Electronic Buzzing Sounds after Opening Overwatch 2

Technical Support
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So, there’s this buzzing noise. Checked around on the net and I’ve noticed that its an issue that people have experienced in the past. I must say that before I do my history breakdown of all the things I’ve done to try and find a solution; yes, I’ve checked if its my speakers and headset and earphones. They are definitely not the problem. Neither are my drives because I’ve reinstalled and updated those suckers a few times over the course of a few months.

I do believe I am fairly new to overwatch 2, as I’ve only been playing the game for almost a year. The first half of the year I had no issues with my PC or the game, until about 6 months ago when the buzzing first started.

For context, my system specs are:
*AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10GHz
*I have 12GB of RAM installed with 9.5GB useful.
*I’m using Windows 11
*And, well this is a laptop but it’s a gaming one.

Since the Buzzing started, I’ve done the following to try and fix it:

  1. I’ve checked to see if it was my headset and computer speakers. I’ve even gone as far as to buy a new headset.
  2. I reinstalled and updated my drives.
  3. I updated my OS from windows 10 to windows 11.
    I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the game, as well as other applications and games in a system of trial and error to find the cause of the buzzing initially.
  4. I’ve even hard reset my PC.

Now the reason why I’m blaming overwatch for the cause of the buzzing is because I recently had the game uninstalled after a hard reset. During this time, I used apps such as Discord and Spotify, played games on Steam like NFS Heat; Phasmophobia; Dragon Age Inquisition; etc.

Not once did the buzzing return. I actually thought I fixed the issue myself. You don’t understand how relieved I was to not be going mad.

But as soon as I reinstall OW2 and play a few games. My entire system slightly glitches out and that buzzing comes back with full force like Truck-kun senpai.

Has anyone experienced this issue and found a solution to this? Or am I just never going to play overwatch without the chances of my ears bleeding?

The only thing that I’ve found that helps me get rid of this horrendous sound is an app called ASIO4All, a DJ buddy of mine recommended it to see if it’d fix things but it only helps out for about 5 mins or so before I have to keep using it until the sound goes away. In the same context, restarting my PC does the same thing, and after 4 attempts or so after a game of OW2, the sound disappears for good until I fire up OW2 again.

I need some guidance here. I’m just a girlie with one braincell.

potato for long post, apologies. :potato:

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Sounds like one of your components has interference happening or one of the fans is on the way out/clogged. This is bolstered by you mentioning that restarts help after a while… like after the laptop has time to cool down. If you have no standalone GPU (you didn’t list one here) and are only using the integrated one in the CPU, it’s easy to make the CPU super hot.

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I thought of that in the past as well, but an IT tech had a look at my components and said they were fine. My laptop is almost constantly on a cooling fan tray.

I have picked up today that if I switch on/off the sound enhancement in my sound properties that seems to also fix the issue temporarily, just like ASIO4All.

What I don’t really understand is why does the interference only happen after I’ve run overwatch 2. If I spend a day gaming and I don’t play OW2 there is no buzzing. I don’t think it could be a laptop component because there is no buzzing in my audio with other games (granted that I haven’t played OW2 that day or in a few hours after fighting the noise with ASIO, etc.)

I’m not entirely sure how to check if I have a GPU, I dont really have great technical skills. But I am aware that I have two SSD hardrives, one for my OS to run on and the other for all my games, pictures and all that jazz. Both SSD’s are quite new.

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As in, they tested them while Overwatch 2 was loaded? Otherwise, “looking” at them wouldn’t be much use.

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Could It really be my PC’s components when just playing overwatch though? Like has this happened in the past with other players experiencing the same thing?

I’ve just had a look and I do have a CPU and GPU.
My CPU is AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx and GPU is AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

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Yes, it could be. I won’t know how other games are utilizing your hardware because I don’t do any volunteer tech support for anything other than Blizzard titles these days.

This just barely goes over the absolute minimum GPU requirement for the game, so it will be working hard when playing. I think my original assessment is correct about hearing fans/interference.

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