sound buzzy/bug - a7n8x-dx

[Washuu]

okay... so i have the Asus A7N8X-DX, uve probably all heard of that motherboard, its great!, but the fact is, my sound bugs out, and gets buzzy sometimes, when playing games for awhile, especially games that have a ton of objects sending out sounds at once, - Natural-Selection is the main one..
the problem is, it slowly gets buzzy, and it wont stop until i quit out, then come back.
when i check my southbridge, its pretty hot, so either im going to buy and Audigy 2 Platinium card, or somehow im going to find a good heatsink for the southbridge, id love to just find a heatsink..
- if someone has a good heatsink that would work, id glady buy it from them, or if u can direct me to a good place to buy a heatsink for it directly..

 

[ankalar]

It could be your speakers, but most likely not. Have you downloaded the latest drivers? If not, do so. You don't need a heatsink for the south bridge, if you did then they'd include one.

 

[Warbie]

I get the same buzzing - usually happens when i'm on voice comms ......... but occasionally when watching a movie. It sux :/

 

[Washuu]

latest drivers, i use a headset and 2.1 speakers, both will produce problem, and problem accured with old drivers

 

[Spitwad]

I get the same problem in NS, but im not using the onboard sound, im using Plantronics DSP-500's

 

[FictiousWill]

When I turn my plantronics 90's up to max volume I can hear a buzz when I move my mouse... damned if I can figure out how to fix it.

 

[Washuu]

maybe nvidia will stop working on crappy new FX cards, and PCI cards, and make a better driver for the nforce2, its all i ask for!!!
im about to go buy new a headset, one thats a digital/usb model, if that doesnt help, im going to get a new audio card!, which i rather not..

 

[FictiousWill]

Ok make sure that you're feeding the direct route of sound from your computer. i.e. out of the soundcard jack and into the headphones. Mine buzzes like hell when I pipe it through my speakers, but when I split it from my motherboard (one line from onboard sound to the speakers, one line from 2nd soundjack on mobo to headphones) I get crisp sound. Also you may want to spring for some nice headphones -assuming yours are generic or cheap- I used to have some crap things, and not being sensitive to sound I thought they were fine, but the clarity and bass you get from the upper level plantronics sets is worth the cash, even if your current headset is not the problem.

 

[Washuu]

okay ,headset isnt crap, but it isnt that good.. but it is directly connected into my motherboard, speakers dont have a port to plug headset in :/
so, yeah..

 

[ankalar]

You may have it plugged into the wrong port. Make sure it's in the green one (I'm pretty sure that's the color on the A7N8X.) It's the middle one if I recall correctly.

 

[Washuu]

im not an idiot.. >.<

 

[ankalar]

Well, most of the time it's the one either on the top or on the left, but on these it's in the middle.

 

[Washuu]

there is no way im going to get sound produced in a headset THROUGH anything BUT the green one....

 

[ankalar]

True...

/me hides