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Author Topic: Hard Drive Noise in speakers Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-07-2005 09:26 AM                     For some reason I am getting noise coming out of my left speaker. The noise is a distorted noise of my hard drive processing and it is only coming out of the left speaker. My speakers are Creative. I checked all the connections, and everything is copacetic. Any ideas?  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-07-2005 12:22 PM                     Are the speakers new, or have you had them a while? What kind of creative speakers are they? Do they have a subwoofer? has this always happened since you got the speakers, or did it just start? I know you said you checked the connections, but is the plug all the way into the speaker jack on the back of the computer? Are the speakers pluged into the sound card on the Mobo or on a seperate PCI sound card?  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-07-2005 04:06 PM                     They are about 2 yrs old. Creative 5300 w/sub. It started about 2 months ago Plug is all the way in on the creative audigy soundcard  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-07-2005 04:38 PM                     If the speaker is setting next to the computer move it farther away and see if it stops.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-07-2005 05:18 PM                     Creative isn't what they used to be-they've really gone cheap as far as I'm concerned. To really do a trace, borrow another speaker system from a friend, or simply plug in a set of headphones in the speaker jack, and this will check out the soundcard. If this swapout turns out clean with no noise, then it's your amplifer in the Subwoofer cabinet is going to pot. Creative soundcards aren't too bad, but there are now better ones out there than Creative,but there are some baddies out there as well. I had one do the same (a Logitec speaker system) - bad buzz developed in one of the channels then "ka-pooie!" .. died. In the trash it went... Computer add-on devices these days are just built to be a throwaway system, not for longetivity and endurance. HDD noise coming through the audio system could also mean that the HDD maybe thinking of taking a serious, stinky dump in the near future as well...be prepared and burn off as much as you can while you have the chance, for files you can't replace while programs you can. good luck, Richard. (how are yu handling the 3 buck per gallon on the TA?) thx-Monte  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-07-2005 05:43 PM                  quote: Monte L Fullmer Creative isn't what they used to be-they've really gone cheap as far as I'm concerned. I certainly don't agree with that... Ya get what ya pay for and Creative has always had good value for the $$ spent. I use the PCMCIA card Sound Blaster Audigy2 Notebook in my laptop and am totally impressed with it. DVD audio, dts/ES, Dolby/EX, THX, etc. 192kHZ/24-bit sampling, 104dB SNR, 7.1 decoding with analog and optical outputs. Whether watching a DVD, playing music files, surfing the net/pornos, or listening to KVXL's Friday night netcast, I use it in the 5.1 analog mode for everything and it rules! Richard: I agree with Monte... While the 5300 is a great 5.1 system, see if you can try a different amplified speaker system AND cables.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-07-2005 05:46 PM                     Try pluging your speakers into your protable CD player, and plug another set of speakers into the computer, to find out if the problem is in the speakers or the computer. A lot of noise problems are due to bad grounding. Check that all the connectors inside the computer are seated. Make sure that the screws mounting the HD and CD (DVD) drives are tight.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-07-2005 06:05 PM                     quote: Phil Hill PCMCIA card Sound Blaster Audigy2 Notebook in my laptop Now, this is an excellent card,especially being a PC card - which is like being an external device not bothering from the momboard. Sorry Phil, shouldn't have been so hasty on Creative products. Just I've had some iffy luck with the lesser valued ones.. ..do you also have a 21 inch TFT display, or a DLP projector attached to that laptop when needed? -thx Monte  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-07-2005 06:07 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Creative isn't what they used to be Good point Monte.... Now they own THX so no one will know what they are gettin..... thx, Mark  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-07-2005 06:16 PM                  I've always had great "luck" with Creative's products. But THX is another story... what a bunch of marketing hype crap... both consumer AND professional products. (I'm sure Tom will now send his boys out after me now since he teaches at USC here. ) quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Now they own THX... Mark, I haven't heard that. Please post a link to your source.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-07-2005 06:36 PM                        Phil, where have you been? Creative purchased THX a year or two ago for cheap. THX will certify anything for a buck.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-07-2005 06:42 PM                  I know THX will "certify" ANYONE and ANYTHING, but Mark said Creative OWNS THX meaning the name, trademark, and company. I wondered if that was true or was he just blowing it out his ass.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-07-2005 07:38 PM                     It is true Phil and for a buck they would even certify you, or don't you have a linear enough response.....?? Don't bother Tom though, he's an excellent engineer and a gentleman... Give him some credit.... even he knew WHEN to leave all that mumbo jumbo behind..... just as you did. Mark P.S. OK Brad and Phil... We've got to have a "Blow It Out Your Ass" thingy to go along with the all the smilie things......  |  IP: Logged Ron Yost Master Film Handler Posts: 344 From: Paso Robles, CA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-07-2005 08:34 PM                     I don't think it's true that Creative owns THX or has any financial interest in the company .. other than licensing agreements. But I have no way to prove it one way or the other. In 2002 it seems there was an article printed in an audio magazine saying rumors were circulating in the industry that Creative was 'invited to invest' in THX, but I've never been able to track down any factual info .. not that I spend a lot of time looking for it. I think the amount mentioned was 8-million USD. All it says on the THX site is that it's 'privately held'. This from Creative's web site regarding their US acquisitions(extracted from their CORPORATE page): "....Creative also made strategic investments in a number of US-based companies. Over the years, it has acquired US-based Ensoniq, E-MU® Systems, Cambridge Soundworks, Ectiva Inc. (formerly the NetMedia group from OPTi), ShareVision® Technology, Digicom Systems and Silicon Engineering Inc. In 2002, we acquired UK-based 3Dlabs, marking our entry into the high-end professional graphics market. Creative is also a shareholder in US-based Sigmatel, a Nasdaq-listed chip maker that supplies sound chips to manufacturers of MP3 players. Creative was listed on the US Nasdaq stock exchange in the summer of 1992. We are the first true-blue Singapore company to be listed on Nasdaq. In June 1994, Creative gained a listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. .................... No mention of THX at all. So, unless someone can come up wit da goods I'd say it's myth. Yours for more salacious rumours, (sorry Phil) Ron Yost  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-07-2005 08:40 PM                  So Ron, it appears just as I thought... Mark was blowing it out his ass! OBTW Mark... it looks like we already have a "Blow-it-out-your-ass" smilie: =  |  IP: Logged

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