Crackling Sound

Darth_Z13 · Post by **Darth_Z13** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:11 pm

Ya another help topic from me.

Whenever I listen to music or sounds on my computer a crackling sound is there and it's very annoying. How can I fix this?

Post by **ShadowHawk** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:49 pm

Go Away.

What are your system specs? (CPU, MB, SoundCard)

Adreniline · Post by **Adreniline** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:04 pm

Also, what kind of speakers and what kind of display (CRT, LCD, Plasma) do you have?

Older speakers and CRTs tend to interfere with each other's frequencies, causing a static noise to come from the speakers...

Is the wiring (with the speakers) worn out or not connected well?

Darth_Z13 · Post by **Darth_Z13** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:20 pm

Well the monitor doesn't have anything to do with it because I got it the same time I got my computer.

Windows XP Home
Pentium 4 Processor 2.80 GHz
1024 MB RAM
130 GB hard drive
2 Years Old

How do I find the sound card?

Adreniline · Post by **Adreniline** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:54 pm

Here's how to find it, the ">" will indicate the next step

Control Panel > System > Hardware (tab) > Device Manager > Sound, video and game controllers > (not sure of the name of yours, but it should be the one that ends with the word "audio")

Post by **Maveritchell** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:23 am

A quick fix could be just to check all the sound connections on your compy. If you've got a loose connection; something's slipping out, you might just need to adjust that to fix the thing.

2_lowiq_clone · Post by **2_lowiq_clone** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:24 pm

Could also be alot of internal computer noise. I don't know of a solution to that off the top of my head, but I remember my dad fixing my old computer because it did the same thing that yours did, but I wasn't home when he fixed it.

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