And i mean not thru speakers.
I have built a new PC for my friend and after installing F.E.A.R. i get this nasty electric hiss/buzz from somewhere around PSU. It only occurs in games menus and only in F.E.A.R. . The pitch of the hiss is changing when navigating menus.
To eliminate any possible sources of (normal) sound i have disconnected speaker system and headphones (pulled the plugs out of the back of a box).
So, what gives ?
The box is made of Asus P5K, quadcore q6600, Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400C4, BFG 800W, BFG GF-8800-GTX OC2.
Other games dont give any of this sort of problem. Farcry, HL2 (straight, ep1, ep2, portal), CSS, Crysis Demo and some other games tested - all of them work without hiss/buzz... Graphically speaking... No artefacts, no crashing, etc... Just the blasted FEAR menus.
I had the same problem with GF-7900-GTO and cheapey 550w PSU, cant remember details now, since it was sold like half a year ago with the rest of the old rig i had, so cant test. Same as above, only F.E.A.R. menus. But i know it wasnt an obvious problem, like drivers or some other noob stuff, because i did all the basic checks and tests. All other games worked properly.
I'd just live with it, but the guy i made the rig for is a pain in my hiney for being a "perfectionist" and bugging me for an answer.
Can anyone confirm any of this with fear ? 7900GTO or 8800GTX ? Two occurences of the same is not an indication that there must be a rational explanation for this and it can be repeated.
Will test FEAR out on my own 8800GTS, just for laffs to see what happens, havent tried that game since i bought my new rig couple of months back...
All parts bought from overclockers, btw.
I have built a new PC for my friend and after installing F.E.A.R. i get this nasty electric hiss/buzz from somewhere around PSU. It only occurs in games menus and only in F.E.A.R. . The pitch of the hiss is changing when navigating menus.
To eliminate any possible sources of (normal) sound i have disconnected speaker system and headphones (pulled the plugs out of the back of a box).
So, what gives ?
The box is made of Asus P5K, quadcore q6600, Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400C4, BFG 800W, BFG GF-8800-GTX OC2.
Other games dont give any of this sort of problem. Farcry, HL2 (straight, ep1, ep2, portal), CSS, Crysis Demo and some other games tested - all of them work without hiss/buzz... Graphically speaking... No artefacts, no crashing, etc... Just the blasted FEAR menus.
I had the same problem with GF-7900-GTO and cheapey 550w PSU, cant remember details now, since it was sold like half a year ago with the rest of the old rig i had, so cant test. Same as above, only F.E.A.R. menus. But i know it wasnt an obvious problem, like drivers or some other noob stuff, because i did all the basic checks and tests. All other games worked properly.
I'd just live with it, but the guy i made the rig for is a pain in my hiney for being a "perfectionist" and bugging me for an answer.
Can anyone confirm any of this with fear ? 7900GTO or 8800GTX ? Two occurences of the same is not an indication that there must be a rational explanation for this and it can be repeated.
Will test FEAR out on my own 8800GTS, just for laffs to see what happens, havent tried that game since i bought my new rig couple of months back...
All parts bought from overclockers, btw.
