Static noise in mic when gaming, help!

[Vizuka]

I just upgraded my PC, i upgraded to an i7-6700K and a Maximus VIII Hero motherboard. But now when i start playing games while talking to people on for example TeamSpeak 3, they tell me they can hear like a static noise coming from my mic. It stops when i exit the game, and start again as soon as i start the game again. What could be the cause of this? I am using the on-board soundcard and i am using the latest Realtek drivers from ASUS website. My other specs are:

16GB DDR4 RAM

EVGA GTX 980 SC

EVGA G2 850W PSU

Define R5 Chassi

Windows 8.1 64-bit

Samsung EVO 120GB SSD

2TB HDD

 

[CBender]

What brand/quality is the mic?Is the mic plugged in straight on the board or through the case front panel? If it is try plugging through the back. Also enable Vsync and monitor the behaviour of the noise. If it is reduced or becomes stable you have some sort of coil whine from the gpu. Is any other device prodcing the noise like speakers or headphones in a gaming situation. If not probably the mic is not properly insulated.

 

[Vizuka]

What brand/quality is the mic?Is the mic plugged in straight on the board or through the case front panel? If it is try plugging through the back. Also enable Vsync and monitor the behaviour of the noise. If it is reduced or becomes stable you have some sort of coil whine from the gpu. Is any other device prodcing the noise like speakers or headphones in a gaming situation. If not probably the mic is not properly insulated.

I am using the Sennheiser GAME Zero mic, and i have plugged them into the back. The thing is, enabling V-Sync does help, a bit, it does not remove it completely however. And, if i go to listen to my GPU closely while having a game running i can hear that their is some coilwhine. And no, i cannot hear any static in my headphones or anything else while gaming. It is only in my mic, so that my friends can hear it.

 

[CBender]

So it is definetelly coil whine being picked up by your mainboard's DAC or the mic itself. I ve seen some posts elsewhere that they used some material to cover up /isolate their gpu. but I don't know how effective those trully where. Just search for gpu coil whine mic and you probably will find something usefull. Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

 

[Vizuka]

So it is definetelly coil whine being picked up by your mainboard's DAC or the mic itself. I ve seen some posts elsewhere that they used some material to cover up /isolate their gpu. but I don't know how effective those trully where. Just search for gpu coil whine mic and you probably will find something usefull. Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

I have been googling, and researching all day, still no fix found sadly :/

 

[urbanj]

its the crappy Realtek chipset.

I just had my P8Z77-V Deluxe replaced after it started doing the EXACT same thing after years of working fine.

I received a Maximus VIII Hero Alpha as a replacement, does the EXACT same thing.

You can try removing your dedicated graphics card, and just using the onbaord (that will eliminate your vid card from the list of culprits).
Others things to do is disconnect everything connected to the PC, except your Keyboard/Mouse.
If you can, try a different power supply.

If you enable the "Listen to this device" option in the Recording Devices properties for your microphone, you could even eliminate anything to do with your mouse, keyboard, and monitor, by unplugging them after you turned that option on, as you can still hear the static/hissing.

Finally, you CAN try to use a different mic, but honestly, it's going to do the same thing (I bet), as I tried 5 different headsets and mics, and they all had the exact same issue.

 

[Vizuka]

its the crappy Realtek chipset.

I just had my P8Z77-V Deluxe replaced after it started doing the EXACT same thing after years of working fine.

I received a Maximus VIII Hero Alpha as a replacement, does the EXACT same thing.

You can try removing your dedicated graphics card, and just using the onbaord (that will eliminate your vid card from the list of culprits).
Others things to do is disconnect everything connected to the PC, except your Keyboard/Mouse.
If you can, try a different power supply.

If you enable the "Listen to this device" option in the Recording Devices properties for your microphone, you could even eliminate anything to do with your mouse, keyboard, and monitor, by unplugging them after you turned that option on, as you can still hear the static/hissing.

Finally, you CAN try to use a different mic, but honestly, it's going to do the same thing (I bet), as I tried 5 different headsets and mics, and they all had the exact same issue.

I ended up buying a Blue Yeti USB microphone and later also getting an external DAC/Amp for all my audio needs so I don't even use the built in motherboard audio anymore Works like a charm!

 

[urbanj]

its the crappy Realtek chipset.

I just had my P8Z77-V Deluxe replaced after it started doing the EXACT same thing after years of working fine.

I received a Maximus VIII Hero Alpha as a replacement, does the EXACT same thing.

You can try removing your dedicated graphics card, and just using the onbaord (that will eliminate your vid card from the list of culprits).
Others things to do is disconnect everything connected to the PC, except your Keyboard/Mouse.
If you can, try a different power supply.

If you enable the "Listen to this device" option in the Recording Devices properties for your microphone, you could even eliminate anything to do with your mouse, keyboard, and monitor, by unplugging them after you turned that option on, as you can still hear the static/hissing.

Finally, you CAN try to use a different mic, but honestly, it's going to do the same thing (I bet), as I tried 5 different headsets and mics, and they all had the exact same issue.

I ended up buying a Blue Yeti USB microphone and later also getting an external DAC/Amp for all my audio needs so I don't even use the built in motherboard audio anymore Works like a charm!

Ya, that seems to be the only real solution.
Just a bit upsetting that the on-board sound is so bad, even when high end motherboards claim to have all this isolation and jazz.


Glad to hear you're happy with your solution though