Solved my own problem lol. Somehow the actual volume on the monitor was turned down very low, from 80 to 36 so that's why I was hearing mostly white noise from the external speakers. Check your actual monitor volume if you have internal speakers guys! Not sure how this was lowered since I...
My external speakers are usb powered and work perfectly when plugged into the 3.5 jack on my cellphone, sound is loud and clear. When I plug them into my monitor, which does have it's own speakers, I can turn the external speakers and the internal speakers all the way up and barely hear the...