I know, I know, it's been asked. A lot. But it seems my problem's fairly unique.
First, I'm running Creative SBS 560 5.1 speakers through a 24-bit Live! card. Yes, ancient, I know, but they've done the job for the last four years...until about a month ago.
I turned on my computer and they emitted a loud pop--louder than usual (yeah, if I left the speakers on when turning off/on the computer they popped) and static started coming out of the left rear. This was almost unnoticeable, getting gradually worse (and spreading to all the speakers) until I was forced to salvage some real old speakers and go back to 2.1. The noise occurs through just the SBS speakers, and through either the on-board card or the Creative PCI one. It doesn't occur when I plug the SBS speakers into my laptop.
I knew it was bound to happen eventually--I got those speakers direct from creative for $40 back in '05 or so. Still though, it makes me
Muting/unmuting/disabling various card combinations and inputs/outputs has done nothing, as well.
First, I'm running Creative SBS 560 5.1 speakers through a 24-bit Live! card. Yes, ancient, I know, but they've done the job for the last four years...until about a month ago.
I turned on my computer and they emitted a loud pop--louder than usual (yeah, if I left the speakers on when turning off/on the computer they popped) and static started coming out of the left rear. This was almost unnoticeable, getting gradually worse (and spreading to all the speakers) until I was forced to salvage some real old speakers and go back to 2.1. The noise occurs through just the SBS speakers, and through either the on-board card or the Creative PCI one. It doesn't occur when I plug the SBS speakers into my laptop.
I knew it was bound to happen eventually--I got those speakers direct from creative for $40 back in '05 or so. Still though, it makes me
Muting/unmuting/disabling various card combinations and inputs/outputs has done nothing, as well.