On-Board Mic is Crackling

[garrzilla]

I am using a Razer Tiamat 7.1 headset and a Gigabyte motherboard. It has been working good for over 2 years. Today when I got on skype, the mic wasn't working. I checked Realtek driver and it was showing up. When I bend/move the cord a bit, i hear crackling and the mic works again for a few seconds.

This has nothing to do with the headset because I just used it on my laptop and it works fine. I updated my motherboard audio drivers and it is still happening. Any ideas?

 

[DiaSin]

Try using your front panel audio connectors instead of the ones on the motherboard, it may be a bad jack.

 

[garrzilla]

I did try this. Same result.

 

[DiaSin]

It sounds like something has physically gone wrong with your onboard audio. All I can think to do is get a cheap sound card.

 

[garrzilla]

so for a sound card, do i have to make sure its compatible with my motherboard?

 

[DiaSin]

so for a sound card, do i have to make sure its compatible with my motherboard?

Any PCIe soundcard will work in any PCIe motherboard. Assuming that the 7.1 headset you use has the multiple analog connectors and it is not USB this would be the minimum for a soundcard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132053

 

[garrzilla]

it does have one usb, but the cable should be long enough to reach a usb port

 

[Avro Arrow]

I think that I would still try a different mic or headset just to be certain. Barring that, you can use literally any sound card that you can find. Hell, I still have a Sabrent PCI sound card lying around that I got from TigerDirect for about $13 6 years ago that would still work perfectly and deliver 8.1 audio. Sound cards are a dime a dozen these days because they're only really used when the on-board sound fails.