I just recently reformatted due to a nasty virus and don't really remember half my settings. Though I'm positive my sound output is much lower than it used to be. I'd have it at the 2nd notch from the bottom in the volume control and it'd still be incredibly loud. But now it's at the max and is barely projecting much at all. Anyone have any idea how to remedy this? I can't remember at all :/ I'm wondering if it was some codec, but I doubt it.