Question Strange PC Issue

[ProlificJay]

Hello. I am having a strange issue with my PC where after a long gaming session, I will start hearing this beep sound in my headset every few minutes and my frames will start dropping. I have to restart my PC to get it to stop. The beep isn't coming from the tower directly, it's coming in along with the game audio through my headset, which will also start cutting out sometimes as well. But it will also continue to do it if I stop gaming and say, start browsing the web or listening to music. My PC will be fine for hours and then this problem will just start out of nowhere after about 6 hours of gaming.

It's driving me nuts as this PC is pretty new except for the GPU which is a few years old. I built the PC in February and just pulled the GPU from my old prebuilt. This problem wasn't happening back when I first built the PC but has been happening for probably around a month now. At one point, I only had 1 16 GB RAM stick installed as the 2nd stick was a dud and I bought it quite awhile before I built the PC so I couldn't return it on warranty so I thought maybe that was the issue, but I just installed 4x8 GB RAM sticks and the problem is still happening. I also don't know a whole lot about PC's to begin with as I just made the switch from console about 3 years ago and taught myself enough to build one and understand the basics. But as for troubleshooting, I'm lost. My specs are:

CPU: i9 10900K
GPU: 2060 Super
Mobo: MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x
Memory: 32 GB 3600 CL16
OS: Windows 10 Pro

Any idea what might be happening? Thanks.

 

[DavidM012]

could be electronic interference from a phone, low battery if it's wireless or the microphone

found a reddit that says


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/smzepm/fps_drops_and_beeps/


'mine does that too' but no answer

found another thread that said

Solved! - USB Headset making a constant hum/beeping noise

my USB Jabra Headset is making a constant beeping noise when it's connected to dell laptop running windows 10. how to get rid of the beeping?

forums.tomsguide.com

The beeping noise is probably because of the microphone. It just not trying to filter out the surrounding noise.

Try going to your mic properties and there you will see options to reduce outside noise by using software filters. This should reduce outside noise.

 

[ProlificJay]

could be electronic interference from a phone, low battery if it's wireless or the microphone

found a reddit that says


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/smzepm/fps_drops_and_beeps/


'mine does that too' but no answer

found another thread that said

Solved! - USB Headset making a constant hum/beeping noise

my USB Jabra Headset is making a constant beeping noise when it's connected to dell laptop running windows 10. how to get rid of the beeping?

forums.tomsguide.com

The beeping noise is probably because of the microphone. It just not trying to filter out the surrounding noise.

Try going to your mic properties and there you will see options to reduce outside noise by using software filters. This should reduce outside noise.

The thing is though, the beeping noise isn't constant. It doesn't start happening until after 6-8 hours of consecutive gaming and I'm wearing the headset the entire time. If it was something relating to the mic, would that not be apparent all the time? Not to mention, I use discord sometimes to talk with other players and there are zero issues with my mic in discord, even when the issue starts happening. It happens whether I use discord or not though.

This is what the beep sounds like

From most of my research, it seems to be an issue with HP PC's but mine isn't an HP. But that is pretty much what the beep sounds like.

EDIT : I'm checking out the first link you posted and it appears to be a similar issue as that so I will look through it and see if I can find any solutions.

 

[DavidM012]

you haven't said what your headset is or if it's wired usb or 3.5mm or wireless bluetooth

wireless after long use suggests low battery to me

https://www.google.com/search?q=bee...0l2j0i390l4.6569j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

That cannot be the case if it is a wired headset though.

It could be electronic interference from some external source

which means you would need to look around your space for sources of em radiation like maybe your router is on your desk next to the pc or the headset wire is near another electronic gadget or your phone charger is nearby, things like that.

 

[ProlificJay]

you haven't said what your headset is or if it's wired usb or 3.5mm or wireless bluetooth

wireless after long use suggests low battery to me

https://www.google.com/search?q=bee...0l2j0i390l4.6569j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

That cannot be the case if it is a wired headset though.

It could be electronic interference from some external source

which means you would need to look around your space for sources of em radiation like maybe your router is on your desk next to the pc or the headset wire is near another electronic gadget or your phone charger is nearby, things like that.

My headset is wired USB. And my gaming space hasn't changed at all recently. I built my PC in February and this issue wasn't happening back then. It wasn't happening before then either with my old prebuilt PC. Router hasn't moved, my phone wasn't causing issues back then being near my PC and my charger is in another room. This issue didn't start happening until about a month or 2 ago.

One thing that did change that didn't cross my mind until a few minutes ago was that I got a new mouse and I'm starting to think that's what is causing the issue. I switched from a Logitech G305 to a Razer DeathAdder V2 Pro back at the start of June. Both of them are wireless mice. I wasn't gaming much in June as I was busy so I wouldn't have noticed it until about mid July when I started getting back into gaming heavily. So I'm not sure if it would be from the actual mouse itself or from the Razer Synapse software. I'm thinking the software as both mice are 2.4 GHz and the Logitech mouse wasn't causing any issues. I'm just not sure what to do about it if that is the problem lol.

 

[DavidM012]

if it's em radiation then the Razer DeathAdder mouse could be emitting a stronger signal than the logitech. You can test that easily enough if you still have the Logitech. The software doesn't emit any radiation.

You could try just uninstalling the Razer Synapse software and only installing the mouse driver, supposing the two are separate packages or if the software is also the driver and must be installed as one package.

Could also be wear on the usb cable. Then you would need a different headset to test it. Check to see if it's warrantable, if there is a frequently asked question on the manufacturer's support site might be able to rma it.

It's just not easy to do diagnostics without spares lying around.

 

[ProlificJay]

if it's em radiation then the Razer DeathAdder mouse could be emitting a stronger signal than the logitech. You can test that easily enough if you still have the Logitech. The software doesn't emit any radiation.

You could try just uninstalling the Razer Synapse software and only installing the mouse driver, supposing the two are separate packages or if the software is also the driver and must be installed as one package.

Could also be wear on the usb cable. Then you would need a different headset to test it. Check to see if it's warrantable, if there is a frequently asked question on the manufacturer's support site might be able to rma it.

It's just not easy to do diagnostics without spares lying around.

If it was em radiation, would the issue not be present at all times? Like I said, the issue doesn't start happening until I have been gaming for 6+ hours.. Of course the software doesn't emit radiation lol. The reason I mentioned the software is because there are HP computers that have this issue and the problem is related to the HP command center. My PC isn't an HP so I obviously don't have command center installed. But I do have Razer synapse installed and it was the most recent application that I installed when I bought the mouse.

The logitech doesn't work anymore so I can't test it. It's also not an easy problem to test considering it doesn't happen at all times. I will have to wait until the next time I have a long gaming session to test things so I guess I'll start with the snyapse software.

 

[DavidM012]

If it was em radiation wouldn't it be present at all times? Not necessarily. There could be an intermittent spike in the signal.

There isn't a way to move the mouse further away from the usb wire. Wouldn't know where to begin with improvised em shields for cables. Maybe you could sellotape tin foil all down the length of the usb cable of your headset. Tin hat territory or ?

Do any of your local shops have a sub five dollar wired mouse in stock? Another way to test it and it isn't bad to have a cheap spare mouse.