- Sep 18, 2015
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I have been battling this issue for months and thought it was time to ask someone who hopefully knows better. This is a weird and a hard-to-explain problem, but thanks to anyone who reads this.
The problem is that my microphone is really quiet, I have to basically yell for it to even recognize my voice. I have tried every solution and trick I have found from this forum/google/youtube, but nothing has worked (including everything with the Realtek audio drivers etc). The microphone levels are all the way up, but here the problem gets more weird: if I try to raise the microphone boost to +30dB (maximum), the microphone freaks out (a loud distortion noise comes from the headset) and starts a disconnect/connect -loop and does not work at all. Before I moved to this apartment the same mic worked perfectly even with maximum boost and still works on my wife's laptop. I have also tried another headset and the same problem exists, though that microphone already freaks at +20dB boost.
I don't know if I should blame myself, the cat or this house. The house does not have grounded sockets (I know, not ideal) but another thing is weird: sometimes when the cat touches my computer desks steel legs, I hear loud popping noises from my headphones?! My desk is from Ikea, a model named Bekant. The table is wooden, but the legs are steel, how could the static electricity from my cat cause that kind of problems and somehow find its way from the table legs to my computer?
So, I'm ready to take any guesses and help. Is the root cause of this problem the not-grounded sockets and if that is the case, have I already damaged my components? Especially the motherboard because that is where the sound comes from. But my audio still works perfectly so I'm confused... Really confused! If someone finds a solution for this, I'll give you a bag of virtual cookies.
My setup is:
Asus Z97 PRO (Wi-Fi AC)
Intel I7-4790
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 16GB 1600MHz
Asus GTX 780 DirectCU II
Operating system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
1Tb Samsung SSD
120gb Kingston SSD
The case is Phanteks Enthoo Primo
The problem is that my microphone is really quiet, I have to basically yell for it to even recognize my voice. I have tried every solution and trick I have found from this forum/google/youtube, but nothing has worked (including everything with the Realtek audio drivers etc). The microphone levels are all the way up, but here the problem gets more weird: if I try to raise the microphone boost to +30dB (maximum), the microphone freaks out (a loud distortion noise comes from the headset) and starts a disconnect/connect -loop and does not work at all. Before I moved to this apartment the same mic worked perfectly even with maximum boost and still works on my wife's laptop. I have also tried another headset and the same problem exists, though that microphone already freaks at +20dB boost.
I don't know if I should blame myself, the cat or this house. The house does not have grounded sockets (I know, not ideal) but another thing is weird: sometimes when the cat touches my computer desks steel legs, I hear loud popping noises from my headphones?! My desk is from Ikea, a model named Bekant. The table is wooden, but the legs are steel, how could the static electricity from my cat cause that kind of problems and somehow find its way from the table legs to my computer?
So, I'm ready to take any guesses and help. Is the root cause of this problem the not-grounded sockets and if that is the case, have I already damaged my components? Especially the motherboard because that is where the sound comes from. But my audio still works perfectly so I'm confused... Really confused! If someone finds a solution for this, I'll give you a bag of virtual cookies.
My setup is:
Asus Z97 PRO (Wi-Fi AC)
Intel I7-4790
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 16GB 1600MHz
Asus GTX 780 DirectCU II
Operating system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
1Tb Samsung SSD
120gb Kingston SSD
The case is Phanteks Enthoo Primo
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