Hello,
So, whenever I plug my ATH M50x headphones into my computer (or my speakers for that matter), I get a high pitch squealing sound which drives me insane. This is a constant squeal, but the pitch changes. When the system is under a heavier load, the pitch gets higher and louder. When it's not under a loud and sitting idle, its an annoying high pitch squealing sound.
First of all, I know its not the headphones or speakers. When I plug the headphones into my iPhone, iPad or MacBook, the audio sounds perfectly fine. So, I don't think its a problem with the headphones themselves. I also thought "hey, maybe it was my onboard audio" like a forum member suggested to me. So, I went and picked up a Creative Sound Blaster card off NewEgg for around 50 bucks. Hooked it up to my PCI slot and boom. The squeal was still there.
My next thought was maybe it was my power supply. So, I took my power supply out of my case, plugged in everything and booted up Windows. The sound still persisted. So, I thought maybe a cable was touching the sound card or somewhere on the motherboard and may be interfering with the audio, but nothing changed when I fiddled with the cables.
I then googled my issue a bit and came across a forum post saying it was because my volume was too high. So, I turned down my audio to around 25% and the squeal wasn't audible. But...heaving my headphones turned down that low is SUPER annoying, because I do like listening to louder music.
My last thought was maybe it was my GPU? I haven't played with anything, but I did hear some things about GPU's producing coil whining. I have a GTX 970 installed on my system.
If anyone has any other ideas, or things I could try, I would love to hear it. This whine is so annoying. I'm so done with it haha.
Thanks,
Brennen.
So, whenever I plug my ATH M50x headphones into my computer (or my speakers for that matter), I get a high pitch squealing sound which drives me insane. This is a constant squeal, but the pitch changes. When the system is under a heavier load, the pitch gets higher and louder. When it's not under a loud and sitting idle, its an annoying high pitch squealing sound.
First of all, I know its not the headphones or speakers. When I plug the headphones into my iPhone, iPad or MacBook, the audio sounds perfectly fine. So, I don't think its a problem with the headphones themselves. I also thought "hey, maybe it was my onboard audio" like a forum member suggested to me. So, I went and picked up a Creative Sound Blaster card off NewEgg for around 50 bucks. Hooked it up to my PCI slot and boom. The squeal was still there.
My next thought was maybe it was my power supply. So, I took my power supply out of my case, plugged in everything and booted up Windows. The sound still persisted. So, I thought maybe a cable was touching the sound card or somewhere on the motherboard and may be interfering with the audio, but nothing changed when I fiddled with the cables.
I then googled my issue a bit and came across a forum post saying it was because my volume was too high. So, I turned down my audio to around 25% and the squeal wasn't audible. But...heaving my headphones turned down that low is SUPER annoying, because I do like listening to louder music.
My last thought was maybe it was my GPU? I haven't played with anything, but I did hear some things about GPU's producing coil whining. I have a GTX 970 installed on my system.
If anyone has any other ideas, or things I could try, I would love to hear it. This whine is so annoying. I'm so done with it haha.
Thanks,
Brennen.
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