Starting Win2000 and speaker noise starts also!

[jbclem]

After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound coming out
of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts again when I
open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum, but with
no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and watch
the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick of the
graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me nuts is that
this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard and/or
the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to allow this
noise to happen.

Any suggestions?

jc

 

[Dave Patrick]

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[Andrew Rossmann]

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general and a copy
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After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound coming out
of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts again when I
open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum, but with
no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and watch
the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick of the
graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me nuts is that
this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard and/or
the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to allow this
noise to happen.

Check to see if you moved any wires, and that everything is fully
plugged in.

Open up the volume control panel (usually by double-clicking the speaker
icon in the start bar) and make certain any unused inputs are set at
normal levels or muted. Some program you used may have set the volume
full blast on something.

Double-check your speaker's own volume controls to see that somebody
didn't turn it way up, and compensate by turning down the master or wave
volume settings in Windows. Typically, most of the Windows settings
should be set to 50%, and you set your speaker's own volume to a normal
setting. You can then fine tune things from there.

 

[jbclem]

Although I had already check the volume control, turned everything down and
muted everything also, I am not familiar with the "master or wave volume
settings in Windows". Could you point me towards those?

Thanks, jc

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general and a copy
was sent to the cited author.]

After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound coming out
of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts again when I
open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum, but with
no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and watch
the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick of the
graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me nuts is that
this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard and/or
the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to allow this
noise to happen.

Check to see if you moved any wires, and that everything is fully
plugged in.

Open up the volume control panel (usually by double-clicking the speaker
icon in the start bar) and make certain any unused inputs are set at
normal levels or muted. Some program you used may have set the volume
full blast on something.

Double-check your speaker's own volume controls to see that somebody
didn't turn it way up, and compensate by turning down the master or wave
volume settings in Windows. Typically, most of the Windows settings
should be set to 50%, and you set your speaker's own volume to a normal
setting. You can then fine tune things from there.

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[Vic]

JC, I am not REAL clear on your understanding of the sound level control
panel so here goes:

double click the speaker icon in system tray. Before you should appear a
multitude of sliders for the functions on your PC (e.g. wave, cd,
line-in, mic, etc). Have you seen this? Did you try muting each one
whilst listening to your music to see if muting a specific channel
removes the raspy noise?

I too have issues similar to yours and there are a multitude of reasons
why. One is because I pump feeds through a mixer panel and the panel,
inexpensive $70 radio shack, puts enough noise into the system to be
heard on the line-in channel.

Another source of noise is BAD connections. Did you try removing and
reinserting the 1/8" plugs on your sound card? Sometimes twisting them
clockwise then counter clockwise helps 'clean' or re-establish a good
connection and removes noise. You might even have to turn your PC off
and go inside to remove and re-connect sound wires there (e.g. from CD
player to sound card).

One last thing (for now), sometimes sound systems can be VERY sensitive
to impulse and RF (radio frequency) noise. In fact, wires can acts as
ANTENNAS to transmit and/or receive signals, SO, try moving wires
attached to your PC around whilst listening to your music and see if
that too makes a difference.

If you did NOTHING different to your setup from yesterday (when there
was no noise) chances are there is a bad (or dirty) connection and
plugging in and out and /or twisting repeatedly should cure the ills.
Remember to do the wires directly connecting your speakers too!

All the best
Vic
___

Although I had already check the volume control, turned everything
down and
muted everything also, I am not familiar with the "master or wave
volume
settings in Windows". Could you point me towards those?

Thanks, jc




message

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general and a
copy
was sent to the cited author.]

After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound
coming out
of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts
again when I
open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum,
but with
no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's
loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and watch
the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick
of the
graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me
nuts is that
this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard and/or
the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to
allow this
noise to happen.

Check to see if you moved any wires, and that everything is fully
plugged in.

Open up the volume control panel (usually by double-clicking the
speaker
icon in the start bar) and make certain any unused inputs are set at
normal levels or muted. Some program you used may have set the volume
full blast on something.

Double-check your speaker's own volume controls to see that somebody
didn't turn it way up, and compensate by turning down the master or
wave
volume settings in Windows. Typically, most of the Windows settings
should be set to 50%, and you set your speaker's own volume to a
normal
setting. You can then fine tune things from there.

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replying!
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[jbclem]

Vic, thanks very much for the suggestions. Twisting and removing the plugs
into my sound card (SB Awe 64 Gold) got rid of the rasping noise that was
drownding out the music. All that's left is a background hiss that isn't
very noticiable. I'll remember your explanations for the future.

About the sound level control, it was just my lack of focus, I use the
volume control and wave control sliders all the time, just didn't pay any
attention to the titles and never knew what the wave control actually did.

Regards,

jc

JC, I am not REAL clear on your understanding of the sound level control
panel so here goes:

double click the speaker icon in system tray. Before you should appear a
multitude of sliders for the functions on your PC (e.g. wave, cd,
line-in, mic, etc). Have you seen this? Did you try muting each one
whilst listening to your music to see if muting a specific channel
removes the raspy noise?

I too have issues similar to yours and there are a multitude of reasons
why. One is because I pump feeds through a mixer panel and the panel,
inexpensive $70 radio shack, puts enough noise into the system to be
heard on the line-in channel.

