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Grinding/Scraping Noise

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By ErMahGerdNVardia
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My sister's PC has had a problem for about a week where whenever she plays something out of her headphones there is a distinct scraping grinding noise from her ATH-M50s. She uses an M Audio FastTrack interface on an Alienware X51 with a GTX 660 and Ivy Bridge 3770. She's already tried updating the drivers, and reinstalling them.

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Use a different port? Maybe a USB to Audio?

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Could the sound be coming from inside the computer, and travelling up the headphone wires?

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Plug the interface into another computer to troubleshoot. If the sound persists, the computer is not the problem; if it doesn't, it is. Also try different headphones for the same purpose.

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Different headphones have been tried, as well as use on a another computer. A different USB port has also been tried.

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Different headphones have been tried, as well as use on a another computer. A different USB port has also been tried.

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