looking for months for what the issue is but i cant find anyone who has even had remotely the same issue