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ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jul @ 8:49pm

repairing headset cost

my friend wanted to sell to me razer blackshark v2 for 15dollar, the problem is, the headset he says have weird glitch like bzzzzt ngiiing sound, pitching sound occasionally,
so any insight what was the cause, dongle problem? headset/hardware problem
if i needed to repair, how much it might cost me

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Shaggy 12 Jul @ 8:59pm

I would not bother attempting to fix it. Buy something else.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jul @ 9:02pm

come on it's razer, shiny green stuff, my dream headset since i was a half kid
iam using Sennheiser game one, still i want to feel having a Razer

Last edited by ˢᵈˣ FatCat; 12 Jul @ 9:02pm

Bad 💀 Motha 12 Jul @ 9:03pm

Try them out in person maybe; $15 might not even be worth it.

Razer is mostly junk anyways; just way overpriced. They make some good mice and laptops; that is about it. 90% of the rest of their stuff is junk.

If it happens to have a analog knob type of volume control on it; get some contact-cleaner spray and very light burst where the knob is located, then work the knob back and forth for a bit. Analog jacks, switch and knob can get dirty or worn over time and create noise or not make proper contact as a result.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jul @ 9:18pm

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Try them out in person maybe; $15 might not even be worth it.

Razer is mostly junk anyways; just way overpriced. They make some good mice and laptops; that is about it. 90% of the rest of their stuff is junk.

If it happens to have a analog knob type of volume control on it; get some contact-cleaner spray and very light burst where the knob is located, then work the knob back and forth for a bit. Analog jacks, switch and knob can get dirty or worn over time and create noise or not make proper contact as a result.

i did tried it, the sound randomly happen when there was many sources of sound? i dont know in english, so when playing wargames when there are many bullets or explosion, i will get that burrb pitching bzzz sound, then normal again

another headset he wanted to sell is sony wh1000xm3 that even weird, his PC cant detect it but phone can, but that story for another day, i dont like that headset

Bad 💀 Motha 12 Jul @ 9:25pm

Ok that can be a side effect from crappy onboard sound on your PC when cpu usage is high.

Is the headset using analog audio jack or USB?

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jul @ 9:28pm

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Ok that can be a side effect from crappy onboard sound on your PC when cpu usage is high.

Is the headset using analog audio jack or USB?

usb,

Bad 💀 Motha 12 Jul @ 10:22pm

Can it be used by plugging into the Motherboard Audio? Maybe try it that way instead

DefinitelyNotMonk 12 Jul @ 11:41pm

Could always open it up and look at the connections, make sure everything looks good and there are no bad soldered points obviously visible, though, if there were I'd expect it to be more consistent.

Not sure how easy it would be to open up either, most, especially cheap headphones are not designed to be opened up once put together.

I'd really not bother tbh, your sennheiser game ones are better.