Odd sounds

[RWB]

I am not sure if this still happens with speakers, I only have headphones connected. But I constantly hear a bunch of weird random screetching sounds, some of them coincide with things I am doing, or the computer is doing, such as a low buzzingsound when and only when I move my mouse.

Things like that, they are not bad, but they are there, and I was curious what it could be.

TIA

[maxanon]

interference, bad wires, take a look at your headphone wires and a look inside the case.

[TheBaron]

it can also have something to do with your soundcard. the headphones just pick up on this stuff way better than speakers do. what kind of soundcard are you using? i found moving from my onboard AC'97 to an Audigy 2 virtually eliminated this problem (of course it created others, Creative blows)

[Squeak]

Yeah your headphones will pick up on alot of interference, especially if the power cable you are using to power your computer items have any other plug in it like a fan or tv etc. very common error is to use a power strip to plug EVERYTHING into. Alot of interference is generated this way. Also try another pair of headphones, and try plugging your computer into an a wall jack seperate from other plugs. :)

[SimGuy]

My Senn HD-570's suffer from this too and I've yet to find a solution to it (except for cranking the music volume up a little more) :)

If everything is silent around me and I've got the ProMedia 4.1's turned on, I can hear DVD-ROM access and HDD access sounds through my speakers as well (sounds like high-pitched scratching/screetching)

Weird.

[Thrax]

Mute your microphone channel.

[SimGuy]

W00T gone! No more space-alien sounds eminating from my speakers (other than those from Wing Commander)... :)

Thanks!