Headset sound problem

I have a Logitech 350 USB headset. Occationally the sound just disappears, so far it has been totally random when it happens. I got this in both Panther & Tiger. If I go into sound preferences and mute & unmute the sound output and then adjust the sound by dragging the slider then it suddenly works again. (I have tried various other combinations of actions & only doing it exactly the way mentioned works.) Anyone know why this happens and how I can stop it. Is it a software problem or is it the headset?

I have Logitech 200 USB headset under Panther with no audio dropout and using no driver. I used it under Tiger a bit, but not as extensively as under Panther.
Try using the headset on a PC or another computer to isolate it from your particular system, then try it on another Mac, maybe at an Apple Store if you don't have another system handy.
I think the 350 is the new Premium model headset with all sorts of fancy things in it so it more than likely came out after Panther and its drivers and maybe even Tigers beta test phase. I don't have the details from Logitech on actual release date. But Apple tends to find something that works and sticks with it, if I recall the kext for the mini's graphic chip is the one for the ATI Radeon 8500 with no new kext used until the Radeon 9700 chip. I am thinking the story with the USB support is the same, the code that worked is is the one still in use. You may just have the 350 using an audio chip thats just a wee bit too much tweaked off the design standard used in the past.

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