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Bluetooth and Sound Problems (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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About two months ago, I made this post looking for recommendations for a potential mobo replacement for my PC. Well, I'm happy to report that everything is back to normal. But while I have my PC disassembled, there are two unrelated issues that I wanted to take care of.

The first is one that has been presented since I built this rig but didn't ruin the overall experience. My motherboard (MSI MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon Wifi) comes with bluetooth but there's just one problem; it barely works. For example, it will recognize and connect my Xbox Elite controller but switch from connected to disconnected and back multiple times. It can't maintain a consistent connection. Every bluetooth device that I've tested does this. I've let it linger since it wasn't a top priority during daily use.

The second problem concerns the on-board sound. Some time last year, my speakers stopped outputting sound. I fiddle with the speaker port on back but only buzzes would be produced. The speakers themselves work since I connected to the headphone port and sound is being outputted.

Appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance!

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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have had bad experiences with onboard audio and bluetooth on desktop machines. Might be easiest just to get a USB adapter for both and just not worry about the motherboard issues.

I personally like this DAC. Can confirm it works out of the box on both Windows and Linux.

I would also check in the Sound screen to make sure the right output device is selected. Could be audio is going to a monitor or something silly.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You were right about the sound settings. I just did fiddling around and, suddenly, sound was being outputted! Thanks for that advice!

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Sweet, glad that fixed one of your problems!