Re: Does anybody else have a noisy computer?
- From: "Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 06:41:52 GMT
"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send" <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I get this static-y background noise when I am trying to transcribe audio
files, and for some reason it seems to be getting progressively worse, and
I am finding I have to turn the volume up higher and higher to hear. (This
is not happening at all when I transcribe with my C-phone, so I'm pretty
sure it's not my hearing.) I have no idea if it could be speakers,
computer audio, or what, but it's little squeaky high-frequency,
low-decibel noises and static-y noises, and it's making it harder and
harder for me to hear past it. (I also hear a squeaky h.f., l.d. noise
periodically when my computer slows down for something, which appears to be
several times an hour when I'm transcribing, and I haven't figured out yet
where that is coming from either, but I've had it for the past 3-4 months
and it affects my expander when I'm working.
Does anybody know how to diagnose these types of problems? I did try
plugging my earphones directly into the audio port and it didn't make any
difference. Apart from that, I don't know what to check or how to check
it.
TIA
That's a tough one to track down because there are so many possible sources
for noise and so many variables involved.
I like to rule out the easy stuff first, so first thing I would do is try
another set of headphones. That would rule out the headphones as the source
of noise.
From your comment on plugging the headphones directly into the soundcard notmaking a difference, I assume that they are normally plugged into the
headphone jack on a set of speakers. If the noise and static remained the
same when you did that, then the speakers and their connections should be
OK.
I would still check every external connection (including speakers) and
plug-unplug them a few times to help clean off any oxidation or corrosion.
If none of that makes any difference, then I would start looking at the
soundcard itself. First thing I would do is to remove it and then reseat it
into its slot. If that doesn't help, then I would either put another
soundcard in there to see if that solves it (if you have another one handy)
or buy a new soundcard.
The symptoms you're describing are usually the result of oxidation of one or
another connection, so usually unplugging stuff and plugging it back in will
fix it.
Another more remote possibility is that the software you're using for
playback is not working well. You might try uninstalling and reinstalling
to see if that helps.
ed
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