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Thread ID: 135011 2013-09-13 01:04:00 Clicking noise when gaming ChazTheGeek (16619) Press F1
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1353500 2013-09-13 01:04:00 I get this horrible clicking noise coming out of my headset when I play Fallout 3 (when I enter Megaton. Doesn't happen in the wasteland) or Fallout New Vegas (When I enter that hotel with the roller coaster in Prim) . Age of Empires 3 does the same thing. No other games seem to do it.

It's probably my GPU as it already has coil whine. I just ignore that. But the clicking is intolerable. :badpc::mad:

I use Razer Kraken headphones and the Razer Surround drivers. No difference made when I switch back to Realtek audio drivers.
No sound card.
I'm using a Corsiar CX 750 PSU. (I thought I'd better mention that because I've heard that PSU's can cause similar problems)

Please help. Thanks.:)
ChazTheGeek (16619)
1353501 2013-09-13 01:13:00 Well I can tell you its not a game sound, I am very familiar with those games and locations.
Do you hear it when you have the sound going through speakers rather than headphones?
DeSade (984)
1353502 2013-09-13 01:20:00 I don't use speakers. But I could try some old speakers I have lying around. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1353503 2013-09-13 03:45:00 USB headset or using the analog line out ?. I have a wireless logitech USB headset that will not work properly on one particular PC and I'm thinking it's a USB problem.
Might start a thread on that at some point actually.
dugimodo (138)
1353504 2013-09-13 04:11:00 Just a analog headset. Plugging in the speakers didn't make any difference either. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1353505 2013-09-13 05:14:00 So just to be clear, you hear the clicking through the speakers also? DeSade (984)
1353506 2013-09-13 06:07:00 Also muting the computer removes the clicking. All I can here is the quite static noise from the GPU. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1353507 2013-09-13 07:17:00 Ok so its not the headphones cause speakers cause the same sound.
Its not a computer sound as muting the sound removes it so it is coming from sound generated in the machine and running through the sound drivers.

Based on this its almost certainly a driver issue
Probably the way the sound driver is working with the sound coding for the individual games rather than a overall issue, might not be something you can fix.
I had a similar problem in Diablo2, made the game unplayable and no one could fix it.

Since you have tried most driver fixes already, I think you might be SOL.
DeSade (984)
1353508 2013-09-13 07:40:00 It never used to happen either. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1353509 2013-09-13 07:53:00 Is the head set plugged into the front or rear speaker socket, if its the front try just the rear or visa versa. wainuitech (129)
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