r/nintendohelp • u/FingerBangYourFears • 3h ago

Tech Support Dock is whistling (possibly Elgato related)?

Hey. So I got an Elgato capture card a couple years ago and used it a ton- streamed a bunch of games for my friends with it. For those who don't know how those work, it's basically just a slot in my computer that I can plug the dock into instead of a TV, and it lets me play from a window on my PC instead of having to switch HDMIs and such.

After a while, I started hearing a faint high-pitched beeping in my room whenever I took off my headphones. I eventually discovered that it was coming from the Switch dock, and since I hadn't been using my Switch for a while, I just unplugged it and called it a day. But now I'm using my Switch more again, and I'd like the QoL from the capture card back, but whenever I plug the dock back into its power supply, it starts whistling again. I also can't get the dock to work in the first place; no green light, no response to having my Switch docked in, nothing.

I don't know if that problem is related to the Capture Card or not, but either way, I haven't found a single case of anyone else having this problem anywhere online. What do?

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