Annoying Screeching Sound from Computer

[Boy Clapper]

Hey, so recently I've had a computer audio problem.

First off, my specs:

Processor: Intel (R) Core(TM) i5 8600K CPUT @ 3.60 GHz (6 CPUs) Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Memory: 8 GB Operating System: Windows 10 Home Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS CFX ATX Motherboard (Model MS-7B61) System Type: x64 based

(Let me know if anything else is needed)

Recently I've been having an audio problem with my computer. I've had this computer for less than a year, but a few days ago, it started making this kind of screeching noise. I tried a few different things, like testing other sound devices and reinstalling drivers. I tried a Razer Leviathan and a Razer Electra, both which outputted the screeching, leading me to believe that the cause is from the computer's on-board sound itself. I do have Razer's sound program installed, but I highly doubt that that is contributing to the problem. The problem is, I can't figure out how to fix it.

The screeching is a high pitch, and no other sound from the computer can be heard. I did find, however, that any action that I did contributed to the noise, for example, if I pressed the windows button at the bottom left, the computer outputted some sort of buzzing noise for the duration of the animation.

I dove into the Device Manager to see if I could find anything, but nothing I did worked. If anything, I found some driver from Realtek that I momentarily changed but it stopped the screeching less than a second.

So a few days ago, June 19th, MSI released a new audio driver for their on-board sound (Realtek). I guess I realized the problem that day, and it has been driving me nuts since then. I tried downloading and reinstalling the newest audio drivers, but no dice.

This problem has been ongoing for a week now, and I can't play any freaking games. I tried to use a bluetooth headset, but my computer can't do that for some reason, so I need help to fix this ASAP.

Please, if anybody can find a solution to this problem, I'd be so grateful.

Thanks, -Skocztape

[Omega]

If your audio is beeping the onboard audio may very well be dead. Try your headphone on another port and see if that makes a difference.

I would RMA the motherboard. If you don't want to go through all that you could buy a DAC.

[Boy Clapper]

Omega の投稿を引用：

If your audio is beeping the onboard audio may very well be dead. Try your headphone on another port and see if that makes a difference.

I would RMA the motherboard. If you don't want to go through all that you could buy a DAC.

It's not that it's beeping. The sound that's coming out is kind of like a high pitch whine. I tried a lot of different sound outputs. My Razer Leviathan Speakers output the same thing as my Razer Electra headset (I have a thing for Razer gear).

Anyway, I get the same freaking noise no matter what I do.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Skocztape の投稿を引用：

It's not that it's beeping. The sound that's coming out is kind of like a high pitch whine.

It's coil whine.

*open your case / case panel and try to locate the source of the noise.

[Omega]

Yes, are you very sure the sound is coming from the headphones/speakers and not from the PC?

[Boy Clapper]

⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧ の投稿を引用：

Skocztape の投稿を引用：

It's not that it's beeping. The sound that's coming out is kind of like a high pitch whine.

It's coil whine.

*open your case / case panel and try to locate the source of the noise.

Omega の投稿を引用：

Yes, are you very sure the sound is coming from the headphones/speakers and not from the PC?

I'm 100% sure that the sound isn't coming from my PC. It's coming from the audio source, and I suspect that it has something to do with the on board audio for my motherboard. I opened my PC case and everything just to make sure, launched up a game to double check if my graphics card was making noise while under stress, but there was no pitch change, and the sound is coming from my audio outputs.

It's pretty weird, because i can only hear this one note, and nothing else plays. Like if I were to play music, I wouldn't be able to hear any of it. Instead, I would hear that same whine on a constant pitch playing.

[Arya]

Stupid question, but have you tried booting without any audio gear fitted?

[Andrius227]

Are you using the 3.5mm audio jack on the front of the case or the one in the back directly on the motherboard?

From my experience with various pc cases, the audio jack on the front always degrades audio quality or introduces static/buzzing.

[_I_]

what power supply, brand/model

most likely its coil whine if its not coming from any audio source

[Sapph]

Mute/unplug your audio sources and try doing the same things. If you can still hear it, it is coming from your pc and is coil whine.

And the most likely source is that old GTX 560.
Gpus tend to start doing it more/louder when they get old.
Other choice is power supply.

[Boy Clapper]

Wolfey の投稿を引用：

Stupid question, but have you tried booting without any audio gear fitted?

Yes. No dice.

Andrius227 の投稿を引用：

Are you using the 3.5mm audio jack on the front of the case or the one in the back directly on the motherboard?

From my experience with various pc cases, the audio jack on the front always degrades audio quality or introduces static/buzzing.

I actually tried both just in case. Neither worked.

_I_ の投稿を引用：

what power supply, brand/model

most likely its coil whine if its not coming from any audio source

Sapph の投稿を引用：

Mute/unplug your audio sources and try doing the same things. If you can still hear it, it is coming from your pc and is coil whine.

And the most likely source is that old GTX 560.
Gpus tend to start doing it more/louder when they get old.
Other choice is power supply.

My PSU is this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
I realize now that I may have skimmped a little on it, but I don't think that that's the problem here.

Okay. So, I really don't think it's coil whine. BUT, I did a few tests just to be sure.
So being that it's an old GPU, I fired up some graphics demanding games to see if the audio changed. This included Fallout 4, Saints Row: Gat Outta Hell, and Rocket Leauge. Here's what I noticed.

Every time that my computer had to display something that would show up laggy, the pitch from my headphones would rise up. If I looked at the sky in Fallout 4, which demands the least amount of graphics, the pitch would be low, and barely audible. This happened in the other games as well.

However, the noise is DEFINETLY and 100% not coming out of my computer's hardware. It is coming directly from my speakers and my headphones. I did some research and saw that normal coil whine comes from the GPU or PSU itself, so I'm not really sure what we're actually dealing with here.

So I guess my only hope here would be buying a new GPU, and I'm thinking about settling for a GTX 1080 Founder's Edition. I kind of need an upgrade anyway, I can barely run Just Cause 3.

Still, I just want to solve this problem, so if anyone has any more suggestions, I would be really grateful. :)

[ugafan]

unplug speakers and headphones.

do you still hear the sound?

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Skocztape の投稿を引用：

My PSU is this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
I realize now that I may have skimmped a little on it, but I don't think that that's the problem here.
:)

I doubt that, the m12 is a solid psu and seasonic is one of the top notch brands.
But hardware u know, never say never. But no, u r fine since it's not the psu.

Hm..

Maybe it's electro magnetic radiation related.
Maybe some stuff is to close to part x.

What about your sound settings? Maybe a win uppdate broke something.

I'm rly out of ideas tbh.

[Boy Clapper]

ugafan の投稿を引用：

unplug speakers and headphones.

do you still hear the sound?

No

[Martin Harris]

Is it more like a glass breaking but being held in the moment of breaking over and over like:

Bzzz BZZZTTTTTZBZZZZ or SCHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Boy Clapper]

ThePatchWorkHoax の投稿を引用：

Is it more like a glass breaking but being held in the moment of breaking over and over like:

Bzzz BZZZTTTTTZBZZZZ or SCHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Something kind of like that, it's almost like a boiling hot kettle making a high pitched whining noise.