Re: HDD causes "noise" in audio
- From: "Hoib" <whftherb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:10:11 -0400
Well, if I may - comment back...
This is not true "audio" noise as generated by some faulty RF somewhere. If
it were a leaky component I'd expect to hear it at other times rather than
just during disk access. I probably was less than clear.
The "noise" I'm talking about is not static-y or raspy within the stream
itself. It's hard to explain. At this point, I don't think it's the PS or
caps on the MB because the interference (if that's what we call it) takes
the form of a raspy sound that absolutely follows the rapid millisec firing
of the disk being accessed as observed by watching the disk access LED.
Further, the raspy sound will sometimes (not always) evolve into the audio
stream hesitating (slows the music down to a crawl) or complete stoppage for
a few seconds as the disk is really taxed to the max like when I open or
write a file or surf somewhere where heaviest disk access is called for.
With the system latent, the music plays perfectly. So, this doesn't sound
like a PS issue but rather one of the disk system vying and competing for
CPU attention/cycles with WMP or vice versa. Again, this just started
happening recently. It all played together nicely until a few weeks back.
I've tried this with no other apps or background tasks open - bare bones if
you will. I haven't yet tried it in safe mode. Guess that might be next,
if WMP drivers can be used in safe mode. I'll try that and try to post
back.
Thanks for the input.
H
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:Oxtu5OSyGHA.3844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Since you get the noise with either the hard drive or the thumb drive my
guess is that the power supply is going bad as it is allowing noise to go
unfiltered through to the audio components. You may also want to check any
capacitors on the motherboard for leakage as this could also be the
culprit.
JS
"Hoib" <whftherb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C5idnYG4m-WYxm3ZnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi. I've posted this question in another NG but no response, so may I
try it
here?
I have Windows Media Prayer 9 and a collection of mp3s I like to listen
to.
But, recently, anytime the HDD seeks or writes, I get this weird raspy
noise
in the audio stream. The moment the HDD subsides the sound resumes nice
and clear.
This happens also with headphones so I know it's probably not the speaker
system itself
of a connection dying. At times of intense HDD activity the sound stream
can come to a
stop with many hesitations galore but again, the moment the HDD rests and
the sound once
again comes in clear.
I have DMA turned on. HDD is defragged every 3-4 days. When I play an
MP3
off the thumb drive, fewer disturbances but it's still there. This
symptom has started within
the last 2-3 weeks. I don't think I've installed anything crucial.
Any ideas what's going on here?
WinXP Pro - SP2 updated.
AMD64 @ 3.2 Ghz
RAM 512 MB
HDD - SATA 160 gig about 1/2 full.
H.
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