static sound card dilemma making me violent

[S.D.Willie]

hey,

ive had this problem on and off but never quite got it settled.
i have static noise coming out of one of my speakers. i know these speakers are fine. my sound card is a sblive vlaue and i have a creative dxr 3 hooked up to it externally for sound for my dvd player.


if i pull the external cable out of the sound card the noise goes away. i tried a different cable too with no luck. i dont think its a driver issue because this happened in in 98/ME and now 2000. :rolleyes:

so im left to ponder: is it the dxr 3?? the sound works fine when i play dvd's. im thinking no. anyone have a similar issue?

SD

[GrimBo]

Is there a separate gain that you can adjust aside from the actual volume conrtol?

[cadetstimpy]

Try muting your input and mic if they're active in volume control.

[surrealchereal]

Is there any chance the weight of the cable is helping with a loose connection? one just loose enough to cause static?

[Wolfclaw]

Make sute that your audio leads are not drapped out any modem or power leads, they could be causing interference/cross talk.

I have seen an instance where a modem cable was spicking up very faint signals from other telephone users in a building and then cross talking with the sound cards leads.

Some very interesting conversations going on :)

[ukulele]

I had this problem once while using a home stereo as an amplifier. The stereo had a two wire plug. I ran a ground wire from the stereo to the computer case and that fixed it. I suspected the static was from something else running in the house like a flouresent lite or refrigerator. I unhooked the ground and turned off everything in the house that was on. Turned out it was a flouresent light in my room. Static is usually caused by cross bleed and poor shielding. It is also a symptom of a bad connection. I hope this helps.

[S.D.Willie]

the only thing that works is to mute "line out" in audioheadquaters for my sblive. i guess this will have to do.
nothing else worked.

thanx
SD