Volume in boot camp is too loud

i have the imac 12,2 (mid 2011, 27")with 10.7.3, and windows 7 64 on boot camp.
I must keep my volume at around 4-6% in order not to go deaf.
should i download any drivers?
i installed the boot camp drivers that came with bootcamp.
i saw on device manager that the sound card is a cirrus logic something, but their site is old and disorganised.
what should i do?
thank you.

I had the same problem. The current bootcamp drivers simply do not control the sound well in windows 7. The only workaround I've found is 3RVX. It's a program that can replace the normal bootcamp sound control. After downloading, go into bootcamp control panel and set the functions keys to act as standard function keys. Run 3RVX, and in settings, set the custom volume change amount to something like 2 or 3%. Then in the hotkey setup tab, set the mute, volume up, and volume down keys to work with their normal function keys. Now when you press F10-12, instead of the standard macbook volume control, you will get the finer control of 3RVX. Of course, if you don't want to give up the other special functions, you can always set the hotkeys to be something else.

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