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My speakers Buzz and crackle when plugged into my pc

Ballaakay

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Feb 26, 2017
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Today i bought some logitech z200 speakers. I plugged em' in and powered them up and straight away heard crackling while playing music and playing games especially on high pitched or deep base notes.

I tried everything from putting a ferrite core/bead on the cable. trying a new outlet for the pc and speakers. reseting my pc. trying back and front panel audio connectors and nothing is working.

I tried plugging the speakers into my ipod and they worked perfectly so i know that the problem isn't with the speakers,

I have tried all day and got no good results.

please help.
 


Thanks so much. At first i wasn't gong to try the soundcard again because i've tried it before but i gave it another try.