sound problem:

rids57 · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:09

At least you now know for certain what it is and if you're one of many there is bound to be a fix before long.

HolyHand · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:11

Not if I want to play BF3 online, unfortunately

HolyHand · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:12

all of the issues I'm finding are dated way back to 2012/2013 and it's still an issue. seems like neglect/lack of care from PB.

rids57 · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:16

Does it affect other audio devices? If not it may be worth getting a £25 Xonar DGX to use instead.

HolyHand · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:20

apparently not. although I have tried with a 7.1 creative soundblaster and it was still a problem - maybe I have to go into BIOS and completely disable the onboard sound?

HolyHand · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:27

it's weird because I have been using this exact set up with punkbuster for well over a year now and it's only just become a problem. maybe some windows update is conflicting with them?

although the problems other people have been receiving were mainly a hard sound crash with a looping "brrrrrr". i've never had that, just the audio cuts out.

rids57 · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:45

I think it's highly likely that Windows update has done something to upset Punkbuster, possibly on the security side. Has Windows firewall started blocking PunkBuster all of a sudden? Check that the PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB are both ticked in the Windows Firewall allowed Apps list.

HolyHand · 17 Apr 2015 at 23:33

it's all allowed. just posted on PB forums, hopefully they can shed some light on it.