Thanks Scott. Clean DB fixed it.
It's been so many years since I've had problems or read of others problems I had forgotten the obvious.
W7AAZ

It is a bare 8000 board, I bought it from Apache before they delivered an 8000DLE. I''ve been using it for many years untilIO installed (twice) the latest 2.10.3.11 Thetis.
The hardware works: it displays signals, it makes RF. No VAC. It makes the usual adjustable-volume CW sidetone, MON on/off ...

I have an original 8000dle board that has worked perfectly. Updated software to earlier Thetis (3 years ago) and it has been working with that. Just updated to v2.10.2.11x64 (07/17/25), it chooses protocol 1, loads, and runs with everything seeming to work except audio volume is extremely low.
I am ...