Beeping Sound

[ideamless]

Well... i just recently purchased a ATH-A700 and when i plug it in my laptop it makes a low beeping sound. I can still hear it even when the sound is muted. I can't hear it when playing music but its annoying when there is no music on. I have an onboard sound card and i think that may be the problem. I've tried plugging it in an mp3 player and it doesn't have that sound. I also tried plugging it in my brothers pc and it doesnt have that sound either. If it is my soundcard does anyone know a good or decent usb sound card that i could use on my laptop (vista compatible)? If it isn't my onboard then how would i fix it? I can upload the sound if anyone could give me instructions on how to.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[sejarzo]

Your conclusion is correct--it's interference from something in your laptop coming through the onboard sound.

That appears to be the most annoying problem for headphone users who plug directly into laptops. While the nature of the sound varies, there's not enough room to separate the components to avoid the problem in a notebook, so one thing or another causes low-level interference. Hard drive access, wireless nnetwork cards accessing the network, sometimes just moving one's finger on the touchpad can all do that.

You're correct in that an external USB solution is probably the best way to avoid this.....but I will leave it to a Vista user to suggest something that has worked for him/her.

 

[NiceCans]

I am unsure what 'beep' you are referring to, but if you are speaking of the 'BEEP' that Windows generates when you adjust the volume or other changes, you can turn that off.

Follow these steps to turn off the system beep:
1. Log in as Administrator.
2. Open the Device Manager. (Start->Control Panel->System).
From the posted dialog select the Hardware tab then the Device Manager… button
3. Using the View pull-down menu select Show hidden devices.
4. Under the Non-Plug and Play Drivers, select the Beep entry.
5. Disable this driver by clicking the right mouse button and select disable.
6. Close the Device Manager dialog and restart the machine.

 

[ideamless]

well i've uploaded the sound on a website if you would like to listen to it heres the link.
http://www.soundsnap.com/node/40290

 

[Dorito123]

Disabling sounds in windows is a good place to start too. They have nothing to offer you except lower sound quality when listening to music. Go to the control panel and open sounds (speaker) and disable windows sounds. Good Luck!

 

[ideamless]

anyone have a suggestion on what to get to get rid of the sound for vista? external sound card or something else? maybe around $50-80?

Thanks

I also tried disabling the windows beep but it didn't go away. It does sound like interference.

 

[sejarzo]

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Originally Posted by ideamless /img/forum/go_quote.gif well i've uploaded the sound on a website if you would like to listen to it heres the link. http://www.soundsnap.com/node/40290

Obviously interference, nothing to do with Windows Sounds, etc. etc.

Disable your wireless network card for a while and see if it goes away, or at least is reduced.

Also, watch your HD activity LED and see if it correlates to that.

 

[ideamless]

i just tried turning off the wireless network card doesn't seem to help. as for HD activity i'm not sure where to check...

 

[NiceCans]

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Originally Posted by ideamless /img/forum/go_quote.gif as for HD activity i'm not sure where to check...

You can watch the hard drive indicator light (often located at/near the front on a laptop) or you can open the Task Manager and watch the Processes tab. [Not sure of Vista, but in XP you either right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager, or use Ctrl-Alt-Del and select it]

There is a column there for CPU (percentage used by each application or service), if you click the heading at the top of the column it will sort with the highest users at the top.
Then you can watch to see if anything comes to the top when the noise is heard thereby identifying the culprit.