Odd Noises Coming from Speakers

[Maureen]

I'm not sure where to put this so sorry if I'm in the wrong
place. I've just got a new computer, running XP, that came
without monitor or speakers. My speakers come from my last
computer and are 6 years old. Is it possible that they are
too old for XP or a newer computer?
I'm not very techy but the background noises, crackling,
buzzing, and sometimes a 'ting ting ting' like an ectrontic
clock or something, are driving me nuts. When I click on
something, like 'apperance' in control panel, the noises
are even more intense, at the start and end of command
sounds you can hear it louder to for an instant. I hope you
can understand what I'm trying to explain. My husband
bought home a set of computers from work to try and it was
the same, but they too are far from new. When we tried them
yesterday I was fiddling around in 'volume control' and
when I moved the 'line in' slider up the noises faded away.
So we put my own speakers back and all seemed well, until
this morning and it's slowly getting louder again. I moved
that slider again and even muted it, no change.
My old speakers are regular two channel, powered ( I
presume as they have an adapter to plug in). Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

 

[dev]

Maureen said:

I'm not sure where to put this so sorry if I'm in the wrong
place. I've just got a new computer, running XP, that came
without monitor or speakers. My speakers come from my last
computer and are 6 years old. Is it possible that they are
too old for XP or a newer computer?
I'm not very techy but the background noises, crackling,
buzzing, and sometimes a 'ting ting ting' like an ectrontic
clock or something, are driving me nuts. When I click on
something, like 'apperance' in control panel, the noises
are even more intense, at the start and end of command
sounds you can hear it louder to for an instant. I hope you
can understand what I'm trying to explain. My husband
bought home a set of computers from work to try and it was
the same, but they too are far from new. When we tried them
yesterday I was fiddling around in 'volume control' and
when I moved the 'line in' slider up the noises faded away.
So we put my own speakers back and all seemed well, until
this morning and it's slowly getting louder again. I moved
that slider again and even muted it, no change.
My old speakers are regular two channel, powered ( I
presume as they have an adapter to plug in).

The speakers are not the problem. Suspect the sound card. If the PC is
new, perhaps the seller can troubleshoot it at no cost.

 

[Guest]

1. Make sure the lead in the bck of your computer is pushed in correctly
2. Don't put your speakers too close to your monitor or other electrical appliances (this will interfere with the output)