Buzzing noise from speakers only when playing games?

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xELITEx

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I've been having this problem ever since I put in my new graphics card, before it didn't make this noise.

Everytime I open a game it gets to the main menu then makes this buzzing noise, It doesn't make the noise on anything besides games, the pitch seems to change with the thing I open up in a game, for instance, I open up TF2 then click browse servers and it makes a higher pitch then when browse servers wasn't open.

I've updated my sound card so I have no idea what it could be, also for some reason it takes so long for my sound options to pop up(about 2-3 mins, which also interfers with changing from speakers to a headset).


Thanks in advance!
 

fneske

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I had the same static problem with the same symptoms. (This does not address the length of time for the sound options to pop up.)

My problem was due to poor shielding in a KVM switch cable. This cable bundles both the speaker cable and the monitor cable within the same wire. There was cross talk (interference) between the signal going to the monitor and the signal going to the speaker, which (mostly) didn't show up until playing certain 3D games. I presume that this problem never showed up earlier because I never had a graphics card that could drive the monitor so hard before.

For my problem, the solution was simple: route the audio and video cables separately. I still use the KVM switch, but now the speakers attach to only one system.

As an aside, others have had the same symptoms. In http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/316351-28-remove-static-noise-video-card, clutchc recommends using a better shielding if you're using a VGA cable. This is essentially the same advice with some explanation added.
 

Ghettorat

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Try to change from 16 bit to 24 bit audio.

I was plagued with this for a long time with my pc (2x EVGA GTX 780 Classified SLI, Corsair AX860i platinum PSU, Yamaha Studio monitors/external DAC USB/Optical)
It would only occur in games, and I tried everything (changing poweroutlets, balanced cables, different PSU, checking cables for interference) I thought it was something electrical between the PC and the external DAC, so i changed from USB to optical from the motherboard. Same thing.
I would not get this problem when i had my headphone amplifier connected straight to the same DAC so that is why i thought it had to be the studio monitors not being filtered in some way.

Then just by chance today I changed my audio output (realtek onboard optical out) to 24 bit 48khz (default is 16 bit 48khz), and problem gone!

Please try this.

 
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alexilaiho1

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Dude no matter how simple that was, it was genius! :D I always uncheck Vsync in games, and almost a lot of times I have this sound issue, now that you suggested I enable it back, I tried, and the noise is GONE! Thank you again, my ears are now in peace!

 

ozzman181

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Same problem, tried all of the posted solutions to no avail and then just rerouted my sound through HDMI to my monitor and used my monitor headphones out jack as my stereo speaker output.

Not a fix, but a work around. In my case graphics load changed the pitch; but ONLY in games.

Cheers,

Ozz
 

trainboy

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I have the same problem with the noise it gives me a headakeake and I don't know why I was reserching to find out the problem so I will try to fill in what I know as I go look for the solution!

My problem is my game won't play without the noise and it is starting to kill me
 

Beau Jordan

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Don't run the audio from you're monitor to the speakers. Connect the speakers directly to the audio jack on you're computer. Most monitors don't know what to do when they are getting more FPS than they can project and the extra current is sent to you're speakers.

I just figured this out on my own system after reading tones of threads. I'ts because I was running a 3.5mm headset jack from my monitor to my speakers and the feedback was comming through the monitor. I figured that out because when I changed aliasing and or vsync it changed the tone. I took the jack out of my monitor and plugged the speakers directly into the computer and walla... fixed

 

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Yup this sorted me out!! thank you for the help dude! was doing my head in!
 

CSGOGogz

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I had the exact same problem without the delay so i moved my headphone and mic jack into the front panel instead of using the motherboard socket. This is because the HD Audio slot where the headphones plug in was bang next to my GPU so it was causing interference. this is only a quick fix however as i will be buying a new sound card shortly to make my rig look nice again

 

punkkyg

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I have the same problem, and I've tried all the suggestions here but to no avail. 16 to 24 audio didn't work, trying the front audio jack didn't work, earphones don't work, and vsync didn't work. Still get static when playing SimCity. No static at all when listening to music or watching YouTube vids...

The most annoying thing is that when I window out of the game, then click back on the icon, in the 1-2 seconds that the game screen is black and I can only hear the game music it's perfect! No static at all.

I've ordered some higher quality shielded speaker cables. In the meantime, is there anything else I should try?
 

Vizuka

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I am having the same issue with my ASUS Maximus VIII Hero board. Cant seem to be able to fix it. I am however going to be getting an external DAC/Amp pretty soon (within a week) and i am hoping that will fix the issue :)
 

Clayton_2

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I have a Creative audio internal soundcard, and an external Saffire Pro 40 preamp ran through a internal firewire adapter card, and let me tell you, this static is the biggest nuisance ever. I only use the saffire audio card, and it's running 2 sets of active speaker monitors. Whenever I load up Skyrim it's like an alien is trying to communicate to me. It even does it when I'm doing simple graphical tasks like youtube videos.
 

E_Hawley

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The buzzing sound is most likely line noise (created by the video card when it is called into heavy load) that is induced onto the electrical power line feeding both your computer and powered speakers. If you have both the computer and speakers connected to the same power strip or circuit in your house then the speakers will play the line noise for you right along with the audio signal. Improperly grounded electrical circuits make the noise problem worse. Maybe some of the previous posters are running their setup on an ungrounded outlet using a 2 prong adapter. Try plugging your speakers and computer into separate outlets using a long extension cord to be sure they are on different circuits.
 
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Just tried to do that, and wont work either...

I suspect it has to do wit the graphics card...
 

topazscorpion

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This issue is due to the differences between the video (GPU) card frequency, the on-board sound chip built into the motherboard, and the monitor's base frequency. Many of today's games require more powerful GPUs to run the frame rates (Frames Per Second (FPS)) required by those games. This allows you to get that nice high frame rate that makes your game run smoothly without jerking or lagging when you are playing. But, sometimes you can get that annoying audio whine.

As has been said in previous posts, a solution to this is to go into the game's video option panel and enable V-Sync (Vertical Synchronization). What this does is synchronize the game's frame rate with the monitor's base frame rate (or frequency). Most monitors these days have a vertical frequency of ~60 Hz. So, if you enable V-Sync, you have just forced the game to run at around 60 FPS and have negated the reason why you bought the GPU in the first place. Most game's have some kind of key combination that will show you the current frame rate of your game. This will allow you to see the difference in frame rates as you enable/disable V-Sync in the game's option panel.

This humming issue seems to occur a lot when using the motherboard's built in sound chip and I have had this problem myself. However, I did not want to sacrifice my game's high frame rate to get rid of the humming so I went and bought an inexpensive PCI sound card. After I installed the new card, I disabled the on-board sound card and the humming went away.

Hope this helps.
 

gaintsev

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I have the same issue and when I turn on Vsync the buzzing noise changes but is still there. I have the focusrite 2i4 and I cant seem to change from 16 to 24 need some help :(
 

Benjamin_43

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Hello, there's probably no way to do this if you're using on board sound is there?
 
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