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

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???

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.

...yeah, as unpleasant as it might be, you might want to take a look. Speaking of unpleasant....what's a guy doin' with a vacuum in the first place...???? Everyone knows men can't drive the damn things.....

Boot into bios. Make sure onboard and HD audio are disabled. When you boot back into Windows, open Vista Sound Control Panel and set rate to 16 bit 48000. Test. Run/ type msconfig un-check HD Control Panel. Re-boot. See how that works.

Um, HD Control Panel? Looked twice in 'Services" but could not locate....

... called something else/located someplace else/or am I just blind Freddy???

Well I've checked the connections and all seem fine/right, so I guess it's now a matter of wait and see... fingers crossed.

Wait a minute.....

Where do you have that setting at?? Do you have SPDIF connected?

Was in a hurry before... should have said I checked startup as well... not there either.



My boo boo... digital output was selected at installation when I had my Creative 5.1 digital speakers connected... it wasn't changed when I swapped over to the Logitech 5.1's, but obviously they're hooked up to 3 analog outputs. Having to admit I used a vacuum cleaner and did housework has got me rattled... & getting jibed about it didn't help none, neither.



Nope... have the option available but nothing hooked up.

Anyhow, it has behaved well all day today... hopefully the issue is resolved.

X-530's. I'm pretty familiar with the 5500's and the Z-680's decoders.

I'm running Logitech's Z-5500's with a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 external USB connected with a fiber optic tos-link Starkers. As far as sound and interference-free connectivity and performance it's virtually flawless.

Bottom line CD and MP3's is digitized music and Logitech speakers are digital. You're cheating your ears playing digitized music with an analog connection on digital speakers.

A 6 channel direct analog connection dispenses an obvious hiss at all levels. If your speaker's decoder has the capablility of digital connectivity, get a tos-link cable or a coax at the least. Tos-link is a bit pricey out here at around $60 US for 15 feet at Circuit City but is well worth the high quality.

You'll have to trust me on this one my friend, the difference is demonsterous!

  

  Scratch my last statement Starkers. I looked up your X-530's and there's no on-board digital connection. If you like the sound of your Logitech speakers, the Z-5500's 505 watts (total RMS) will blow your roof off!

They're just plain scary! And most of all, they're cheap! Got mine off of eBay for $215 smackers over 2 years ago!

The THX Certified by Lucas Arts Z-5500's decoder controls my PC sound, TV, DVD w/ DTS, VCR, iPod and head phones, all at once. I don't play video games, but I have a sound connection for it if I ever want to.

Check 'em out and tell me what you think...

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capacitors, when starting to fail, leak...when they leak they can emit a sound which could sound wail-ish We had that problem with a TV a couple of years ago.

Have no idea which capacitor could be causing that, but, if it is definitely coming from your speakers, maybe it's the speaker with the power regulator in it.

Normally I would say it's from your main computer power supply.

just a thought.

Now there's another distinct possibility... there were some strange noises here the other night... and that saucer shaped thing hovering over the house. Wow, fancy that, being the first pirate to gain the attention of aliens. Anybody got any messages they want passed on?

I certainly hope it's not a capacitor on the blink! Thing is, since I checked all the connections and settings, the screeching has not returned... yet, so hopefully the issue has been resolved and will not return.



Another "I hope not"... being my PSU is relatively new. It's still under warranty but I don't really want all the hassle of going through manufacturer repairs/replacements, etc cos they can take a while... and my PC and I are practically joined at the hip.

I realise that I'm going to get some pops and outside interference via analog speakers, but it's so infrequence since doing all that maintenance that it's not such a big issue. There again, if it ends up pissing me off enough, I can go back to my Creative Inspire 5.1 Digital 5600's via the card's digital output.... which mightn't be a bad idea seeing as they kick some serious butt, sound-wise.

I know absolutely NOTNING much about computer internal workings.  But I will tell you I had a few very loud screeche's on my laptop before my whole sound system went out.  This happened when it wabout 3 years old.  And that was about 1 1/2 years ago.  The as computer still works pretty  good but the sound it gone.  I have had a few people take a look at it but they say I would have to get a whole new mother board which I won't do.  So I hope you are not having that kind of problem.  I guess my fan doesn't cool enough and it burnt out the sound card.   Good luck with it Stackers..