What's the typical wattage for audio output on motherboards (Realtek audio)? HELP!

[Jamesin_x]

Hi, so yesterday I got a new pair of headphones and they're amazing, I really love 'em! 😀
The issue is: I turned the volume all the way up a couple of times on my PC (out of curiosity) and it got pretty loud. Now I'm worried if I did any damage to them as they're rated at 200 mW max (impedance is 32 Ohm). The problem is I have no clue how many mW my PC can output at max volume.
The motherboard is:
ASUS H170 Pro Gaming (with SupremeFX audio)
This is mentioned NOWHERE on ASUS's or Realtek's sites.
The thing is I can't judge if the sound has changed cause I'm pretty paranoid right now and I might hear differences which aren't really there…
So if they get damaged from too high wattage, do they just die, start crackling, or can the sound just change slightly? The first two definitely hasn't happen, but the third one…I can't decide that.
I really hate that you can't limit the power output in some way because the fact that you can fry a pair of low-impedance headphones with a single click is pretty stupid.

So why is the audio wattage of the motherboard nowhere mentioned? Do any of you know anything more about how it works?

Thanks!

 

[madmatt30]

You absolutely will not kill a 32ohm pair of phones (unless they're dire quality) with the audio output from any motherboard.

You have more chance of killing the Pre amp on the board.

 

[Jamesin_x]

You absolutely will not kill a 32ohm pair of phones (unless they're dire quality) with the audio output from any motherboard.

You have more chance of killing the Pre amp on the board.

Thank you very much for responding!
So why isn't there any wattage listed for those motherboards? It's always listed for external amplifiers.
What I'm probably most interested to know is how the damage would manifest itself. If I hear, for example a sudden pop/click at a specific point in a track every time I rewind to that spot, could that be caused by a damaged driver or (more likely) the issue in the recording?

 

[Jamesin_x]

One more thing, when I'm listening to music on YouTube everything is fine, but if I open a new tab in the same window (using Chrome), very noticeable popping/clicking starts. If I go back to the YouTube tab, everything is fine. Why does this happen?

 

[Anthony_F_Thompson]

Flash/browser problem? Or typical YouTube being shit. Would try a different browser or video streaming website for test.

 

[Jamesin_x]

Flash/browser problem? Or typical YouTube being shit. Would try a different browser or video streaming website for test.

Just tried Edge with a couple of examples and it didn't crackle. Tried Chrome again and as soon as I minimized it, it started popping heavily. I guess I can conclude the problem lies in the browser and not headphones (I hope).

 

[Anthony_F_Thompson]

Flash/browser problem? Or typical YouTube being shit. Would try a different browser or video streaming website for test.

Just tried Edge with a couple of examples and it didn't crackle. Tried Chrome again and as soon as I minimized it, it started popping heavily. I guess I can conclude the problem lies in the browser and not headphones (I hope).

Yeah, to take a complete safe rout I'd run ccleaner and clear every thing in chrome, reset all of chromes settings and then try it again.

I've noticed after a good long while a browser will become sluggish when holding lots of memory ESPECIALLY IN ITS WEB ADDRESS BAR and can lag. Otherwise try a complete uninstall and re install.