Gears 5 (PC) Mic/Audio Issue

CVZone24 · Sep 22, 2019

Whenever I start up Gears 5 for some reason my mic on my headset loses all function. The audio comes in fine but like I said... the actual mic just stops working completely on any program (discord, xbox app, skype, etc.) I have a Nvidia GTX 1080TI and
also have the latest graphic card driver (through the geforce experience app) and yet this happens only when I try to launch Gears 5. Only way to get function back on my mic is to exit out of the game and reset my PC entirely... Is there a work around and/or
fix for this issue currently or a setting I can change to ensure my mic does not go dead when attempting to play this game?

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M3tal Daz3

Check this GOW 5 forum page for a possible solution: https://forums.gearsofwar.com/t/gears-of-war-5-pc-microphone-issue/23223

darkist1

Hi Outlawed,

Glad you found a fix for this.

Hope you enjoy playing the game as much as possible!

acdc sepia

I have the same problem and like someone already mentioned, this problem was solved until my friends and I passed a checkpoint, sometimes it took more than a checkpoint and the sound came back until a in-game cinematic started.

Valimor

Hi there,

you may need to delete the games cache(not the whole game), and doing a power cycle on your console. this may help with the problems.

how do you delete a games cache? all i see are options to delete savegame date and I tried the full shitdown to delete the system cache.

Nitz X8

It’s not a solution but i’ve got a workaround. Play w/o sound until u clear a checkpoint. Have the host back out and restart from checkpoint. Worked for me on two occasions. Very difficult to play w/o sound especially on harder difficulties. Good luck

Gears 5 (PC) Mic/Audio Issue