Windows 10: Installed Windows 10, microphone is now almost pure static

Hey everyone. I'm at wit's end trying to solve this one.

I've been running Windows 7 for the last, what, seven years? I finally decided to make the jump to Windows 10 because I've really enjoyed it on other computers, and almost everything went swimmingly -- except for my microphone.

I have an ASRock Extreme6 X79 motherboard, and I'm only using onboard audio. Both my front audio-out and rear audio-out work perfectly, but neither microphone works. Both are extremely static-y when plugged in (I can tell by 'listening to this device' in my recording devices). However, if I set the Microphone to play through my playback device in the Realtek HD Audio Manager, it is crystal clear. This problem happens with multiple mics, which leads me to believe that it's a driver-related issue. I've tried the most recent drivers (current as of April 12), and I've tried the same drivers a friend of mine is running with the same headset from last June (his works fine, mine obviously does not).

I'm willing to try anything short of buying a sound card. Do I need to revert to Windows 7 or 8? I would hate to do it, but having a functional 2.5mm microphone is an absolute must. Thank you so much in advance to anyone willing to help out.

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Windows 10 static noise

I am using the Logitech G230 as a headset and before installing Windows 10 the sound was fine. But after installing Windows 10 my microphone makes alot of static noise. I tried my headset on a computer with Windows 7 again and the static noise dissapeared,
but after going back to my own computer with Windows 10 the static noise came back. What can I do to fix this?

 

WIndows 10 USB Microphone Crackle

Hey guys.

I have three devices using Realtek HD Audio.

I am using this Microphone.


http://www.amazon.com/Blue-

I've used it to produce awesome videos in Windows 10.

Recently, the microphone has been causing static when I speak into it.

I'm not sure at what point the USB microphone starting crackling... Maybe during the November update?

In any event...

I have two Windows 10 64 bit laptops (HP, and Gateway), and there is static when I speak into them. The static isn't 100%, just enough to be totally annoying... And it seems like it's random.

Fascinatingly, the snowball works on my windows 10 desktop (64 bit) fine without any static. (The desktop is Windows 10 Professional, the two laptops are Windows 10 Home. I wonder if that's the deal breaker? Who knows). I am curious, have you had trouble
getting the Blue Snowball to work on Windows 10 laptops these days? Or windows 10 home?

Have you had any feedback from your end users about this?

I've been troubleshooting for quite some time, and am going insane!



Thanks for any feedback...

 

Hi, you could try turning off audio enhancements in the Microphone Properties, Enhancements tab.
Also in the Advanced tab, try changing the sample rate & bit depth.

 

I did try that as well. I don't have "audio enhancements", but I've tried disabling sound effects. I've also played with the sampling rate to no avail. Thanks for the response.