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| System Name | Patriot |
|---|---|
| Processor | i5-6600K @ 4.5GHz |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z170X - Gaming 7 |
| Cooling | Corsair H100i v2 |
| Memory | 16GB G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB 3200 CAS 16 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire RX 5700 XT |
| Storage | 250GB Samsung 850 EVO, 480GB SanDisk SSD, 500GB WD Black, 1TB WD Blue |
| Display(s) | Viewsonic VX2758 27" Curved 1440p 144Hz |
| Case | White Corsair Air540 |
| Audio Device(s) | HyperX Cloud/Logitech Z906 5.1/Sound Blaster Omni |
| Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 550W |
| Mouse | Razer Deathadder Chroma |
| Keyboard | Redragon K556 |
| Software | Win 7 x64 |
Hey all. I have a Gigabyte Z170X - Gaming 7 mobo which came with Creative's Sound Blaster Recon 3di chip onboard. I have been using Logitech Z906 5.1s along with a pair of HyperX Cloud headphones (the originals). Both the speakers and the cans have been working perfectly for a couple of years. Earlier this morning I was gaming and the game itself experienced some kind of error and I got disconnected from the server. I had been in a voice chat prior to this and upon my re-entering the game, the other person's voice sounded muffled with some kind of distortion also taking place. I began to notice that the game sounds also had these qualities; so I exited the game and plugged my cans into my phone and could only faintly hear background music in a video, but could not hear voices at all. So I thought my headphones' speakers had blown.
But then I switched to speakers and all I hear is a constant hum from them whether a video or game is playing or not. I don't know if getting disconnected from the game server has anything to do with it or if a speaker wire has somehow broken or if my onboard audio chip has died or what is going on. Are there any diagnostic steps I can take to figure this out? I looked at the speaker wires from the PC to the subwoofer and can see no break in the sleeving surrounding the wires, although I realize the possibility of a wire having broken within the sleeve. It just seems odd that both my speakers and my headphones stopped working at the exact same time.
But then I switched to speakers and all I hear is a constant hum from them whether a video or game is playing or not. I don't know if getting disconnected from the game server has anything to do with it or if a speaker wire has somehow broken or if my onboard audio chip has died or what is going on. Are there any diagnostic steps I can take to figure this out? I looked at the speaker wires from the PC to the subwoofer and can see no break in the sleeving surrounding the wires, although I realize the possibility of a wire having broken within the sleeve. It just seems odd that both my speakers and my headphones stopped working at the exact same time.
