Hello good people of ASR! I'd like to ask a question...
I can't rid my PC from static noise/humm coming from my motherboard through its optical out...
I've tried different dacs (RME ADI-2, Hugo 2) and it is the same with both.
The noise occurs if i play a song/video and pause it rather fast and turn up the volume really loud.
I think the static noise somehow is present all the time but to a very small degree with the "usual low-listetning volumes".
I've tried an expansive optical cable and some cheap/good ones, the noise is always there when I crank it up ("Supra Zac optical 1,5m", "Atlas mavros glass optical cable 1m", to name two of them), I've also tried reinstalling, removing and tweaking with my PC audio-drivers (don't know if that even matters), and also pretty much every setting in Windows sound settings (disabling enhancers, trying different sampling rates 44k 48k
The motherboard is a "ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO" ( https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-crosshair/rog-crosshair-vii-hero-model/ ).
Is the motherboard probably at fault here? Could it be my PC-PSU? The RME-ADI2 dac and Hugo 2 is dead quiet with USB, but not so much with optical/toslink...
Is optical/toslink always prone to noise when at a very high volume?
My assumtion was that optical is somewhat resistant to noises.
If my motherboards audio is at fault, how would I go from here if i want to be able to use optical from my PC to a DAC, a new stand-alone internal soundcard?
I take it USB is more popular and I should probably skip toslink/optical altogether, but I kinda dont wan't to right now
I can't rid my PC from static noise/humm coming from my motherboard through its optical out...
I've tried different dacs (RME ADI-2, Hugo 2) and it is the same with both.
The noise occurs if i play a song/video and pause it rather fast and turn up the volume really loud.
I think the static noise somehow is present all the time but to a very small degree with the "usual low-listetning volumes".
I've tried an expansive optical cable and some cheap/good ones, the noise is always there when I crank it up ("Supra Zac optical 1,5m", "Atlas mavros glass optical cable 1m", to name two of them), I've also tried reinstalling, removing and tweaking with my PC audio-drivers (don't know if that even matters), and also pretty much every setting in Windows sound settings (disabling enhancers, trying different sampling rates 44k 48k
The motherboard is a "ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO" ( https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-crosshair/rog-crosshair-vii-hero-model/ ).
Is the motherboard probably at fault here? Could it be my PC-PSU? The RME-ADI2 dac and Hugo 2 is dead quiet with USB, but not so much with optical/toslink...
Is optical/toslink always prone to noise when at a very high volume?
My assumtion was that optical is somewhat resistant to noises.
If my motherboards audio is at fault, how would I go from here if i want to be able to use optical from my PC to a DAC, a new stand-alone internal soundcard?
I take it USB is more popular and I should probably skip toslink/optical altogether, but I kinda dont wan't to right now