How to eliminate background noise/random vibration/blowing sounds: Audio Technica ATR2500

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SirWalrusC

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I recently purchased an Audio Technica ATR2500 mic. I quite like it, and when it works properly it sounds amazing, but there is a lot of white noise. I'm not really sure what I need to do to fix this, I've tried downloading Realtek's HD audio codec deal, but apparently doesn't work with USB mics, and I've adjusted levels of the mic in the control pannel, but the only thing that turns down the white noise also turns down my voice playback volume. (it doesn't eliminate any noise, just makes the volume of everything lower)

My cousin also says it randomly plays some sort of buzzing/loud cutting in and out noise. Not just when I'm talking, even when I'm not doing anything.

Is there some sort of software to adjust this sort of stuff?
Please help. It's really getting on my nerves.
 
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Try on laptop computer while on battery, if all good isolate noise from mains, check the capacitors of you motherboard, check your psu. check if you have any dial-up pci modem conected or av/tuner card. static or white noise is hard to tackle. can be low quality isolation from your psu or mobo, coil wine from your graphics card... do your speakers whine with max vol while doing nothing?? do you ear radio thru the speakers or any white noise?? is your mains grounded??
 
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SirWalrusC

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The laptop idea gave me an idea. I plugged it into the front of my PC rather than directly to my motherboard, and it seemed to be much less frequent. (the buzzy/vibrating sound) I'm not even really worried about the white noise right now, just that buzzing. But the longer it's plugged in the more it seems to start doing the buzzing thing.

My GPU has no coil whine, and I don't have any sort of networking cards plugged in. Unfotunately I don't really have a laptop I can test it on. My motherboard is in perfect shape, and it's only month old build, so I hope it isn't hardware problems. I have the modem/router right underneath the mic, below the desk.
Could that cause any problems?

I can't hear the buzzing noise, but my cousin hears it through his mic, I don't think it's a sound in the room, maybe interference from somewhere.

Would a USB hub help at all?

When I hit "listen to this device" I don't hear the buzzing either, the mic sounds fine. He says he hears it with most people's USB mics.
 
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