Extremely loud static noise playing through headphones

[Microsoft Windows]

This problem JUST started happening to me. I've never had anything like it before. I was playing games on my computer when I suddenly heard a static noise so loud, I had to take off my headset. The static noise goes away the instant there's no audio playing, but starts up again EXACTLY 3 seconds after i play any type of audio through them. I've tested this dozens of times with no variation. The noise is always proportional to the audio, being 2-3x as loud. if i have my audio turned down so low that i almost cant hear it, i can hear the static sound clearly, and if i turn up my volume to a regu

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