Clicking Noise!?

josh2thad · Oct 6, 2007, 02:41 AM

So here is the issue. When i use my microphone(s) to talk to anyone using an chat client(s) the people on the other end hear a clicking noise from my MIC. The people on the other end have discribed it as a low toned helicopter and say its very annoying.

I have tried, 3 different mics, updated my sound card drivers, chipset drivers. Updated the firmware on my router and updated my usb drivers. Even did this with my old E4300 and my GA-956p-S3. So its done this on 2 different systems. Ive replaced the router so my thougs would be something interfering with the cable modem?

Here are my system specs, i know this is a weird problem so any advise at all would be great. Also it happens with MSN messeger, yahoo calling, Xfire and VENT.

Q6600
MSI-P35 NEo 2
WD 250GB Sata 2
4gb ADATA DDR2 800
XFX 8800 GTS XXX Edition
Logitech 5.1 THX Surround sound
Webstar Cable modem
D-link WBR-1310 had NetGear WGR614 V6
Logitech USB 350 Headset

I have also even tried 2 other mics off the motherboars mic connector with the same result

josh2thad · Oct 6, 2007, 03:19 AM

bump

Dyre Straits · Oct 6, 2007, 08:27 AM

Do you have the microphone Boost checked or unchecked?

Do you have any environmental sounds active?

Al_Vampyre · Oct 6, 2007, 11:20 AM

What sort of frequency? It could be electrical interference of some kind...

>GSXR<mrbusa · Oct 6, 2007, 11:54 AM

You are getting interference from something.
Move your equipment around.
I have never heard of Webstar and usually unknown brands are my first suspect in issues like this. Something is not grounded or shielded properly. Do you have a good power supply? Is there another system available for you to check the problem and see if it is the modem? Make sure all your power connections inside your system have all the pins pushed into the hardware.

OldBuzzard · Oct 6, 2007, 12:24 PM

One other thing to check. Open up your windows VOLUME CONTROL, and make sure that the mic is MUTED in the PLAYBACK CONTROL screen. If it isn't, it will sometines do something like that and/or you will hear yourself in your speakers/headphones when you are talking.

BlueMak · Oct 6, 2007, 12:27 PM

What's your soundcard?

IF you have AUX 1 or 2 in the sound control panel, mute them.

ChaosMinionX · Oct 6, 2007, 09:56 PM

I had this problem on Vista x64 Ultimate as well..... my Plantronics GameCom Pro1 headset which is USB only with DSP clicked and clicked like a midi helicopter sound to people over ventrilo, I had 2 sets of this specific headset and it did same on either with USB.

It did the same with my Sennheiser PC166 headset when using the USB jack, but if I switched to analog jack with Auzen Prelude it went away all together. If your using all USB headsets it has something to do with the fact of the new sound API for Vista and how it implements sound through software now, instead of using USB DSP it handles it weird and overcompensates or something, and the USB sound devices not working correctly for Vista despite what M$ says.

If all 3 of your headsets are USB, it is 100% the reason why they are not working.

Oct 6, 2007, 02:41 AM	#1
josh2thad DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 431 Rep Power: 0	Clicking Noise!? So here is the issue. When i use my microphone(s) to talk to anyone using an chat client(s) the people on the other end hear a clicking noise from my MIC. The people on the other end have discribed it as a low toned helicopter and say its very annoying. I have tried, 3 different mics, updated my sound card drivers, chipset drivers. Updated the firmware on my router and updated my usb drivers. Even did this with my old E4300 and my GA-956p-S3. So its done this on 2 different systems. Ive replaced the router so my thougs would be something interfering with the cable modem? Here are my system specs, i know this is a weird problem so any advise at all would be great. Also it happens with MSN messeger, yahoo calling, Xfire and VENT. Q6600 MSI-P35 NEo 2 WD 250GB Sata 2 4gb ADATA DDR2 800 XFX 8800 GTS XXX Edition Logitech 5.1 THX Surround sound Webstar Cable modem D-link WBR-1310 had NetGear WGR614 V6 Logitech USB 350 Headset I have also even tried 2 other mics off the motherboars mic connector with the same result

Oct 6, 2007, 11:20 AM	#4
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	What sort of frequency? It could be electrical interference of some kind... __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Oct 6, 2007, 12:24 PM	#6
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	One other thing to check. Open up your windows VOLUME CONTROL, and make sure that the mic is MUTED in the PLAYBACK CONTROL screen. If it isn't, it will sometines do something like that and/or you will hear yourself in your speakers/headphones when you are talking. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Oct 6, 2007, 12:27 PM	#7
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	What's your soundcard? IF you have AUX 1 or 2 in the sound control panel, mute them. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 6, 2007, 09:56 PM	#8
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	I had this problem on Vista x64 Ultimate as well..... my Plantronics GameCom Pro1 headset which is USB only with DSP clicked and clicked like a midi helicopter sound to people over ventrilo, I had 2 sets of this specific headset and it did same on either with USB. It did the same with my Sennheiser PC166 headset when using the USB jack, but if I switched to analog jack with Auzen Prelude it went away all together. If your using all USB headsets it has something to do with the fact of the new sound API for Vista and how it implements sound through software now, instead of using USB DSP it handles it weird and overcompensates or something, and the USB sound devices not working correctly for Vista despite what M$ says. If all 3 of your headsets are USB, it is 100% the reason why they are not working. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Oct 6, 2007, 03:19 AM	Thread Starter #2
josh2thad DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 431 Rep Power: 0	bump

Oct 6, 2007, 11:54 AM	#5
>GSXR<mrbusa im a FREAK Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,107 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	You are getting interference from something. Move your equipment around. I have never heard of Webstar and usually unknown brands are my first suspect in issues like this. Something is not grounded or shielded properly. Do you have a good power supply? Is there another system available for you to check the problem and see if it is the modem? Make sure all your power connections inside your system have all the pins pushed into the hardware.