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Grounding issue causing audio problem?

dylan43270
By dylan43270
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I finally got my SLI bridge, and have now SLI'd my 970s. Now for some reason there is a buzzing noise coming out of whatever is in my audio ports. Everything appears to be connected correctly, but I can't seem to get rid of this damn buzzing.

 

Motherboard is MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition, and PSU is Rosewill Capstone 1000W Modular. 

Internets Machine: Intel 4690k w/ Be Quiet! Pure Rock 4.7Ghz. MSI Krait z97. 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Ram. MSI GTX 970 SLI 1520mhz. 500GB Samsung EVO 840  & 3TB WD Blue Drive. Rosewill 1000w Modular PSU. Corsair Air 540

My Beats Yo: Desktop:SMSL SA-160 Amp, KEF Q100 w/ Dayton 100w Sub Theater: Micca MB42X-C x3, MB42X x2, COVO-S x2 w/Dayton 120w Sub Headphones:  HIFiMan HE-400i, PSB M4U2, Philips Fidelio X2, Modded Fostex T50RP, ATH-M50, NVX XPT100, Phillips SHP9500, Pioneer SE-A1000, Hyper X Cloud 1&2, CHC Silverado, Superlux 668B

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I unfortunately have not resolved this yet, but I have troubleshooted some more.

 

I have reinstalled Windows with no luck. It did however stop for a second when I uninstalled my audio driver.

 

I have unplugged everything and plugged it back in.

 

It doesn't make any noise until Windows is starting to boot, so when it is in the bios, it doesn't make any noise. I wish I could remember if it started making the noise when I first booted up with the GPUs SLI'd, or when I enabled SLI.

 

I have tried using headphones and my speakers on both the back I/O port and the front headphone jack with the same effect.

Internets Machine: Intel 4690k w/ Be Quiet! Pure Rock 4.7Ghz. MSI Krait z97. 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Ram. MSI GTX 970 SLI 1520mhz. 500GB Samsung EVO 840  & 3TB WD Blue Drive. Rosewill 1000w Modular PSU. Corsair Air 540

My Beats Yo: Desktop:SMSL SA-160 Amp, KEF Q100 w/ Dayton 100w Sub Theater: Micca MB42X-C x3, MB42X x2, COVO-S x2 w/Dayton 120w Sub Headphones:  HIFiMan HE-400i, PSB M4U2, Philips Fidelio X2, Modded Fostex T50RP, ATH-M50, NVX XPT100, Phillips SHP9500, Pioneer SE-A1000, Hyper X Cloud 1&2, CHC Silverado, Superlux 668B

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It's EMI. You can get some sort of external audio solution(like a DAC). Isolating your audio or buying a sound card with a grounded shield are the only two options I can think of.

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