Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation

I was playing a game last evening and suddenly my Firefox in the background crashed - with, believe it or not - with the error "no free memory". Launching it again after closing it didn't help. So then i started looking into the task manager and noticed the process "Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation" taking in over 6 GB of RAM and CPU at over 20%. I felt that kind of weird. On further research I realized there is some kind of bug/memory issue in this app that was making it hog up memory.
For comparision this software is supposed to have less than 5% of CPU and barely a few MB of memory during active use.

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And I realized we cannot kill this process since the program (audiodg.exe) is needed for windows to output sound to any device. Disabling the sound effects was the only way I could get this program back to usable levels.

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Turning this off got rid of the problem for this, atleast thus far.

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davidbon

I have also face this issue some days back when I try to connect my Windows 10 PC to My Bluetooth Speaker when I connect to the Bluetooth speaker the PC sends the Audio but the Speaker can not work but when I connect the speaker to the My Android Phone it works fine, I tried to search this issue on the internet and found many of the links, I found this link https://techsherlock.com/windows-audio-device-graph-isolation/ this helps me a lot, I follow the step provided in the given link and then My Problem is solved Now.

Antonietta

Open your Task Manager. You can do this by right-clicking on an empty space in your taskbar and choosing Task Manager.
Locate and right-click on Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation, then select Open File Location.
Check the location of the file. By default, this file is always located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. If your file isn’t there, you most likely have a virus.
Confirming that you’re dealing with malware is important to troubleshoot the issue properly. Do you need help removing malicious tools from your computer? Continue reading our article for a guide on how you can ensure that your PC is safe.

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sri369

Antonietta said:

Open your Task Manager. You can do this by right-clicking on an empty space in your taskbar and choosing Task Manager.

Locate and right-click on Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation, then select Open File Location.

Check the location of the file. By default, this file is always located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. If your file isn’t there, you most likely have a virus.
Confirming that you’re dealing with malware is important to troubleshoot the issue properly. Do you need help removing malicious tools from your computer? Continue reading our article for a guide on how you can ensure that your PC is safe.
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sri369

davidbon said:

I have also face this issue some days back when I try to connect my Windows 10 PC to My Bluetooth Speaker when I connect to the Bluetooth speaker the PC sends the Audio but the Speaker can not work but when I connect the speaker to the My Android Phone it works fine, I tried to search this issue on the internet and found many of the links, I found this link https://techsherlock.com/windows-audio-device-graph-isolation/ this helps me a lot, I follow the step provided in the given link and then My Problem is solved Now.

There is a caveat in that - there is no need to disable all sound effects. Just disabling "Spatial Sound" is enough; rest all effects can stay in place.

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