Another source of noise is BAD connections. Did you try removing and
reinserting the 1/8" plugs on your sound card? Sometimes twisting them
clockwise then counter clockwise helps 'clean' or re-establish a good
connection and removes noise. You might even have to turn your PC off
and go inside to remove and re-connect sound wires there (e.g. from CD
player to sound card).

One last thing (for now), sometimes sound systems can be VERY sensitive
to impulse and RF (radio frequency) noise. In fact, wires can acts as
ANTENNAS to transmit and/or receive signals, SO, try moving wires
attached to your PC around whilst listening to your music and see if
that too makes a difference.

If you did NOTHING different to your setup from yesterday (when there
was no noise) chances are there is a bad (or dirty) connection and
plugging in and out and /or twisting repeatedly should cure the ills.
Remember to do the wires directly connecting your speakers too!

All the best
Vic
___

Although I had already check the volume control, turned everything
down and
muted everything also, I am not familiar with the "master or wave
volume
settings in Windows". Could you point me towards those?

Thanks, jc




message

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general and a
copy
was sent to the cited author.]

After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound
coming out
of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts
again when I
open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum,
but with
no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's
loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and watch
the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick
of the
graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me
nuts is that
this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard and/or
the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to
allow this
noise to happen.

Check to see if you moved any wires, and that everything is fully
plugged in.

Open up the volume control panel (usually by double-clicking the
speaker
icon in the start bar) and make certain any unused inputs are set at
normal levels or muted. Some program you used may have set the volume
full blast on something.

Double-check your speaker's own volume controls to see that somebody
didn't turn it way up, and compensate by turning down the master or
wave
volume settings in Windows. Typically, most of the Windows settings
should be set to 50%, and you set your speaker's own volume to a
normal
setting. You can then fine tune things from there.

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[Bob I]

That background hiss can sometimes be reduced or eliminated by lowering
the physical speaker volume and increasing the sound card volume setting.

Vic, thanks very much for the suggestions. Twisting and removing the plugs
into my sound card (SB Awe 64 Gold) got rid of the rasping noise that was
drownding out the music. All that's left is a background hiss that isn't
very noticiable. I'll remember your explanations for the future.

About the sound level control, it was just my lack of focus, I use the
volume control and wave control sliders all the time, just didn't pay any
attention to the titles and never knew what the wave control actually did.

Regards,

jc

JC, I am not REAL clear on your understanding of the sound level control
panel so here goes:

double click the speaker icon in system tray. Before you should appear a
multitude of sliders for the functions on your PC (e.g. wave, cd,
line-in, mic, etc). Have you seen this? Did you try muting each one
whilst listening to your music to see if muting a specific channel
removes the raspy noise?

I too have issues similar to yours and there are a multitude of reasons
why. One is because I pump feeds through a mixer panel and the panel,
inexpensive $70 radio shack, puts enough noise into the system to be
heard on the line-in channel.

Another source of noise is BAD connections. Did you try removing and
reinserting the 1/8" plugs on your sound card? Sometimes twisting them
clockwise then counter clockwise helps 'clean' or re-establish a good
connection and removes noise. You might even have to turn your PC off
and go inside to remove and re-connect sound wires there (e.g. from CD
player to sound card).

One last thing (for now), sometimes sound systems can be VERY sensitive
to impulse and RF (radio frequency) noise. In fact, wires can acts as
ANTENNAS to transmit and/or receive signals, SO, try moving wires
attached to your PC around whilst listening to your music and see if
that too makes a difference.

If you did NOTHING different to your setup from yesterday (when there
was no noise) chances are there is a bad (or dirty) connection and
plugging in and out and /or twisting repeatedly should cure the ills.
Remember to do the wires directly connecting your speakers too!

All the best
Vic
___

Although I had already check the volume control, turned everything
down and
muted everything also, I am not familiar with the "master or wave
volume
settings in Windows". Could you point me towards those?

Thanks, jc




message

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general and a
copy
was sent to the cited author.]

After months of no noise, today there is a constant raspy sound
coming

out

of my speakers. It goes away when I close Win2000, but starts
again

when I

open it again. I've got the running processes down to a minimum,
but

with

no desktop programs running, the noise is always there now. It's
loud
enough to spoil any music I have playing.

Part of the noise is rhythmic and if I open up the Task Manager and

watch

the CPU Usage History graph, I can see/hear the rhythm at each tick
of

the

graph. Moving the mouse also causes buzzes. What's driving me
nuts is

that

this wasn't happening yesterday. But it seems that the motherboard

and/or

the cpu(when Win2000 is open) are creating the sounds.

Does this make sense? And what could I have done or changed to
allow

this

noise to happen.

Check to see if you moved any wires, and that everything is fully
plugged in.

Open up the volume control panel (usually by double-clicking the
speaker
icon in the start bar) and make certain any unused inputs are set at
normal levels or muted. Some program you used may have set the volume
full blast on something.

Double-check your speaker's own volume controls to see that somebody
didn't turn it way up, and compensate by turning down the master or
wave
volume settings in Windows. Typically, most of the Windows settings
should be set to 50%, and you set your speaker's own volume to a
normal
setting. You can then fine tune things from there.

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replying!
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