Audio Buzz?

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Madak

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I just built a new computer (the first one I've ever built myself) and it's been working great... except that I get a weird buzz over the integrated sound when I play a games. Here are the things I've tried to fix it:

1. Downloaded new drivers from my mobo's website. Uninstalled and reinstalled them.

2. Checked the connections on my jumper pins and made sure they were all snug and in the right spots.

3. Muted everything on volume control just to see if the buzz goes away. It doesn't.

My basic system is:

MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
VGA: EVGA GTX260 RT (Superclocked)
CPU: Intel E8500 3.16G (Wolfdale)

My initial reaction is that there's some interference between my motherboard and my videocard since my problem only seems to happen when my videocard is being pushed. The only thing I can think to do now is to go out and buy a soundcard and see if that fixes the problem, but I thought I would try to get an opinion from some people who actually know what they're talking about before I do it. A friend recommended hardforums!

Any words of advice I would greatly appreciate!
 
is this on the audio header or on the rear jacks? most likely its an interference between your gfx card and northbridge.. i have the same problem with my 780g motherboard.. front jacks create an annoying buzz sound when the gfx card is under load but the rear ones are perfectly fine.. you could try bumping up the northbridge voltage just a tad and see if it has any effect but im not totally sure that would make a difference..
 
I'll try the rear jacks when I get home today and see if it makes a difference!
 
Oh yeah, no buzz at all on the back ones. Kind of lame to not be able to use the front jacks, but it's a solution. Thanks!
 
Madak said:
Oh yeah, no buzz at all on the back ones. Kind of lame to not be able to use the front jacks, but it's a solution. Thanks!
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yeah its just an interference issue.. though the rear jacks are actually better in the long run.. the header audio usually doesnt sound as good..
 
This may sound weird but if you're running on intergrated realtek chipset, do this:

go into the windows sound mixer (NT based kernels it's sndvol32.exe)
Under the output, go to advanced and make sure every port is there.
Mute the PC Beep.

For whatever reason, on my motherboard with this unmuted, whenever my video card updates information or my USB mouse, I get interference across the line out channels.
With it muted, I get no interference and less white noise/static.


Sounds funny but give it a whack.
 
Yossarian22 said:
This may sound weird but if you're running on intergrated realtek chipset, do this:

go into the windows sound mixer (NT based kernels it's sndvol32.exe)
Under the output, go to advanced and make sure every port is there.
Mute the PC Beep.

For whatever reason, on my motherboard with this unmuted, whenever my video card updates information or my USB mouse, I get interference across the line out channels.
With it muted, I get no interference and less white noise/static.


Sounds funny but give it a whack.
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interesting.. ill have to check that out in the morning on my system as well..
 
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