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Headset Mic giving extremely loud static

Anonymous
2021-09-12T08:19:07+00:00

Whenever I am on discord and I join a call or a voice channel, my mic instantly begins to give off an extremely loud static that will ruin your ears. This also happens in party chats in games such as Fortnite, it's fixed by unplugging my headphones and plugging them back in or enabling another mic and re-enabling my headset mic . But if I go to control panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound and I go to my mics properties and chose Listen to this device. My microphone works as it is supposed to work every time I try it, so why is this happening?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-12T10:51:23+00:00

    Good Day Lucas_378,

    I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, I am so glad to know that it worked If you need assistance in the future feel free to reach us anytime , I will be more than happy to help.

    Have a wondeful day ahead and stay safe.

    Sincerely,

    Carlo T.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-12T10:49:54+00:00

    This seems to have worked for now, thank you so much. I will let you know if the problem reappears.

    Stay safe.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-12T08:51:57+00:00

    Good Day Lucas_378

    My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 10 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

    Here's the steps you can try.

    -Press Windows key + X

    -Go to Settings

    -Click Update and Security

    -Click Troubleshooter then Additional troubleshooter.

    -Look for Speech and run the troubleshooter.

    Once done proceed with these steps.

    -Press Windows key + X

    -Go to Device Manager

    -Expand the Sound and Video Game Controller

    -Look for Audio driver that was installed

    -Right click and Update

    -Look for "Browse my computer for driver

    -Let me pick drivers available drivers

    -Choose an old driver and use it.

    -Go to Control Panel

    -In Control Panel, select Large icons from the View by drop down menu.

    -Select Sound.

    -Select the Recording tab

    -Right click the Microphone and click Enable.

    -Right-click it again and select Set as Default Device.

    -Right click Microphone and click Properties.

    -Click the Levels tab, then drag the volume slider to your preferred volume.

    -Click OK

    -Click Advance Tab

    -Uncheck the box to "Allow application to take exclusive control on this device"

    Turn on Microphone Privacy in each app.

    Select Start > Settings > Privacy > Microphone . In Allow access to the microphone on this device, select Change and make sure Microphone access for this device is turned on.

    Then, allow apps access to your microphone.

    Once you've allowed microphone access to your apps, you can change the settings for each app.

    Restart and check the Microphone audio.

    If issue persist, let's download the updated driver.

    What is the exact model of your computer?

    To check the system model proceed with these steps.

    -Press Windows key + R

    -Type msinfo32 and hit enter.

    -Look for the System Model and manufacturer and post it here.

    Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

    Sincerely,

    Carlo T.

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