Hi there,
I recently noticed that my soundcard is somehow picking up noise when I perform graphic operations (such as moving windows around the screen) Also certain colours seem to cause more noise than others!
I can also hear very quiet noises when the hard drive is working.
The noise is not a hiss or a hum, rather digital sounding pops and squals. A good description is like the noise of tiny lawnmowers doing their thing.
I am running an EWX 24/96 (and I also had an Audigy which displayed the same symptoms)
The video card is an NVIDIA ultra 64. The system itself is an Athlon XP2000+ sitting on an ASUS motherboard with the VIA chipset. (I've tried applying the via fixes.. no luck)
An article in Sound on Sound mag suggested that this noise might be a ground loop inside the pc..
Any idea how I would go about fixing this? Do I need a new motherboard? I figure it's not 1 component alone, as I can hear both the Video Card noise AND hard disk noise...
Many thanks,
Nash.
I recently noticed that my soundcard is somehow picking up noise when I perform graphic operations (such as moving windows around the screen) Also certain colours seem to cause more noise than others!
I can also hear very quiet noises when the hard drive is working.
The noise is not a hiss or a hum, rather digital sounding pops and squals. A good description is like the noise of tiny lawnmowers doing their thing.
I am running an EWX 24/96 (and I also had an Audigy which displayed the same symptoms)
The video card is an NVIDIA ultra 64. The system itself is an Athlon XP2000+ sitting on an ASUS motherboard with the VIA chipset. (I've tried applying the via fixes.. no luck)
An article in Sound on Sound mag suggested that this noise might be a ground loop inside the pc..
Any idea how I would go about fixing this? Do I need a new motherboard? I figure it's not 1 component alone, as I can hear both the Video Card noise AND hard disk noise...
Many thanks,
Nash.