Shocked while petting dog...

[AffectedRyan]

Well I guess I am just looking for confirmation. I think I have fried my audio on my motherboard.
Gave my dog a pat and took a shock to the ears. My audio stopped working through the headphones and is very low and scratchy from the rear port where I have my stereo connected.
Any ideas of fixes or things I can do to confirm this is the issue before I look at sound cards?

The headphones are fine (tested them on an ipod)

 

i7 5930k

ASUS x99 a2 mobo

EVGA 1060 6 gig

16 gigs DD4 

800 watt USP

Thanks in advance guys.
 

[Dackzy]

Have you tried both front and back?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Try shutting down and then unplugging the PC, then booting it back up

[BurstSMG]

2 minutes ago, AffectedRyan said:

Well I guess I am just looking for confirmation. I think I have fried my audio on my motherboard.
Gave my dog a pat and took a shock to the ears. My audio stopped working through the headphones and is very low and scratchy from the rear port where I have my stereo connected.
Any ideas of fixes or things I can do to confirm this is the issue before I look at sound cards?

The headphones are fine (tested them on an ipod)

 

i7 5930k

ASUS x99 a2 mobo

EVGA 1060 6 gig

16 gigs DD4 

800 watt USP

Thanks in advance guys.
 

 

Sue the dog... or sit on him. Whatever you think is punishment enough.

 

Seriously, though I think it's just your headphones that are broken. Have you tried a different cheaper pair?

[AffectedRyan]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

Have you tried both front and back?

The front makes the popping sounds like it should when plugging them in but will not work at all.
The rear works but at a very low volume and the audio is very scratchy with my stereo and 2 different sets of headphones.

[AffectedRyan]

2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Try shutting down and then unplugging the PC, then booting it back up

I have but will again one more time

[Dackzy]

Just now, AffectedRyan said:

The front makes the popping sounds like it should when plugging them in but will not work at all.
The rear works but at a very low volume and the audio is very scratchy with my stereo and 2 different sets of headphones.

 

have you tried other headphones? I have never really heard of this ever happening.

[AffectedRyan]

12 minutes ago, ZillaGames said:

Sue the dog... or sit on him. Whatever you think is punishment enough.

 

Seriously, though I think it's just your headphones that are broken. Have you tried a different cheaper pair?

 

Other phones won't work and the stereo won't either. The phones are fine, (I tested them in an ipod)

[AffectedRyan]

11 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

have you tried other headphones? I have never really heard of this ever happening.

I have, and the stereo. The headphones this happened with are totally fine on other devices.

[AffectedRyan]

15 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Try shutting down and then unplugging the PC, then booting it back up

Same issue

[Dackzy]

Just now, AffectedRyan said:

I have, and the stereo. The headphones this happened with are totally fine on other devices.

I dunno man, maybe @SSL knows if you can fix it

[AffectedRyan]

Guys I have no idea what the hell happened but it suddenly started working just fine.
This is only through the rear port but the surround sound seemed to just clear up.

The front port where my phones were will not work at all at this point but audio through my speakers is totally better than nothing.

This was after 3 restarts and a full 10 mins without power.
So Thanks to you guys. lol.
Strange...
 

[Nonexistanthuman]

Once when i was a teen i was being lazy AF laying on my belly with my mouse and keyboard. I moved slightly and out of no where my ipod headphones shocked my ears and shorted out my front audio port lol
"it was when apple would give you those earbuds with the metal screen"
From that day forward i learned my lesson, glad you got your situation worked out i had to do the same and use my rear

[Guest]

When I still used my HE-560 they shocked my ears all the time in the winter. Very annoying.

 

I suppose it's possible to damage your onboard audio, since at the end of the day this is still a static discharge to sensitive electronics.

[AffectedRyan]

Well it seems to be not working again. Looks like its toast