A7N8X Deluxe Audio whine

[Steve Warnek]

A7N8X Deluxe Audio whine

I think I had found one or two other who have reported something
similar...

ASUS A7N8X deluxe (latest BIOS) rev 2.0
1 GB PC3200 ram
Athlon XP 2500+
Nvidia 4600 TI
LG DVD + CDRW
Dual 80 GB WD HDD EIDE
500 Watt power supply (now)
no other cards in system
Windows XP pro (no SP1), all other updates
Latest drivers for cards & mobo.


I had gutted my old PC and had this running for two months.

After moving this PC out of my room for two weeks and hooking it
back up again... I noticed a high pitched whine coming from my
Cambridge 4 point surround. Also found that after playing anything
that output sound, the whine would go away for about
2-5 minutes, then return. Noticed that whine changed pitch when
clicking mouse or any other PC activity.

Replaced speakers with Altec Lansing 2.1 setup.
Replaced power supply with 500 watt unit.
Switched power outlets and UPSs as well.
Un/Reinstalled all NVIDIA drivers.
Removed all other devices and fans.
Ran the speaker wizard a hundred times.

Noticed that after unplugging power supply from power and then
reconnecting, issue may remiss for one or two reboots, but then
returns. Getting very POed at this board, considering what I paid.

Any ideas would be appeciated....

 

[rstlne]

I really doubt it's the card to be honest..
Make sure that the cable going to your speakers isnt near other cables.. Try
it with just say head phones.. Do you have a wireless card?.. Usually this
type of stuff is from noise being generated (no doubt you figgured that
considering all of the stuff you changed).. It could be possible that there
isnt a good ground somewhere too

 

[KB]

Turn all control sliders down apart from main volume and wav.
No aux
No line in
No cd(not needed)

 

[Rob]

A7N8X Deluxe Audio whine

I think I had found one or two other who have reported something
similar...

ASUS A7N8X deluxe (latest BIOS) rev 2.0
1 GB PC3200 ram
Athlon XP 2500+
Nvidia 4600 TI
LG DVD + CDRW
Dual 80 GB WD HDD EIDE
500 Watt power supply (now)
no other cards in system
Windows XP pro (no SP1), all other updates
Latest drivers for cards & mobo.


I had gutted my old PC and had this running for two months.

After moving this PC out of my room for two weeks and hooking it
back up again... I noticed a high pitched whine coming from my
Cambridge 4 point surround. Also found that after playing anything
that output sound, the whine would go away for about
2-5 minutes, then return. Noticed that whine changed pitch when
clicking mouse or any other PC activity.

Replaced speakers with Altec Lansing 2.1 setup.
Replaced power supply with 500 watt unit.
Switched power outlets and UPSs as well.
Un/Reinstalled all NVIDIA drivers.
Removed all other devices and fans.
Ran the speaker wizard a hundred times.

Noticed that after unplugging power supply from power and then
reconnecting, issue may remiss for one or two reboots, but then
returns. Getting very POed at this board, considering what I paid.

Any ideas would be appeciated....

I have a similar system to yours and a low whine problem that shows up
after the audio system is idle for a few minutes. I've done all that
was suggested here and some of it gave only a momentary relief. If
yours is the same sound I'm hearing, I have stopped it here, finally.
I've set the scroll bar on the Digitized Input, in the left corner of
nVidia Audio Panel to any setting except "OFF". I guess a small noise
loop gets set up, on my system when it's set to Off!

Rob

 

[Egil Solberg]

I have a similar system to yours and a low whine problem that shows up
after the audio system is idle for a few minutes. I've done all that
was suggested here and some of it gave only a momentary relief. If
yours is the same sound I'm hearing, I have stopped it here, finally.
I've set the scroll bar on the Digitized Input, in the left corner of
nVidia Audio Panel to any setting except "OFF". I guess a small noise
loop gets set up, on my system when it's set to Off!

Yes, this is THE fix. Confirmed personally by me and mentioned as a fix
over and over at www.nforcershq.com