Hey, I use a lot my steam deck as a PC, but everytime there is a “new” sound (I start a video, a game, i change some setting etc) there is a sound coming from the speaker. (Like when you plug a cable jack with the speaker on). Is there a way to fix this ?

  • remotelove
    5·
    1 year ago

    Is the sound is coming from the built-in speaker on the deck when you start a game, or from external speakers when you plug them in?

    1. If this happens when you start a game, and it is with the internal speakers, that points to a passive component failure, like a capacitor or inductor that is usually on a sound line. (Edit: Also, a loose wire could make an LC circuit very noisy, temporarily.)

    2. If this happens when you plug external speakers in, there is not much you can do besides get a high quality speaker jack that will only reduce the problem, not solve it. To completely eliminate noise from speaker jacks would require some kind of electronic soft-switching device.

    Can you post steps to replicate the problem?

    It seems that English is not your first language, so I am just asking for a little more clarification. Your descriptions conflict a little bit, but that is ok! :)

    Or, type a full description in your language and I can use a translator. Whatever is easy.

    • Garacks@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I made a small video to show it. (Video is upside down for some reason) : NB : Wetransfer Link.

      To describe a bit more, you can see the setup in this picture.

      Photo

      I didn’t had any problem with the speaker when there were plugged in my PC.

      You can say the parasite sound is playing when there were no sound for a “long” time.

      • remotelove
        2·
        1 year ago

        Cool. The video is still getting processed, and I won’t be able to view it until the morning. (It’s 3AM my time, so sleep time for me.)

        Just looking at the picture though, I am going to speculate for fun: The audio cable is poorly shielded and is also very close to small, but relatively powerful, transmitting antennas. I suspect you might be hearing the Bluetooth/WiFi handshakes. (Channel searching specifically can tickle quite a few harmonic frequencies.)