Now you're just bragging!

no, he's dreaming!

I don't have a phobile mone so it's not that... tho I do hear weird noises from my landline phone if/when it's near my tower.



Now that might've been the case a few weeks ago... snap, crackle pop coming out of my speakers while I was recording sounds for a 'gas' soundpackage.



I've lowered 3D Sound acceleration, disabled EAX, CMSS & Sound Crystaliser, then re-enabled them at slightly lower settings, with no pops or crackles detected as yet. I also reduced the bass level on my sub-woofer, being it was more noticeable there, and all seems well so far.

However, I'm not sure this addresses the screeching sound I've heard twice now... I hope so but I'm not so sure they were/are related.

starkers

You might be on to something there... it's screaming cos a speck of dust got inside, and is jealous everything else is clean. Me thinks I shall have to get out the microscope and check/clean that out.



Oh no I'm not... mrs starkers will tell you I can be the most infuriating person to live with... thus the long and loud screaming, which is when I turn on selected hearing. Come to think of it, my selective hearing might be what gets her so infuriated.




Hmmm! Me thinks we're on different wavelengths here... hehe, maybe I'm in need of a frequency change.

Cell phones can make you speakers do thet to.

You want ME to spell check when I am carping on Cap'n Starkers obsessive compulsiveness?

Cap'n Starkers, shanghai this polliwog!

Aye, there be nought wrong wiv yer speeling, Doc... us all knowed wot ye meant, but that thar Jafo, well 'e be just nit pickin' cos 'e were university edjurcated an' a dicshunary bashin' bully.

Yup, he 'aves a bit of a mean streak, that 'un! I mean, instead o' saying summat like 'several species of small furry animals gathered together in yer PC and grooving with a pict', that thar Jafo comes up wiv some religuss murderation o' poor innercent lil 'amsters n' mouses n' tha like.

Oh, an' it's not obsessive compulsiveness... wot I 'aves is anti-disorder disorder.

Not to be to simple here but if you mean you're not sure if it's coming from the speakers or within the tower.... shut the speakers off quick next time you hear it?

First time I was caught by surprise and thought "wtf"... was sorta like a surround 'wall' of sound so was hard to discern the point of origin.

Second time I just wasn't quick enough and it stopped before I could.

Third time, presuming there is a third time, I plan to do exactly that.

Fourth time... hopefully there isn't a fourth episode and I've eliminated the cause.

Anyhow, so far so good since making the adjustments to my sound card and subby.

Don't bother Pop....that's not how bios' work. If the computer was up and running, it's your sound system.

that's the signal comming throu, you can even listen those rare sounds in any speaker near your cell

That's a relief... that it's not something major cocking up inside my rig. None of it is that old and I didn't wanna be up for repairs, long waits on warranty replacements, etc.

Thing is, the sudden screeching caught me by surprise because the PC, sound card settings and speaker system had been set up that way for months and previously had never produced something sounding like an irate mother-in-law berating her daughter's other/worst half.

Never actually been on the receiving end of that, but now I know what to expect.

Dammit! The screech came back again - not as loud or for as long - but an annoyance nonetheless. I have been able to ascertain that it is definitely coming from the speakers, but why I don't know. I readjusted all the settings on the sound card to default and one by one increased them ever so slightly, the Windows sound level is turned down to 70 and the bass control on the subby is only at 25%.

I have the most recent drivers and software apps for my X-Fi soundcard, so I'm wondering if there may be a hardware issue with the card. My tower got a slight bump while I was vacuum cleaning one day, so perhaps I need to ensure the card is seated in the PCI slot correctly, and the ribbon connector to the front panel is secured properly.

Other than that, any ideas, anyone???

You're the problem that keeps on given....  


Un-install ALchemy.

What motherboard is in this?

Vista?

Define "bump".

I resemble that.

Besides, Jafo manages more cock-ups than me, So I'm only a minor irritant in comparison.



I don't have Alchemy installed... not much of a gamer so never really needed it.



Gigabyte S-Series GA-MA770-DS3/S3

CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 6400 Black Edition.



Yup, Vista Ultimate SP1



The feet of the tower only just fit on the shelf... when the vacuum pipe slightly bumped the tower it dropped about a half inch (feet came off the edge) and landed with a bit of a thud cos its a heavy SOB. I wouldn't have thought that would have any harm, but who knows so I'll open her up in the morning and make sure everything is seated/connected as it should be.

Hopefully I won't find any of those creatures Jafo was on about.