Re: Disk noise in audio



On Wed, 14 May 2008 17:59:48 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:

I am running a Gigabyte motherboard with Mandriva 2008.1 and KDE. Using
the onboard AC97 for sound. and external powered speakers.

Sounds are audible in the speakers at low level which sound almost like
instability, but which vary with hard disk activity. Muting the sound
with Kmix stops the noise.

Can I block these sounds with suppressors, or similar? I don't have
any ferrite suppressors handy at the moment.

Doug.

I had the same problem once. But it was the video that screwed up my
sound. As the screen changed, the hum would also change. I discovered
on opening my box that when I moved my sound card over one slot away from
the video card, the sound stopped. So maybe you should open up your box
and see if any wires from your hard-drive are close to the sound card.

stonerfish
.



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