My mic keeps on picking up desktop audio

Anonymous
2025-03-12T21:59:33+00:00

hi guys, built a new pc last november, everything was fine and all and i decided to pick up a mic splitter like a month ago so i can use my earphones' mic to talk to my friends while i game, so like i noticed an issue when using the mic where it picks up my desktop audio for some reason, tried to fix it by updating realtek drivers, didnt work, this same issue happened to my acer nitro 5 a year back and that was fixed with a driver update, idk what the problem is and idk how to fix it tbh, anyone know how to fix it? tried to look around the web and its just the same stuff i tried, updating, reinstalling drivers, i dont even know at this point i genuinely feel like hating realtek drivers at this point because of how this issue even happens randomly

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-15T00:11:01+00:00

    Hi ,

    You can test this by connecting another headphone to the green input and keeping the current headphone only in the PINk input, this will confirm if it is a hardware device without a splitter.

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  2. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-16T03:37:59+00:00

    Hi ,

    Were you able to follow the procedure?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-16T20:10:17+00:00

    hi sorry for the delayed response yes i tried it and the audio didnt pick up from the mic

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  4. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-16T21:51:23+00:00

    Hi ,

    This confirms what I said and it is the splitter or the headphone itself that is capturing two inputs on the cable.

    If the splitter works, the problem is not the sound driver but the headphone or splitter.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-16T22:14:43+00:00

    Hi ,

    This confirms what I said and it is the splitter or the headphone itself that is capturing two inputs on the cable.

    If the splitter works, the problem is not the sound driver but the headphone or splitter.

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    hi i dont think so because this issue quite literally happened to my acer nitro 5 a year ago but an update fixed it for a bit, i was using different earphones at the time

    the splitter and earphones work normal and im certain its a driver issue, i tested it on my old pc too to figure out if its just with drivers and they worked normally

    at this point im probably going to downgrade to windows 10 or just buy a seperate usb microphone

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