Strange audio produced when Dynex USB Headset is combined with Realtek ALC888
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It seems that just when I connected my Xbox 360 pc controller, my Dynex USB Headset began acting up.
Whenever I use the microphone function, the audio comes out as though I was talking through a Nintendo Entertainment System (8 bit-ish sound), no matter what I play the sound through. (So it sounds the same, whether I play it through my Creative desktop speakers or through my headset.)
I've tried almost every kind of troubleshooting technique I could think of.
Removing the drivers then installing older ones worked for awhile, then began acting up again.
I tried rebooting (of course), that didn't fix it.
Updating sound drivers; nada.
I recall disabling the sound chip through my BIOS, booting, rebooting, enabling it, then booting, although that only fixed it temporarily. I've tried the headset in another computer with the same OS, and it worked fine, so I don't think it's the microphone.
I've tried shutting down as many electronics as I could (cellphone, air purifier, xbox controller, unnecessary monitors, wireless mice, even lights), although nothing could fix the odd sounds.
Computer specs:
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[*]MSI P6NGM-FD motherboard
[*]Windows XP SP3
[*]Realtek drivers, updated to R256
[*]Dynex USB Mon Headset
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Also, here's a small soundclip of me saying hello, then blowing on the microphone.
[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?78edfxe4d9xbt66]Link[/url]
If anyone can help, that would be great.
Try uninstalling the sound drivers, then installing them from windows update instead
I think the 360 controller has its own sound input for the mic and whatnot, try finding that and disabling it, if it's wired then it might be called generic USB sound device or something similar.
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;27283166]Try uninstalling the sound drivers, then installing them from windows update instead[/QUOTE]
Ok.
I've uninstalled the Realtek software/drivers with their uninstaller, I rebooted, then I ran driver sweeper to clean up everything else. I rebooted, so now the device is only recognized as "Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus", and it can't find the appropriate driver if I tell it to automatically search (a good sign, signaling that they've been removed completely).
However, after visiting Windows Update and running a Custom (advanced) update, there were no hardware updates available, just a few software updates (none of which pertained to audio).
Any other ideas you may have?
[editline]8th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=chewgo;27288103]I think the 360 controller has its own sound input for the mic and whatnot, try finding that and disabling it, if it's wired then it might be called generic USB sound device or something similar.[/QUOTE]
I don't see that anywhere, neither in the Sound portion of my control panel, nor in the Device drivers window (with hidden devices turned on, to boot).
I just want to make sure we're all on the same page here when I say that I'm [i]not[/i] using an xbox controller microphone here :)
[QUOTE=tgp1994;27290988]Ok.
I've uninstalled the Realtek software/drivers with their uninstaller, I rebooted, then I ran driver sweeper to clean up everything else. I rebooted, so now the device is only recognized as "Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus", and it can't find the appropriate driver if I tell it to automatically search (a good sign, signaling that they've been removed completely).
However, after visiting Windows Update and running a Custom (advanced) update, there were no hardware updates available, just a few software updates (none of which pertained to audio).
Any other ideas you may have?
[editline]8th January 2011[/editline]
I don't see that anywhere, neither in the Sound portion of my control panel, nor in the Device drivers window (with hidden devices turned on, to boot).
I just want to make sure we're all on the same page here when I say that I'm [i]not[/i] using an xbox controller microphone here :)[/QUOTE]
I got that much, I just remembered dealing with that extra device when I used it. I also used a wireless controller, and on XP, and with what you said, I'm guessing you won't need to deal with what I advised.
I thought, with the driver being cleaned off and all, that I'd test the audio just with my headset to see how it sounded.
Crap, sound still has NES-8-bit sound, even in my own headset. Even music that would play normally through my speakers sounded NES-like through the earpiece in my headset. Out of fear, I plugged my headset into my other XP machine, and the sound was (like always) still ok in the other machine.
What could it possibly be now? Driver cleaner reports no existence of Realtek on my computer, and I even went and disabled the HD audio controller in my bios. No luck, sound was still 8-bitty in my headset earpiece.
Is it possibly a codec? I was doing a Registry search for "Realtek", and several results were popping up from what seemed to be the hardware section of my registry, although I thought the device (hidden as well) was removed in device manager.
[b]OR...[/b] What if it's the Windows USB Audio Device driver? There weren't any updates, like I said, on Windows Update though.
To update everyone, installing the drivers from MSI's website has my speakers working once again (like usual), although the headset is still producing that same strange noise, and through the earpiece as well.
From further research, it seems like the Xbox 360 controller for windows is directly related with causing USB headsets to malfunction, although I'm not quite sure how I should remedy this.
Again, if anyone is able to help, help is still needed.
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