my xbox series x controller wont turn on and is making a buzzing noise when i plug it in...

Hello!

Hope you are well. I'll be glad to assist you.

I'm sorry you're experiencing these issues.

Hearing a buzzing noise could be a sign of a hardware problem with the controller, this is not caused by leaving the controller connected to the console, as the USB port delivers the voltage and amperage needed to safely operate the controller.

One test you can do is connect your controller to a PC and try another USB cable, even if you mention that this one works fine with another controller.

Best regards!

Hello, so I got a problem with using a mic on my Xbox One X.

My friend told he'd always hear a buzzing noise when I'd talk in Party Chat.

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Connecting the controllers with a USB cable to my console only enhances the buzzing noise, and makes it almost unbearable for my Chat members.

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Is your controller powered via an USB power supply during that time?

My friends also sometimes complain about a buzzing sound when I'm charging my controller via USB. Also, another friend produces buzzing when he charges his controller via USB.

So it's probably not your Y cable or microphone, as the original Xbox chat headset also buzzes, when the controller charges via USB.

However, when I remove the USB charging cable, the buzzing stops.

So if you still have a buzzing sound, do you have to power the microphone?

Hey, thank you for answering.

My controller is powered by AA batteries. When I plug in the USB cable, the buzzing gets way worse. So not using the USB connection does improve it, but it's not gone entirely.

My mic's do not have external power supply, I just plug them in the Y cable.

Hello, so I got a problem with using a mic on my Xbox One X.

My friend told he'd always hear a buzzing noise when I'd talk in Party Chat.

...

Connecting the controllers with a USB cable to my console only enhances the buzzing noise, and makes it almost unbearable for my Chat members.

...

Is your controller powered via an USB power supply during that time?

My friends also sometimes complain about a buzzing sound when I'm charging my controller via USB. Also, another friend produces buzzing when he charges his controller via USB.

So it's probably not your Y cable or microphone, as the original Xbox chat headset also buzzes, when the controller charges via USB.

However, when I remove the USB charging cable, the buzzing stops.

So if you still have a buzzing sound, do you have to power the microphone?

On Xbox Series X when some games like Doom Eternal, Crash Bandicoot 4, Psychonauts 2, Tales of Arise and Visage are launched (only Xbox Series X enhanced games and not all of them) any Xbox Series X controller incur in an input issue, with battery and with USB cable without battery: if any key or trigger is pressed rapidly it doesn't work, a sort of input lag. The issue persist in any dashboard menu, then if I turn off and turn on the controller again the problem disappear until I return to the game in background that caused the issue. Any Xbox One X controller works perfectly instead. Both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series X controller are update with the latest update. I noticed that when the issue start the usual buzzing noise of the controller change sound, a lower sound. If I plug any headphone with or without microphone in the Xbox Series X controller the commands are more responsive but the problem remains. I reported more and more times this problem to Microsoft since 3 months but still there isn't an update that resolve this issue with my great disappointment. I think this issue started since about 4 months after a system update, and I think the problem is the same of yours. Can you confirm this?

Thanks for the reply, Melanie.

Is it normal for a controller to go dead in 6 months?

Unfortunately I am out of warranty since they only give 1 month. Such low warranty timeframe definitely raises suspicion.

Looks like my only option is to either pay for a repair or purchase a new one.

One more thing… I recently updated all my controllers with the latest firmware. After that I noticed that they started to lose connection randomly, but staying on and unresponsive, forcing me to take out the batteries to make it turn off and putting the batteries back after a while to use it again.

For this particular controller, it never came back on.

Could this somehow be related? And can I manually revert this firmware update?

Thanks.