Annoying "hickup sound"...

[Philippine Mango]

I was playing Vice city yesterday and a little bit of today and I would every once in a while hear this hickup sound come from the computer speakers. I have no idea what it is but it does this every once and a while and it drives me nuts. I log off the computer because I'm done playing and I log back in to go on the web (separate accounts) and I hear that same hickup sound played agian after I logged in.

This also reminds me of the time my old sister's computer would make this crazy noise through the computer's speakers every once in a while (win95, then her XP machine) and I could not explain it. You scan the computer... nothing, you check the bootup but nothing. Has anyone heard of this phenominon where the computer will play a random sound through the computer's speakers every once in a while?

 

[SLCentral]

I've been meaning to ask this too...cept it happens to me with my headphones, speakers, stereo, etc. and I have no idea why.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Have you tried to turn off "sound scheme" in Sounds and Audio Device Properties?

M@rc

 

[nweaver]

I have a program that burps every few seconds, it's a gag thing. Doesn't show up as a virus, perhaps it's one of those? Try clean booting (msconfig, get rid of all startup items) and see if you still hear it.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: nweaver
I have a program that burps every few seconds, it's a gag thing. Doesn't show up as a virus, perhaps it's one of those? Try clean booting (msconfig, get rid of all startup items) and see if you still hear it.

I've already gone through MS config but nothing...

 

[daniel49]

drunk mouse?

 

[keeleysam]

It's from your Cell Phone.

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[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's from your Cell Phone.

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What are you talking about?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's from your Cell Phone.

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What are you talking about?

Is there a cellphone near the system? My cellphone will produce a loud clicking/buzzing sound when it's brought near any powered up electronics that has a speaker. Things like a home stereo system, a portable CD/MP3 player, a car stereo system, a PC sound system, and even something simplistic like a white noise generator - it transmits interference into those things, which is manifested as a sometimes very loud clicking/buzzing.

 

[rmrf]

I had this same problem. It actually turned out to be the speakers. I was using a set of 2.1's that I had gotten as a gift 5 years ago, so I decided that I needed a new set anyway. The new ones haven't done it since.

On a note that may or may not be related, for what ever reason I was checking the ground for my phone lines and it was disconnected, I reconnected it.. I don't know if this is the phone companies way of drumming up business, but I got a random call later that day stating that I had scheduled "line service" and the tech would be there shortly. I cancelled of course. Anyways, there were some wierd quirks with my phone system, but they have seemed to gone away once I found that ground wire.