buzzing and popping in sound card

[Fike]

It seems obvious to me that I have interference on my built-in sound card that comes from fans and hard drives. What isn't obvious is what has changed. When I first built the machine, I never had these buzzing sounds nor the occasional low pitch pop.

any ideas?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: goku
Onboard will always suck ass compared to discrete cards. Onboard sound has lots of interference compared to discrete sound cards.

Got an AWE32 ISA card you could use?

 

[Fike]

Wow! That is ancient. Shouldn't that board be sitting covered in dust in some crappy little art gallery with clock hands attached to its front. I don't have ISA on my board. I seem to recall when I got my MB it said something about having compatability problems with PCI sound cards.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Fike
Wow! That is ancient. Shouldn't that board be sitting covered in dust in some crappy little art gallery with clock hands attached to its front.

Well, you got a point there. :laugh:

 

[Fike]

Another oddity is that I can hear lov-level buzzing sounds that are synchronized exactly with the scroll wheel on my mouse. for each "click" of the scroll wheel, there is a very quiet buzzing thud.