Bolt II Static Issue

I recently bought a bolt II and have had it since August 1st. I've tried plugging in a audio out cord to the front speaker jack in the back of the case and there's a static sound when I'm in a game. The sound fluctuates when I'm moving around in the game. Having figured this out, I switched to using the front two jacks (audio out and line in) and plugged in headphones to the audio out port. There's no static in-game when my headphones are plugged into the two front jacks, but there's always static in-game from my rear surround-sound jacks. After snooping around forums, someone suggested it's a video card interference problem. This would make sense, because it only happens in-game and the sound changes when the fps changes. My Bolt II has a 780 ti.

My dilemma is that I accidentally hit my headphone's jack while it was plugged in and it pushed my only non-static, audio out, port on the front panel and now I can't use my headphones with a mic attached without hearing a loud static sound. I'll go into my case and see if I can fix the misplaced audio out port on the front panel, but I'm a little hesitant as it means I'll have to strip put a few parts just to get at that port. Even if I do get to the port, I'm not sure if I can fix it. I can plug a jack fully into the port, but it takes some finagling to get sound through one ear.

Any thoughts on possible fixes or reassurance on my hardware manipulation attempt?



Edited by Aurora Symphony - 27 Oct 2014 at 3:56am

Originally posted by bprat22 If the static is electrical noise through the mobo, between the audio and graphics circuits, I would try re installing the graphics driver or changing some settings like G-sync, etc. If it's signal interference, over the air, rerouting the speaker wires away from monitor cable might help or getting a ferrite choke, Amazon, etc, can sometimes help when snapped over the wires. The choke has worked for me with radio noise but never used it on a pc. The dislodged audio plug should be easy but on the Bolt, it looks like it's behind the rad.   Maybe the front panel comes off? Good luck.

If the front panel can come off, that'd be great. It looks like it should, but I've only removed the side panel before.

That's what I suspected. I'll work on that tomorrow, if needed.

Sorry to hear.   I don't have any experience with the USB adapter but hopefully others will chime in.   Reviews I have seen were mostly if not all positive.   Plus, I don't think its as susceptible to static.