Static from my speakers

vsp · 02-25-2004, 05:26 PM

A worrying new development: while doing nothing in particular, I'm hearing intermittent bursts of electric static through my PC's speakers. I have a pair of MidiLand speakers running through a subwoofer into my sound card's input jack, and that configuration hasn't changed in years.

It doesn't seem like it's a reproducible thing -- i.e. it's not as if running any particularly system-stressing program is causing it, as it's happening during idle times.

Other than the static, the sound I'm hearing from the sound card is normal.

Without a second pair of speakers to check with, where should I begin troubleshooting this? Power strip, speakers, sound card...?

02-25-2004, 05:26 PM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Static from my speakers A worrying new development: while doing nothing in particular, I'm hearing intermittent bursts of electric static through my PC's speakers. I have a pair of MidiLand speakers running through a subwoofer into my sound card's input jack, and that configuration hasn't changed in years. It doesn't seem like it's a reproducible thing -- i.e. it's not as if running any particularly system-stressing program is causing it, as it's happening during idle times. Other than the static, the sound I'm hearing from the sound card is normal. Without a second pair of speakers to check with, where should I begin troubleshooting this? Power strip, speakers, sound card...?

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