I have a similar problem, except mine does it constantly. At first I thought it was a problem with my speakers, but the new headset I got today did not solve the problem. When I plugged the microphone out, the noise stopped for about 10 seconds then came back again. I have tried plugging my headset into another computer, and it works perfectly.
I installed the latest drivers for my soundcard (an onboard RealTek AC97) so that should not be the problem. I will try to put an X-fi card in there, later today hopefully, to see if that fixes it.
I do suspect it is a problem with the 3,5mm ports though, I just do not know what it exactly is. I tried cleaning the inside of my PC from dust, did not have much effect though.
It is really annoying me, so any help will be grealty appreciated!
Not trying to steal your thread by the way, Rambo Hunter, I just figured our problem is more or less the same so I did not want to start another thread addressing the same problem as you
