Fix Your Stuff Community Store

Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX

Introduction

Follow this guide if you are having issues with your audio output with your Kingston HyperX CloudX.

NOTICE: This guide requires taking apart your headphones, if you have not already, please check your audio settings.

Troubleshoot Audio - Mac

Troubleshoot Audio - Windows

Troubleshoot Audio - Linux

What you need

  1. Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Remove the Microphone: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the microphone from the left side of the headphones.

    • The microphone is removeable from the headphones themselves and does not require any disassembly

    Edit

  2. Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Remove the Memory Foam: step 2, image 1 of 3 Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Remove the Memory Foam: step 2, image 2 of 3 Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Remove the Memory Foam: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the memory foam from the side of the headphones that are giving the audio problem

    • Both sides come off easily! All you have to do is pull the memory foam from the headset and it should come right off.

    Edit

  4. Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Unscrew the headphones: step 3, image 1 of 3 Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Unscrew the headphones: step 3, image 2 of 3 Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Unscrew the headphones: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the four 5.0 mm screws located under each memory foam using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

    • Make sure to hold onto the screws, as you will need them to put the headset back together.

    Edit

  5. Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Look for any missing/Broken wires: step 4, image 1 of 2 Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Look for any missing/Broken wires: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Look for wires that are missing from the circuit board.

    • For this repair, our headset was missing a green wire so we will solder that back to the board

    Edit

  6. Fixing Sound issues on your Kingston HyperX CloudX, Solder the missing wire: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Solder the missing wire back to the headphone's circuit board

    Edit
Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

0 Comments

Add Comment

View Statistics:

Past 24 Hours: 1

Past 7 Days: 6

Past 30 Days: 30

All Time: 2,241