Vynarus
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- Copperas Cove, Texas
I own an Afterglow Prismatic wireless USB headset, and recently I've run into a problem. It had bee a long few months since I last used the headset, and when talking to friends in a voice-chat program, there seemed to always be a constant white-noise humming sound persisting. I took it as the microphone picking up the air around me, as it made a similar noise when not muted, but, I found that this was not the case after testing the mute button.
I looked around online to see that many people with a similar problem claimed that their headphones made the noise due to improper power, whether it was from a bad USB port or because the rig was plugged into an un-grounded socket. This made me test to see if improper power was my problem, and I can only assume it is because when plugged directly into a port, there's no noise, whilst in the hub, there is. This normally wouldn't be a problem, as most laptops have quite a few ports, however, one of my three plain and simply don't work; zero power. The other two are fine, but, when plugging the USB headset into one of the ports, it blocks the other, make me unable to use a mouse or even the USB hub, which the mouse performs fine in.
Too long, didn't read?
How can I stop a humming sound from coming through my headset when plugged into a USB hub?
I looked around online to see that many people with a similar problem claimed that their headphones made the noise due to improper power, whether it was from a bad USB port or because the rig was plugged into an un-grounded socket. This made me test to see if improper power was my problem, and I can only assume it is because when plugged directly into a port, there's no noise, whilst in the hub, there is. This normally wouldn't be a problem, as most laptops have quite a few ports, however, one of my three plain and simply don't work; zero power. The other two are fine, but, when plugging the USB headset into one of the ports, it blocks the other, make me unable to use a mouse or even the USB hub, which the mouse performs fine in.
Too long, didn't read?
How can I stop a humming sound from coming through my headset when plugged into a USB hub?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- TOSHIBA