Audio hissing while nothing is playing

Hi I installed garuda last night and today I realized, that the speakers emit a slight hissing noise. Checked back in Windows they don't. I previously had pop_os and it didn't hiss either, so I'm guessing it's some wierd configuration / driver issue (mainline arch did not hiss as well)

My Laptop's inxi
System:    Kernel: 5.11.12-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0  
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=dbc01305-ecc2-4f40-a9f4-fc4e54f256db  
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM  
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux  
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 20JES01U2P v: ThinkPad X1 Yoga 2nd serial: <filter>  
Chassis: type: 31 serial: <filter>  
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20JES01U2P v: SDK0K17763 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO  
v: N1NET51W (1.38 ) date: 06/10/2020  
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 19.5 Wh (52.3%) condition: 37.3/56.0 Wh (66.6%) volts: 14.7 min: 15.2  
model: LGC 01AV457 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 547  
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 2S serial: <filter>  
charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: N/A  
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7600U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake  
note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: DE cache: L2: 4 MiB  
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23199  
Speed: 3701 MHz min/max: 400/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3701 2: 3863 3: 3700 4: 3899  
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled  
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable  
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable  
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI  
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp  
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization  
Type: spectre_v2  
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling  
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode  
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable  
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0  
chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300  
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b5ce  
class-ID: 0e02  
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel  
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1  
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") s-diag: 777mm (30.6")  
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 210 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7") diag: 354mm (13.9")  
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.1 direct render: Yes  
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel  
alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403  
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.12-zen1-1-zen running: yes  
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no  
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes  
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.25 running: yes  
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0  
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:156f class-ID: 0200  
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>  
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus-ID: 04:00.0  
chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280  
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>  
IF-ID-1: wwp0s20f0u6i12 state: down mac: <filter>  
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:4  
chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001  
Report: ID: hci0 state: up address: <filter>  
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 187.85 GiB (40.3%)  
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.  
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 93.42 GiB size: 93.42 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.38 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 498 MiB size: 497 MiB (99.80%) used: 54.9 MiB (11.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 93.42 GiB size: 93.42 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.38 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 93.42 GiB size: 93.42 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.38 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 93.42 GiB size: 93.42 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.38 GiB (18.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 20 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 3.88 GiB used: 4.1 MiB (0.1%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 3.88 GiB used: 4.2 MiB (0.1%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram1
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 3.88 GiB used: 4.2 MiB (0.1%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram2
ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 3.88 GiB used: 4 MiB (0.1%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 259 Uptime: 2h 34m wakeups: 13 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 6.67 GiB (43.0%)
Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages:
pacman: 1438 lib: 344 Shell: fish v: 3.2.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.03

This means the audio chip is active.

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Well yeah, but it is really annoying. Is there any way to improve on this ?

Hi there!

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=211318

Hope this helps.

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Try muting your microphone.

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Tanks for the replies. Muting the mic sadly doesn't help :frowning:

There are a lot of different potential solutions for this. Sometimes this is very difficult to solve. I would suggest searching the Arch Wiki for "pulseaudio troubleshooting".

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Did you try updating BIOS?
When did you last updated it?

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You can try enabling power saving. However, this may result in “pop” noises when playback starts and stops.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management#Audio

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