Weird Microphone Issue

[Rakk]

Ok, so I seem to have a very weird microphone issue with my PC,
brief PC specs: i7-930 CPU, ASUS® P6X58D-E. mobo, 1GB GTX460, 6GB Samsung RAM.
The microphone with the issue is part of a Logitech C500 webcam

Ok, so the issue is, I turn my PC on after work, start various things, and at some point decide to turn on Ventrillo (VOIP server) to talk to all my friends on the game I play (EQ2), now the problem is that when I try and talk, my voice comes through really really really squeaky and I sound like a mouse and noone can understand me*. Although it does cause much amusement to everyone else.

However if I close down Ventrillo and restart it, that fixes it entirely until the next time I try after booting up.

Note: same thing happens if I use the in-game voice chat in EQ2, so it's not just the Ventrillo client.

Yes, I've uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled.

So, anybody any ideas how to fix this or what could be causing it.

Rakk.


*Gorman, I know at this point you're laughing, a lot, especially given your comment of last weekend that you couldn't stop thinking about me as a rat in a hat, stop it

 

[PCS]

Hmm, sounds like the software somehow does not load up the drivers correctly, causing some sort of interference. But then if it works second time, it must do. Maybe the interference is there from the start, and when Ventrillo is closed the problem is fixed, so that it works OK second time.

Check MS config to see what programs, etc launch at startup, and try unticking any that relate to your webcam, such as Logitech software. Then restart is see if it's still occurring?

 

[Rakk]

Ok, thanks, it was loading up some Logitech stuff on startup, and I've turned it off.
I'll test for squeakiness tomorrow (oops, later today in fact), and let you know.

 

[Rakk]

Nope, didn't make a difference at all, still much squeakiness on first mic usage since starting my pc

 

[Rakk]

Ok, so how come I always manage to find the weird problems lol, guess with this I'll just have to remember the workaround (ie. closing and reopening whatever is using the mic) - but I can confirm, also does the same thing with video calls on MSN - though the picture was fine (not exactly surprising given it affected the only two other completely different things that use my mic).

 

[Gorman]

Not a clue on this one.

Apart from you being a rat in a hat.