PC problem--audio plays at higher pitch

Factual Questions
1

Here’s a strange problem–all audio played on my PC is transposed to a higher pitch than normal. I fist noticed it with the startup sound and confirmed it with a Youtube video (The Pretenders’ “Brass in Pocket”–Chrissy sounds like a Chipmunk.)

I haven’t made any hardware changes, and the only software change was that I renewed my AVG subscription (which of course shouldn’t change anything.)

Any ideas?

2

The fact that it’s happening with different players and types of inputs (e.g. startup sounds and Youtube videos) suggests it’s either a hardware or OS problem. What type of sound card do you have? Have you looked at the settings in the audio devices control panel (assuming you have Windows)?

3

Thanks Jeff. I reloaded the drivers and all is well. All the same, it’s a funny way for a PC to break.