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by lo 2 views

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A few days back, I bootted the my system and almost lost what little hearing I have left. I was getting some real static from the speakers. Not sure but no new installs or anything that would do this. May have done some bad cabeling when I was working on hard disk / tape drive problem.

Any idea what/where?

Somewhere in the past week or so, the noise it went away, now it's back. Not sure what I did (may have just disconnected the speaker cable). I did put a CD in somewhere and try toplay. That worked OK so I thought I had resolved (maybe it just went away for a bit). Thx, lo

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by avatar17

They say that 80% of all computer problems are cable related. If the computer got bumped ot anything it might have jiggled that plug a little and given you that static (like what you get when you plug a gutar into an amplifier). Double check your connections and if it happens again try reinstalling your sound drivers.
Happy hearing

mike

by pcguy001

I would suspect your problem is related to power. Try the following....

1)Run an extension cord from a wall outlet not on the same breaker as the one your speakers are currently hooked up to.
2)Try a different power supply for your speakers, these can be anywhere from 9volt to 15volt output.
3)The coupler where the power connects into is loose causeing a "dirty" connection.

by abi9999

Since it is all sound then it is probably a problem with the speakers. Check all the cables for lose connections or damage.

Good Luck

Abinash
abi9999@hotmail.com

by mm212

An audio CD doesn't really use much in a sound card. It's really just "piped" through the plug. The noise you're hearing would be coming from the parts of the soundcard an audio disc doesn't use.

Is your new hard drive's IDE cable connected to a controller on the sound card? Many cards include them, primarily to run a CD-ROM drive. I didn't think many had them any more, but it wouldn't suprise me if you have one.

I would move the hard drive to an on-board controller on the system board and see if that eliminates the problem.

Another thing I'd check out is the grounding. Is your system board properly grounded to the case and is the case properly grounded to the building ground in the outlet (via the power cord)? I doubt this is theproblem, but when stuck, check all options.

by avanturis

before doing anything drastic remove and re-add the sound card driver. That should solve your problem. Had the same problem about a week ago with colleagues pc and that was the problem.

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