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Serious external speaker problems....

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by mysteriousman359

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When I start up my PC there's a terrible squealing in my left speaker. It gets worse. Its nothing but constant static in the left speaker even when I log onto my account. I use Windows XP btw. When I play music, movies, or any type of sound at all it can barely be heard over the static. Right speaker has no sound and while I still can hear the music from the left, the static is always that much louder than what I'm listening to. Its not the speakers because I just went and bought some brand spankin new ones less than an hour ago and its not the connection because I have plugged the speakers into the back of my tower and the front. Same sound every time. Should anyone provide me a solution I will be eternally grateful.

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by thumbsup2

Can you be a bit more specific about what kind of sound card you have in the system? Is it built into the motherboard or an add-on? Was it working fine for a while then went bad? Do you have anything near the speakers that's magnetic? Move them away from the monitor. What else can you tell us?

by older mycroft

What sound were you getting before you bought these new speakers?

Which connection are you using to connect them?

[b]2 Pointers[/b]

1. Ensure the power for the speaker amplification is plugged into the [b]SAME[/b] power outlet as the computer (you can get 'ring main' squeal if conjoined audio products are plugged into different circuits of the ring main).

2 The squeal you have described can be generated by plugging speakers into the microphone socket by mistake. You would still be able to recieve sound of sorts, even when incorrectly connected.

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