Microphone, and other sounds.

[Jas0n]

Hi guys,

Another question :p
Well ive noticed lately that, when i use my microphone for voice convos ( like MSN ), i get told that other people can hear the sounds that my PC makes ( like if i the Windows error sound or MSN sign-in sounds ) and also myself speaking.

So i did some experiments and also noticed that, i can hear feint sounds aswell. So say if im playing music, and talking, the output would be the music and myself talking.

Im using a set of logitech headphones btw, and it happens with the sound muted or unmuted.
Im using the onboard sound card with the mobo ( Gigabyte )

So is this a sign saying that my on-board sound card is stuffed, time to get a proper sound card?

Cheers guys.

[Gecko]

Jas0n,

What you are describing sounds like crosstalk to me.
Have the wires on the headphones become twisted?

[Jas0n]

umm dont think so, its this on here:

[Gecko]

When electricity passes through copper wire an electro-magnetic field is created.
This electro-magnetic field can cause interference to any close proximity device or wire.

If the wires to your head set have become twisted inside the wire casing
the electro-magnetic field coming from the speaker wire could be crossing over to the microphone wire.

[Jas0n]

yeah but heres the weirdo thing, i just tried b4, and the headset was nowhere near connected. Onli thing connected was the PC speakers. And i did the sound record crap and its still teh same...

[Gecko]

OK so much for that science lesson

It could be the onboard sound card does not have enough shielding and that is why you are picking up the extra sounds.

[Jas0n]

ahhkaiz....damm machine thanks newaii mate.

[Psymon]

u sure your mic is muted in your playback options?

[Jas0n]

muted or unmuted via the sound options i still hear the wrido in-PC sounds, and amazingly i can still be heard with the mute on? ( tested on BF2 )

[peahead]

are you sure your computer is ticked to use mic in and not sterio mixer? sterio mixer will play your pc sounds and music etc to other people also....check that

[Jas0n]

Yeah i checked that....abh waas hoping that would be the solution, but i still hear them sounds.....