25.04.2009, 22:52
Hey guys, This is a bit of a cry for help.
I just bought a new headset, not particularly expensive but far as I can tell of quite good quality... it uses 2 headphone jacks instead of being USB as my old one was - this is the start of my problem.
If I don't mute the mic channel I get loads of nasty digital sounding distortion through my headphones, now this isn't caused by the microphone on the headset, as I get the exact same noise wether or not the Mic is plugged in - and this is without any audio playing. There there is no problem using them on another system (they sound great) So it seems obvious it is something in my PC causing the problem. I hoped it might be something shorting out in the case, so I dismantled the entire thing and cleaned it out... reassembled it, the problem is still there.
I've been troubleshooting this for just over 5 hours now, and I'm now no closer to a solution, though having written this out the only conclusion I can come up with is that part of the onboard sound card isn't working properly... unless anyone here has experienced similar problems and can offer a solution (I can hope!!!) It is a 6 channel Ac '97. I've tried all the obvious solutions, including reinstalling drivers, noise cancellation, mic boost on and off (sound quality is slightly better without boost, but not good) also different sound configurations in TS etc. And an unhealthy amount of time googling it.
I'm essentially left at the moment with the option of taking them back, hoping for a refund/swap for a USB headset, which will have its own sonud card - though I'll have to get imaginative with my story, given it appears my system is the problem, not the set.... Or to buy a proper sound card, hoping that solves the problem. If I'm left with that as my solution, does anyone have a suggestion for a good but cheap sound card? it doesn't need to be anthing better than 2 channel stereo.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I just bought a new headset, not particularly expensive but far as I can tell of quite good quality... it uses 2 headphone jacks instead of being USB as my old one was - this is the start of my problem.
If I don't mute the mic channel I get loads of nasty digital sounding distortion through my headphones, now this isn't caused by the microphone on the headset, as I get the exact same noise wether or not the Mic is plugged in - and this is without any audio playing. There there is no problem using them on another system (they sound great) So it seems obvious it is something in my PC causing the problem. I hoped it might be something shorting out in the case, so I dismantled the entire thing and cleaned it out... reassembled it, the problem is still there.
I've been troubleshooting this for just over 5 hours now, and I'm now no closer to a solution, though having written this out the only conclusion I can come up with is that part of the onboard sound card isn't working properly... unless anyone here has experienced similar problems and can offer a solution (I can hope!!!) It is a 6 channel Ac '97. I've tried all the obvious solutions, including reinstalling drivers, noise cancellation, mic boost on and off (sound quality is slightly better without boost, but not good) also different sound configurations in TS etc. And an unhealthy amount of time googling it.
I'm essentially left at the moment with the option of taking them back, hoping for a refund/swap for a USB headset, which will have its own sonud card - though I'll have to get imaginative with my story, given it appears my system is the problem, not the set.... Or to buy a proper sound card, hoping that solves the problem. If I'm left with that as my solution, does anyone have a suggestion for a good but cheap sound card? it doesn't need to be anthing better than 2 channel stereo.
Any help would be greatly appreciated