I am experiencing an issue where having Planetside 2 maximized causes my microphone to buzz in Planetside voice chat as well as programs like Teamspeak. This is very annoying to other people, but will temporarily go away if I minimize Planetside. My microphone is perfectly clear any other time.
Best bet is to submit a support ticket at https://help.soe.com/ Are you positive it's clear at any other time though?
have you tried your mic with any other program/game that stresses your graphics card? try it and see if it happens with other software also If it does, it might be a voltage issue on your graphics card or motherboard
What Hypersot said ^^. I had the exact same problem. Under different loads (not just when stressed). I tracked it down to a combination of OC graphics card, cheap motherboard components, cheap speakers and un sheilded cables. I also got a whine every time i moved my mouse. Changed my speakers and the problem went away.
I had the exact same issue. I could hear the buzzing start the moment I started Planetside and it would change depending on whether I was moving the mouse, where I was at, how light or dark it was in the game, my videos settings etc.. To fix this I bought a USB based gaming headset and I have no buzzing at all, ever. I bought the Logitech G35 gaming headset. Sound cards (built-in or in slots) put out analog signal to the interface port where you plug in your speakers or headset. It's very easy for these ports to pickup electromagnetic interference (EMI) from any of the components within your computer or even near your computer. Also, impedance mismatch between the sound card and the speaker wire can easily contribute to the interference. The USB headset solves this problem by not converting the digital sound signal to analog until it's right next to your ear (away from your computer) which means less analog cable to pick up EMI with and since there's no plug they're able to insulate the connection better to avoid EMI there too. Also, since the entire thing is self contained the chance of having an impedance mismatch in any of the cabling is significantly reduced (should be zero but cheap manufacturers that don't know what they're doing can still screw that up). USB headsets are a bit pricy IMO but totally worth it for gaming. My game play improved significantly since I can hear cloakers and other quiet noises better now.
You are absolutely correct in everything you say except one thing: this shouldn't be happening in normal conditions, as long as it happens it means that something is not right with the system's components and should be checked thoroughly. Only exception is if the system's parts are really really bad quality, but this is very rare with modern computers As for buying a usb headset to solve the problem. If it was me I'd prefer to solve the problem by looking at the problem, not ignore it and find an alternate solution. Of course, everything we say is just speculation, if the problem appears only with planetside there maybe another issue totally unrelated to hardware
its probably hardware related. Such as some faulty coil being too close to your sound hardware. Or the mic may just not be in all the way into the jack. Impossible to tell. I had a video card once which had horrible 'coil whine' whenever under load. Not everyone could hear it un-amplifed either. RMA'd that video card and never had the problem again. An easy solution for a non technical person would be to get a usb headset as suggested above. Getting to the "bottom" of a problem that is only mildly annoying could involve swapping multiple components and not everyone can do that. So a workaround may work just as well. If you hear a small noise in your car at certain conditions, you dont rip apart the engine. You try and make the noise louder or start swapping parts if it really bugs you. Computers are the same. But If its really just a little noise, then you ignore it, till your muffler falls off because a bolt was loose. Now there's your problem! Other things it may be are mic gain set to high, then turned down in some other software control. Or a line in port next to a mic port and both being unmuted, or something like that. Analog jacks bleeding into one another on the sound card. Something not grounded properly, that only manifests at large loads, a crappy power supply again that only manifests when lots of juice is being pulled., and the list goes on. I would start by changing the mic, first the same type, 3.5mm or USB. Both of which you can buy at the dollar store for a couple of bucks. Then try another different type of mic that you may have lying around. say using the mic from a usb webcam and work from there. Most likely it has to do with your sound card first, if there are absolutely no other symptoms (such as system instability or random power shutdowns). No one can help you really. You just have to try and isolate the component causing the problem and either work around it or replace. Did this problem always happen? did it just start? anything change? Can you make it happen under different circumstances? then start swapping hardware. you get the idea.
