HS-950 Buzz noise on CPU activity.

Hey there,
I just bought the HS-950 USB headphones, and I am trying to get them to work on my Windows 7 x64 system. I installed the beta Win7 drivers, yet I still get noise in the headphones on CPU / computer activity (opening directories, scrolling web pages). This sometimes stops, but comes back when I launch an application that uses the microphone (like Skype, Steam, or even the system sound preferences on the Input pane).
Is there anythign that can be done about it?
My system is clean, I have removed all previous drivers, and Device Manager shows that the headphones are running via driver version 1.0.0.640, from Creative, not the built-in Microsoft USB Audio drivers or the old .450 that came on the install CD.

I have exactly the same problem on my HS-1000 USB headphone.
Initially I had Vista 32bit, but I had bought Windows 7 for a different pc but decided I would install it on my current PC(64 bit installation).
Yet the problem still persists.
Also tried the headphones on a Windows XP system and same problem.
Now I live in an old house that doesn't have "grounded" electricity so I tried them on a laptop and same problem persists. To be even more sure I went to a friends house that's grounded and same problem again!
Why did I try this ground thingy, well my guitar amplifyer makes a buzz noise as well when I don't put a copper cable between it and my radiator ( e.g. ground it )
Anyway, to SeregB, I would suggest you contact the store as soon as you possibly can and send it on RMA and try and get a replacement because it seems Creative doesn't know (or want to know) what the problem is.

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