Believe it or not I think I have ghosts in my soundcard!!!

[rhinox99]

I just installed an accoustic edge sound card, updated the drivers to the latest version via the philips website, and I'm running windows millenium. 30 mins after booting, a melody that is definitely not random but not very good sounding will play. It is a couple piano keys played at the interval of 2 sec each. For example, C E D D C F G and then it'll keep looping over and over until I change turn my comp off. To make it even weirder is that it comes out of a different speaker everytime! Pretty freaky eh?

 

[bacillus]

man that sounds scary! :Q
did you uninstall the drivers from your previous soundcard before you put in the AE?

 

[rhinox99]

Yep it was a soundblaster live and I uninstalled that software.

It is so scary!!! It's like someone wants me to learn this piano melody. One time it scared the living daylights out of me when it was a 1on1 for Counterstrike and I was trying to listen for footsteps when the melody starts playing!!!

 

[Verygreedy]

hahaahheheheheeheahahahh.. Come on.. its a special software "feature"

 

[yo2tup]

:Q

reading that gave me the chills :Q




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DAHH!! i just listening to an mp3 i just downloaded on these Klipsch Quintets. I was reading over your post again, and the mp3 blipped and it scared me

 

[chuckieland]

C E D D C F G
i'm don't know anything about music note,
so can somebody sing that for me?
it's not holloween music is it?

 

[goodoptics]

want to trade your soundcard for mine??
j/k hehe

 

[Verygreedy]

My advice is to reinstall your drivers.. or someone in the room next to you is playing a joke.. neat post.. interesting. Maybe use some WIN2k drivers from the disk itself. Ive actually never heard of that card

 

[Verygreedy]

I like to toggle back and forth from Santa to the Devil.. both fictional characters that both wear red

 

[snow patrol]

yeah, isn't that the exorcist theme tune or something?

 

[SammyBoy]

thats great. yeah a couple of years back when I left my guitar amp on but didnt have the guitar plugged into it these 2 guys that sounded like a radio show started talking and laughing uncontrolably. It was one of the scariest things that I have ever seen and it happened 3 or 4 times.


anyone else have something like this happen./


-Sam

 

[silhoutte]

boy, u guys freaking me out

 

[mcbiff]

I heard something a while back about certain motherboards acting like this in certain situations. Can't remember the specifics though. Try searching for it.

 

[shiznut123]

Thats really freaky. One time I could here people talking on their cb radios on my speakers. They cussed a lot too.

 

[LXi]

I get random sounds from time to time as well, and guess where they come from? Those web site ad banners. I keep the Anandtech and FiringSquad forum IE windows open almost all times, and once in a while an ad comes up with music running, that could be why you're getting the strange melody.

 

[rhinox99]

If only it were that simple as an open IE window. It's always the same melody, it will happen at a random time after the computer is booted, it doesn't matter what I am doing at that time (ie. playing an mp3 or counterstrike) and this strange melody will just start playing out of a random speaker. I've tried installing the drivers that came with the card itself and same problem... Anybody got an exorcist? :Q

 

[Howard]

"Computers are the devil's voice-box."

- Todd's parents in Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland

 

[rhinox99]

The devil plays the piano?

 

[rhinox99]

Is there any solution to this problem?

 

[johneetrash]

<< thats great. yeah a couple of years back when I left my guitar amp on but didnt have the guitar plugged into it these 2 guys that sounded like a radio show started talking and laughing uncontrolably. It was one of the scariest things that I have ever seen and it happened 3 or 4 times. >>



haha yea i have a jcm2000 dsl halfstack... i had my guitar on but i went to get a drink, i come back and i hear the radio! i thought it was funny but not freakishly weird

 

[Cybordolphin]

Picking up random radio frequency. The fact that it is repeating the tune...... makes it a challenge to figure out from where...?

Neighbors doorbell? lol.

 

[Armageddon415]

Did you make sure you got rid of the Liveware program from your SB card, since that contains a piano program.

 

[rhinox99]

Actually now that I think about it, it does sound like someone's doorbell tune.
I'm surprised that no one has had a similar problem yet. This card is brand new out of a retail box and all I did was install it and download the newest drivers

 

[rhinox99]

Ahhhh it just happened in the rear right speaker less than a minute ago. Same melody consisting of piano keys playing in succession. Maybe I should just reformat That seems to fix just about everything

 

[kcklla]

Sound like youve got a little problem there with them ghosts, I believe they just want to play a nice little song to you, make sure you clap for them and they will leave