Corsair 1500 buzzing,cracking

[Drewbie]

Hello,

 

I have read through all the previous threads with the equal issues to the corsair 1500.

 

Today i used the microphone for the first time on teamspeak, and ppl complained of a constant buzzing sound. Alarmed i tried all sorts of settings to try and correct it but whatever i do nothing helps. I have spend over 5 hours allready trying to find the cause.

 

- Changed usb jack [7 different usb connections]

- Turned off hardware acceleration

- Removed Corsair driver

- Put it on a fresh installed laptop, same issues.

- Made sure all power connections are grounded.

- Turned off any appliance that could cause elektromagnetic fields.

 

 

I'm at my wits end, the weird part is that upon human contact with the microphones outer finish, i geuss it's some sort of aluminum/plastic ish cover, it amplifies the buzzing:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5BFdiLmKag&feature=youtu.be

 

 

When changing hertz, it can sometimes start a very high pitch beep ontop of the buzzing.

 

I have noticed that when changing folders in windows it sounds very crackly and not like how it should sound. I randomly get a cracking sound when something on the software has to be loaded. (noticeable when loading games)

 

As far as i can tell this is a component issue inside the mic.

 

Do you have any suggestions i could try? or is this a prime example of an RMA?

[shankly1985]

You running RAID? I had Crackling and popping when using Intel Smart response in RAID SSD+HDD.

Fix by removing RAID and just installing Windows onto the SSD.

[Drewbie]

No, no raid. The issue would not happen on my freshly installed win 7 laptop either if this was the issue. Thanks for the tip though have not heard it before.