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I have a setup in my door room that has my sound card hooked up to a stereo system via a stero to RCA jack converter. But once i plug it in, the stereo starts to buzz. I know its my computer because i hook it up to my cd player and there is no buzzing. My friends laptop does the same thing. Is there some setting that i have to check to make it not buzz??

I would dabble in the advanced properties of your sound options.

interference?

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:I would dabble in the advanced properties of your sound options.

i will try that, but wouldn't that cause buzzing in my normal computer speakers??

YARDofSTUF wrote:interference?

what can cause interference, they are next to a fridge and a tv and my computer

All three. TV's provide a large amount of interference from the high-voltage electronics, as do CRT monitors. Refridgerators have large electric motors, which create a lot of interference as well.
Try turning off all the fancy options, and then turning down the computer's voleume all the way. Line voltage and headphone voltage are sometimes different, and speaker voltage is much, much lower.
One last option is to use a S/PDIF cable to connect the sound card and the stereo. Although you only find these on high-end products, S/PDIF will give a far better connection. I am using one to connect the computer I'm building and the custom 5.1 setup I've rigged up.

Cheesehead wrote:All three. TV's provide a large amount of interference from the high-voltage electronics, as do CRT monitors. Refridgerators have large electric motors, which create a lot of interference as well.
Try turning off all the fancy options, and then turning down the computer's voleume all the way. Line voltage and headphone voltage are sometimes different, and speaker voltage is much, much lower.
One last option is to use a S/PDIF cable to connect the sound card and the stereo. Although you only find these on high-end products, S/PDIF will give a far better connection. I am using one to connect the computer I'm building and the custom 5.1 setup I've rigged up.

Got pics?
I have 2x 5.1 systems hooked upt to my SBA II...

Subsane wrote:Got pics?
I have 2x 5.1 systems hooked upt to my SBA II...

Yeah i will try to


The thing is, when i hook up my portable cd player, there is no interference, and all the same thigns, ie fridge tv etc, are all there...

what is a spidif cable

aagiants wrote: what is a spidif cable

A S/PDIF cable is a digital 5.1 audio cable. Many of the nicer surround-sound recievers have S/PDIF in port, and you'll get beter quality audio.
If you have tried plugging some headphones into your sound card (I'm presuming you did this) and the buzzing was gone, perhaps it's because you're using the wrong port. The Line-Out port (usually green) should work a bit better.
If you told me what motherboard/soundcard you are using for audio, I might be able to help you a bit more.

Cheesehead wrote:A S/PDIF cable is a digital 5.1 audio cable. Many of the nicer surround-sound recievers have S/PDIF in port, and you'll get beter quality audio.
If you have tried plugging some headphones into your sound card (I'm presuming you did this) and the buzzing was gone, perhaps it's because you're using the wrong port. The Line-Out port (usually green) should work a bit better.
If you told me what motherboard/soundcard you are using for audio, I might be able to help you a bit more.

thankyou. Well i have a asus k8n-e and audigy x-gamer. If i plug in speakers/headphons in my comp, there is no static.

When i used my friends laptop there is also buzzing. I know the chord it ok. When we use the speakers for anything else, it doesn't buzz.

My reciever doesn't have spidif

Thanks for all the replys

Then maybe it's the reciever? Have you tried the same thing with a CD player? Are you sure they're "line in" jacks? Am I getting annoying?
If the answer to all three is "yes", I will politely go away and shut up.

Cheesehead wrote:Then maybe it's the reciever? Have you tried the same thing with a CD player? Are you sure they're "line in" jacks? Am I getting annoying?
If the answer to all three is "yes", I will politely go away and shut up.

in no way are u getting annoying, i thougth other people gave up.

Its not the reciever i think. Here is why i think that.

I have a portable cd walkman. I have a stero to rca convertor which is hooked up to my walkman. which is then hooked to the reciever, and there is no buzzing, but the instant i touch the audio card "line out" jack on my audigy the buzzing comes back

How very odd. Have you tried the headphone jack? If you're lucky, it might work if you turn the volume down. It sounds like a card-based problem, but one can't be sure, and tech support might be able to help. I'm quite personally baffled-if the in ports say "line in" and the out ports say "line out" it should be working just fine, but quite obviously it is not.

Cheesehead wrote:How very odd. Have you tried the headphone jack? If you're lucky, it might work if you turn the volume down. It sounds like a card-based problem, but one can't be sure, and tech support might be able to help. I'm quite personally baffled-if the in ports say "line in" and the out ports say "line out" it should be working just fine, but quite obviously it is not.

its not the card, my friends laptop has the same prob

Check the ground ?

Sounds like positive and negative connections are swapped....rma

Mute your mic in volume control, it can cause a buzz when connected to a hifi like you have done.

Will try muting the mic, i think its already done (not home right now )

Positive and negative what?

westy wrote:Check the ground ?

ground??

aagiants wrote:ground??

I'm not sure what you have for a setup, but I had a buzzing problem with my stereo a few years ago and traced it back to a bad ground. I don't remember if it was the ground in the wall outlet, or if I didn't have the ground lug hooked up on my amplifier. If you have one of those inexpensive polarity testers with three lights on, I’d check all the outlets you’re plugging your stereo and computer into. Check for correct polarity and also the presence of the ground.

I'm just wondering if it's your stereo and not your computer.

I re-read your post and you said you don’t have the problem when you hook up your walkman, so I’m stumped.

One other thing I just thought of- does your motherboard have onboard sound, and is it disabled in the BIOS? Have you tried a different cable ?

Sorry I couldn’t be more help!