Front audio ports vs back. Whats going on?

[jac92007]

First off, let me say I really didnt know where to post this question, so forgive me please for posting in the wrong area.


I have a pair of brand new Logitech G230 headphones for what I use on my PC. They are a cheap $40 pair of headphones. I purchased them because my Turtle Beach x12's ($140) were causing a LOT of static when I was talking. It was unbearable for anyone I was talking to.

With the new purchase, no static. Or so I think.

However, while messing around with my recording devices and playback devices in my sounds panel, I notice when I click listen to this device, there is a TON of static coming through when its plugged in to the FRONT audio ports. (note: capitalization is only for emphasis. dont take it as douc*ey).

I plugged them into the back audio and microphone ports on my PC, and so far, no static when I listen to the device. If any, its extremely minimal.

The catch!!! I cannot hear certain aspect of things I am playing on my PC. For instance, I can hear myself test the microphone, but not my video games. I can hear other people talking, but not audio from internet pages. I can hear spotify as well.

The only other bit of information I can provide is that when I open the sound options, its only giving me the option for speaker, not for headphone.

Whats the difference? Why can I not hear my video games? Why am I getting static from the front ports but not the back? Why cant I select headphones as my option like I had before?

Thanks for the help guys and gals, I appreciate it!!!!

 

[DiegoD]

The audio ports on the io on your mobo are almost always better than the front ones. On most systems the front audio and microphone are not given enough power and cheap cables connect it to the motherboard. As a rule of thumb plug headphones into audio in (the green jack) and microphones into mic in (the pink jack).

Have you checked to see if your headphones are you default device? If they are nno this oculd explain why you are able to hear some, but not all progreams.

 

[jac92007]

I have attempted to set them as default device, however when plugged into the back audio ports, they do not have an option to do so. It is grayed out and I cannot pick it :/

For the time being I am back to the front ports.