A New Gaming Headset: A Convoluted Tale
I was at Crayford Sainsbury’s on Thursday (which apparently is their biggest store in the UK) and I saw that they were selling off Trust gaming headsets as part of the ongoing sale. As I had recently bought a new gaming mouse of the same brand, I sauntered over to the display and perused the sales blurb and subsequently bought one. To cut a long story short, due to an error on my part, I ended up purchasing an analogue headset instead of a USB one. This then raised a wealth of further software related problems, as well as logistical ones. My PC has far more strategically placed USB sockets, than 3.5 mm jacks. Hence, I have spent the last 48 hours troubleshooting this matter. Of course, I could have just returned the headset, but as it’s so devilishly comfy I decided against this. So here in detail are a list of the various problems that I encountered along with their respective solutions.
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