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function9   01-14-2004 at 03:24:26 AM

Hello,
Most of the time I'm using my headphones (Sony MDR-V150). And whenever I move the mouse I can hear a loud buzzing sound. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if it would be a case of crappy headphones (I know these aren't the best at all) or maybe a grounding issue? It gets annoying, especially in games. Thanks!

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sturm   01-14-2004 at 09:37:38 PM
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does it do it thru all the outputs: line out, headphone, speaker out, headphone off cd rom? Check cabeling in computer for possible bad connections. is it a usb or ps2 mouse?
check in the mouse options for anything that adds sound to mouse movement and in the accessibility section under accessories.

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function9   01-15-2004 at 05:45:23 AM
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I have a Santa Cruz card and I just keep the phones plugged into the "versajack" on the card. Well messing around a bit I realized when I turn the volume for the cd drive all the way down, the buzzing goes away. I have a Lite-On 52x32x52 drive. I'm using the analog jack on the drive with a Belkin cable to the cd jack on the card.

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r2k   01-15-2004 at 02:34:05 PM
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Disconnect the wire between the drive and the sound card and use DAE (digital audio extraction) to play audio CDs. The hard drive head movements/reads, moving the mouse or the speedup of an optical drive are the major culprits and all of them affect the sound via inducing EMI through this audio cable between the optical drive and the sound card. This shouldn't happen in PCI sound cards and the reason it does is almost always the audio cable. BTW enabling DAE also improves your sound quality because you're using the sound card's higher-end DAC to convert the digital audio to analog signals.

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function9   01-15-2004 at 09:16:46 PM
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Thank you for your help. Enabling DAE, is that when you check the "Enable digital CD audio..." checkbox in the properties for the drive? I apologize as I'm not completely familiar on the audio front. DAE is where the music/data is transfered via IDE cable correct? I'm not sure why it does it now, as with my previous computer I ran the Santa Cruz with the analog cable and never had the problem before. But what I found out and what you said confirms what it is. Thank you very much.

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BunnyStroker   01-16-2004 at 02:58:19 AM
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r2k is correct. I had an identical problem that disconnecting soundcard to CD drive cable solved.

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Enabling DAE, is that when you check the "Enable digital CD audio..." checkbox in the properties for the drive?


Yes. If it not checked and the cable is disconnected you will be unable to play audio CDs.

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