Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Front Jack static Noise.

MJinx

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Hello there,

1st of all got to say I'm quite new to this whole pc built thing and I just count my self lucky to be able to pull of building my 1st system EVER last week (took me a whole 5 hours :p)

Any who every thing works great so far ish.. i think (nothing blown up good sign after a week i say)

but! I'm having this little.. noisy.. annoying issue. I have connected my headphone to the front jack of the pc but sadly it constantly producing stating buzzing noise apparently from the GPU from what I figured from all the Google searches. I even looked up on the fourm but couldnt really find much. So I was wondering if any one having similar issue and if there is a way to fix it.

My built is using the:
Intel Core i7 920
Corsair XMS3 6GB PC3-12800C9 DDR3
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard
Gainward GeForce GTX 275 Golden Sample 896MB GDDR3
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler

on a side note about the GPU should I be worried that the fan dosnt really go on full spin unless manualy its set to max? as I can see the temp goes as high as 61c ish while playing L4D2 ( I know its Mobo Thread but thought might aswell I ask here :p )

Thanks
 
Are you running the latest Audio drivers? :)

The fan is fine, it should automatically speed up depending on GPU temperature.
 
Perhaps you have connected the Front Panel Audio connectors round the wrong way on the mobo?

Does it make the same buzzing if you plug the headphones into the audio connector on the I/O plate at the back of the case?
 
yes the driver is the latest Realtek and no there is no way to plug in the connector to the mobo in the wrong way with the way pins have been arranged on the mobo so pins always get connected perfectly like every other pin/connector on the mobo :(

I'm thinking it has some thing to do with the cable being too close to the GPU/CPU sadly the pins on mobo are positioned right between the PCI slots and the CPU so the cable has to go across the mobo right between them. Ill try to open up my rig and see if I can rearrange the cables Some how and see if that makes any difference.
 
What case have you got?

My bet would be poorly or unshielded cables running from the front panel to the motherboard header. My antec 900 was very noisy from the front jack for this reason. Of course it didn't help that the motherboard header was at the bottom of the motherboard, so the cable had to go over my graphics card.
 
MJinx said:
there is no way to plug in the connector to the mobo in the wrong way with the way pins have been arranged on the mobo so pins always get connected perfectly like every other pin/connector on the mobo :(
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Think again.

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Do you really think that they would say the following if there is "no way to plug it in wrong"?
"Incorrect connection between the module connector and the motherboard header will make the device unable to work or even damage it"
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I'm sorry, but well you said the wrong way, so I presumed you meant to say.. like upside down or some thing, and as for the case its the antec 300. It comes with both HD and AC'97.

The HD connector of the case was connected to the mobo pins from start since well I had downloaded "High Definition Audio Codecs (Software)" from the Realtek thinking that would be the right driver as folowing was in the mobo descriptions:

- Audio Realtek ALC889A codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

This morning I remove all the parts and rearranged the wire so it would go up and around the CPU and down to the pins. (insted of going directly between the cpu and gpu) I even moved my GPU down to PCI slot 2 (PCI 3 was way too close to PSU at bottom so i didn't want to risk the extra heat) and the end result was well.. no good same annoying noise.

I went back and tried the AC'97 connector as well but that just didn't work nada no sound nothing, the hardware didn't even pick up the connected headphone to the jack. so I just put back the HD connector back in.

Now I'm just wondering what else to do :/
 
Sounds simple but are you sure your headphones are working properly ? What kinda headphones are you using ?

Are you sure you have connected the audio jack plug for the external amplifier ( if you are using one) to the correct port on the back of the motherboard. ( If you are using an amp check that the rear wires connecting the speakers are connected properly. Also check any phono cable connections are not loose and picking up interference.

Check that your audio settings are correctly set in Windows.
 
I got noise in my gigabyte motherboard front jack too.

I just gave up and use the back panel. Think its interference through the unshielded cable.
 
the headphone is just fine as i use it with my ipod, the rear jacks are fine too. its just the front jack. I just built this system and frankly Im not planing for any upgrades for years to come. 2 people here say they had same problems so its not just me and thanks for stepping forward (thought the sounds were making me paranoid)

the question at the moment is, is it the case cables or the mobo? since I WILL try to send it back and get a new one as I honestly don't want to bend over crouch and replace cables, might seem like a small glitch but new products shouldn't be buggy. I guess i just have to call the OcUK support and ask for a replacement of the case or the mobo a real solution.
 
Ross1234 said:
I got noise in my gigabyte motherboard front jack too.

I just gave up and use the back panel. Think its interference through the unshielded cable.
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+1 this is the cause, its EMI interference, the only way round it woould be to replace the cable connecting your front panel jack to mobo with a decent quality properly shielded one, as this is more hassle than its worth youll prob just have to use the proper connection on back
 
95thrifles said:
+1 this is the cause, its EMI interference, the only way round it woould be to replace the cable connecting your front panel jack to mobo with a decent quality properly shielded one, as this is more hassle than its worth youll prob just have to use the proper connection on back
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Can you not get ferrite rings and attach one somewhere near the end of the cable and wouldn't that clear any EMI ? therefore you don't have to replace the cable.
 
I get similar interference in an Antec 300 at work, but my venerable P180 at home has no interference at all with an EX58-UD5. I think it's just the shielding on the cables, coupled with different graphics cards.

You could try a homemade fix of aluminium foil - make sure to cover the foil in something non-conductive and heat resistant! Plus some ferrite choke rings like VortexA1 says - you may have an old monitor cable with a removable choke on it.
 
sorry for lack of updates, I been busy trying to get some speakers, as I am planing to send the front panel connector+cables back to OcUK after telling them bout the problem. but yeah I'm not sure how the ferrite ring thingy works to be honest so so yeah I'll wait till they send me an updated/fixed version of the connector/cable back and see the result :)
 
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