hard drive use yields distorted sound

PrObLy · 08-09-2002, 11:13 PM

it appears as if my hard drives are causing some sort of interference with my sound card. whenever data is being written to the harddrive and I'm listening to music it starts to get distorted and fuzzy, but as soon as that hard drive light turns off the distortion leaves... I actually first noticed this when I was running benchmarks to see how much performance loss would occur while playing mp3's in the background.... I'm running two 40gb western digital caviar drives on raid 0 and have a soundblaster audigy soundcard if that can help any of you think of a solution

i6s1 · 08-10-2002, 12:10 AM

Try turning the line in and mic off in the volume panel and see if the noise goes away.

PrObLy · 08-10-2002, 12:17 AM

no dice

it's weird though cuz i have a third hard drive that doesnt cause any interference

GilbertsGrape · 08-10-2002, 12:19 AM

You could try moving the ribbon and power cable in your pc as far away from your sound card as possible. They may be giving off electronic interference, epically if the cables are not insulated well

You could also check and see if your sound card has wiggled loose from your PCI slot, I had that happen to a video card once. If the card is not in there snug the vibrations from your HD’s running may cause it to move and cause distortion. Or of you have moved your pc recently and you don’t have the card screwed down to the case it may have came loose as well.

Could also try moving your sound card to another PCI slot further away from your HD’s

Other than that I can’t think of anything else you could do except borrow another sound card from a friend or another pc and see if mybe your sound card is just having issues.

Bires · 08-10-2002, 08:38 AM

Do you use round IDE cables? If your cables are the issue (I doubt it though) round cables produce a reduced magnetic field because they induce a reverse field in the closer wires that are recieving data.

Most likely, something is amis with your motherboard. I've had this issue before, but only with on-board sound. The only other recommendation I can make is to move your sound card to a different PCI slot (perhaps the last one), and make sure that it is not sharing an IRQ with your RAID card. In fact, make sure NOTHING is sharing and IRQ with your RAID card.

GilbertsGrape · 08-10-2002, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bires
The only other recommendation I can make is to move your sound card to a different PCI slot

Did you even read my post before you posted?

Bires · 08-10-2002, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GilbertsGrape

Did you even read my post before you posted?

Yep. And you missed the point. The *distance* may not be the issue. The problem may lie with the sound card sharing a data channel with another device, so the mobo's bus has to regulate the traffic. If the sound card is isolated on its own IRQ, this reduces problems.

But, your idea about moving them for space...was a good idea too...maybe

PrObLy · 08-11-2002, 01:53 PM

thanks for the response guys. that icq problem might be the cause, and would also explain why sisoft sandra wont load (it goes to a blue screen and says to check my hardware config), so I'll move around the sound card so it picks up a new icq and see how that works.

08-09-2002, 11:13 PM	#1
PrObLy Commander Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orland Park Posts: 1,083	hard drive use yields distorted sound it appears as if my hard drives are causing some sort of interference with my sound card. whenever data is being written to the harddrive and I'm listening to music it starts to get distorted and fuzzy, but as soon as that hard drive light turns off the distortion leaves... I actually first noticed this when I was running benchmarks to see how much performance loss would occur while playing mp3's in the background.... I'm running two 40gb western digital caviar drives on raid 0 and have a soundblaster audigy soundcard if that can help any of you think of a solution __________________ Facebook me if you so desire. Guns don't kill people. Chad Greenway kills people.

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Bires Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,064	Do you use round IDE cables? If your cables are the issue (I doubt it though) round cables produce a reduced magnetic field because they induce a reverse field in the closer wires that are recieving data. Most likely, something is amis with your motherboard. I've had this issue before, but only with on-board sound. The only other recommendation I can make is to move your sound card to a different PCI slot (perhaps the last one), and make sure that it is not sharing an IRQ with your RAID card. In fact, make sure NOTHING is sharing and IRQ with your RAID card. __________________ Five years...

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08-10-2002, 12:17 AM	#3
PrObLy Commander Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orland Park Posts: 1,083	no dice it's weird though cuz i have a third hard drive that doesnt cause any interference

08-10-2002, 12:19 AM	#4
GilbertsGrape Captain Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: You can’t get there from here, USA Posts: 1,797	You could try moving the ribbon and power cable in your pc as far away from your sound card as possible. They may be giving off electronic interference, epically if the cables are not insulated well You could also check and see if your sound card has wiggled loose from your PCI slot, I had that happen to a video card once. If the card is not in there snug the vibrations from your HD’s running may cause it to move and cause distortion. Or of you have moved your pc recently and you don’t have the card screwed down to the case it may have came loose as well. Could also try moving your sound card to another PCI slot further away from your HD’s Other than that I can’t think of anything else you could do except borrow another sound card from a friend or another pc and see if mybe your sound card is just having issues.

08-11-2002, 01:53 PM	#8
PrObLy Commander Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orland Park Posts: 1,083	thanks for the response guys. that icq problem might be the cause, and would also explain why sisoft sandra wont load (it goes to a blue screen and says to check my hardware config), so I'll move around the sound card so it picks up a new icq and see how that works.

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