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Shoegaze
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17 Posts
October 22 2010 11:01 GMT
#1
I've only noticed this problem recently, which doesn't make sense to me considering I've had no hardware changes or anything else that could likely cause this issue.

I'll start up a game, and there is a loud buzzing sound that is much louder than the game's natural sounds. It isn't constant; it coincides with the sounds in-game. By this I mean it is less audible when *nothing* is happening, but it loudens every time a worker is moved/built or any time there is an alert.

The only thing that seems to change this is if I go into the sound options and change my speaker configuration (I normally run 5.1) to a lower setting (Quad/Stereo) and it usually goes away, but now it seems it doesn't matter what my configuration is, the buzzing is always there as soon as I load up SC2.

I have no issues running iTunes or using my speakers for anything else otherwise, and I haven't tried playing any other games (I uninstalled all my other PC games).

Any ideas anyone?
"The drone... became... a... an extractor!" - MasterAsia
disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
October 22 2010 11:16 GMT
#2
I had buzzing noises whenever my graphics card was rendering frames, but only when I used the front mini-jack thingy. Could this be the case for you?
this game is a fucking jokie
Shoegaze
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17 Posts
October 22 2010 11:23 GMT
#3
What do you mean by mini-jack thingy? Front ports?

I have my speakers plugged into my sound card (no loose wires either), where I need them =[
"The drone... became... a... an extractor!" - MasterAsia
disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
October 22 2010 14:13 GMT
#4
Yeah, I've got like 7.1 ports in the back and a single audio-out (and mic-in) in the front. Whenever I connected my (stereo) speakers to the front port I got a buzz. Connecting it to the back solved that.

But I just realised you are on 5.1 which means you have to be connected to the sound card directly.
this game is a fucking jokie
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
October 22 2010 14:24 GMT
#5
Try moving the sound card to another slot farther from the GPU if possible. What exact hardware do you have?

It's strange that you would have issues now and not before though. Anyhow, you should confirm/dismiss the possibility of it being related to the GPU by checking if the problem occurs in another game or while running something else GPU-intensive like 3dmark or furmark.
thesoleone
Profile Joined February 2011
United States8 Posts
September 22 2012 01:57 GMT
#6
Yes, it seems that the fix to this is just plugging the mic into the Mobo output slot. I have no idea why my front panel microphone causes buzzing in SC2.... wish blizzard would fix.
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