Audio Question- NOn Real Player related- Help please
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Audio Question- NOn Real Player related- Help please
Jan | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 04:11 pm     For the last two weeks when I listened to Real I realized that my audio was very very static-y from my speakers but no problem at all from my headset. Now I realize that this is not only a REAl feed situation...this happens with all sounds on my computer...my speakers ALWAYS now emit a low buzzing static-y sound. Is my sound card going bad ?? Any ideas out there. I have a Sound blaster Live sound card which is only 1 year old on an Athalon 1100 PC (also one year old). My speakers are BOS BA790. They shouldn't be going bad already should they?? Any ideas anyone...Draheid??? |
Draheid | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:42 pm     Jan: I found an online copy of the manual for your speakers, however, I don't know the exact model of SB Live sound card you have. There are several and each appears to have varying configuration options. (Such as SBLive Value, Platinum, Gamer, 5.1, etc.) On a simpler note, you could begin by simply checking the connections. Unplugging and replugging the cords can sometimes re-establish a better connection. Another possibility could be that you have a bad power transformer for your speakers. More difficult to check. Maybe you can look on the back of the adapter and see if you have another with the same specifications and try that out. A third, but unlikely, possibility is that the power to the speakers is coming from an outlet that is on a different circuit than the computer is on. If possible, all of your computer equipment, printer, modem, etc. should be on the same power strip. Also, it's a good idea that the power strip have built-in surge/spike protection to save your computer from 'the elements' that might creep in through the powerlines. Without a little more details on your system, that's the only suggestions I can come up with. I hope maybe something here will help. If not, let me know a little more about the sound card you have and how they are connected together. Also, how you plug your headphones in. |
Mosessupposes | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 09:49 pm     Okay, first off I will assume that you plug your earphones into the same jack that you normally plug your speakers. If the sound is clear in your earphones while plugged into the same jack that your speakers plug into, then it is *not* your sound card. If your sound card is going or gone, then you would not get clear sound in your earphones. You would get the same static you hear through your speakers. If somehow or other you are plugging your earphones into a different input jack than the speakers, then it could possibly be the speaker input jack (but I will assume that you are not). This means that the problem is occuring somewhere outside of your computer: 1). The speaker input plug could be defective. 2). The insulation can be stripped on some portion of your speaker cable. 3). Your speakers can be picking up hum from your computer because of poor shielding. Borrow a very cheap pair of computer speakers from a friend and plug them into the jack you normally plug your BOS speakers. If the cheap speakers sound clear, then you can be absolutely 100% positive that the problem lies somewhere between the BOS input plug and the actual BOS speakers. Okay...now for my disclaimer: I just sort of made up and fabricated everything I just wrote. I don't know a single thing about computers, sound cards, or speakers. |
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