Probably the best thing to try would be an aftermarket sound card if you've tried driver updates and are sure all settings are correct.
I was wondering if anyone had some ideas of what I can do I have some sound issues that mainly conflict with skype.
From what I can see for the most part my web browsers (tried IE,Firefox,Google chrome and others) do not have any sound when I am in a skype call unless I go through tasks of messing with the tabs and even then they don't sometimes. It is not only skype though as Battle Field 3 has no sound when I have no browsers open or skype.
And tips or ideas would be appreciated I have a Asrock x79 extreme 4 motherboard with onboard sound.

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