Think I have an audio problem

[jagdpanther]

Right gents, heres one for ya

Recently I have began to noticet that I can hear what my pc is doing through the speakers and Im not just talking clicks and beeps on the sound files thingy, but if I turn the speakers up, I can hear the fan through the speakers and can hear it buzzing and clicking.

Ive never noticed this before and I have also noticed that if I turn the speakers up a little higher I get feedback like that created when a mic is plugged in and present.....but there isnt

Is there something wrong with my speakers or something more sinister??

[ThePassenger]

Could be poor EM shielding on the PC being picked up by the speaker cable... or the soundcard is picking up on it directly and you've just never noticed.

Try moving the cables around behind the PC to make sure the one feeding your speakers isn't being fouled and is clear of the PC.

If you have a front mounted audio socket try using that as an experiment to see if the same happens.

[jagdpanther]

ThePassenger said:

Could be poor EM shielding on the PC being picked up by the speaker cable... or the soundcard is picking up on it directly and you've just never noticed.

Try moving the cables around behind the PC to make sure the one feeding your speakers isn't being fouled and is clear of the PC.

If you have a front mounted audio socket try using that as an experiment to see if the same happens.

I tried that before and it seems that nothing is having any effect, still the same thing!

Now I have had the speakers for a while and do have a better set upstairs...maybe I should swap them round and see if I still get the same thing???

[shocker-z]

yeah defiantly..

also do this

start > right click My computer > click properties > click hardware > click device manager > go down to sound, video and game controllers > click the + > uninstall the driver for audio (usually c-media or realtek)> restart machine and then test after windows has redectected the audio drivers.


regards
Liam

[jagdpanther]

Hahahahahaha

Well I had a feeling that I may know what my problem would be, the thing that was making the brain tick was the ever present feedback as if connected through a microphone.

Well, it would seem that while I was cocking about with my video editing software, I accidently clicked on the audio capture button and me being unaware of this, I though the speakers may be finally getting past it, so I thought Id change them over for a cracking pair I bought on Ebay two years ago (never used!!)

During the setup phase I heard the feedback again, so I tapped the mic on my headset which hasnt been used for oh so so long...guess what??

I heard "tap tap tap"

Bollox

Anyway, false alarm all is sorted and well, just needed to go back into my audio control panel and click to mute the direct feed on the mic