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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: The Joker on June 09, 2010, 12:40:41 pm
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Hi,
whenever i am watching movies, youtube etc, i am hearing a crackling, static noise on my speakers randomly occuring.
I also hear some slight crackling when i connect headphone to the case headphone.
i got the ga drivers installed from the website.
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The most likely reason is that your wires need rerouting, they are possibly picking up some stray frequencies.
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The most likely reason is that your wires need rerouting, they are possibly picking up some stray frequencies.
So u don't get any crackling sound or sudden popping static sound on your speakers or headphones/case? with your board?
Btw which board u got?
i got rev 2.
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Try a different headset
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The most likely reason is that your wires need rerouting, they are possibly picking up some stray frequencies.
So u don't get any crackling sound or sudden popping static sound on your speakers or headphones/case? with your board?
Btw which board u got?
i got rev 2.
No mine is fine. I don't usually use headphones but the 5.1 speakers are as clear as a bell. My motherboard is theX58A- UD7
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Try a different headset
Not just headset, i said my speakers got the crackling..then i try headset...
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Is your mouse a USB mouse? If YES, try connecting it to other USB port... it looks like the ground plane of this GA-X58A-UD3R is not good and causes many problem...
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yeah wireless
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yeah wireless
still get the static noise..
Tested with my own headphones and also got the noise
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Only other thing that springs to mind is the earth on your machine. Check to make sure it is making a good connection as it seems that you are picking up erroneous static from somewhere that should be grounded.
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I take it your case is metal and not perspex or acrylic?
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I take it your case is metal and not perspex or acrylic?
yeah, its a cm 690 adv 2. Black coating interior.
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Joker
It's best to keep the dialogue on the forum and not pm me as otherwise people lose the way the thread is going and it may be that others have the same problem as you. If you want to post your pm here we can then try and come to some conclusions.
All the best
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Joker
It's best to keep the dialogue on the forum and not pm me as otherwise people lose the way the thread is going and it may be that others have the same problem as you. If you want to post your pm here we can then try and come to some conclusions.
All the best
ok. Well i got the cm 690 adv 2.
On newegg some ppl say the thing has black interior painted. Would that cause ground issue?
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Joker
It's best to keep the dialogue on the forum and not pm me as otherwise people lose the way the thread is going and it may be that others have the same problem as you. If you want to post your pm here we can then try and come to some conclusions.
All the best
ok. Well i got the cm 690 adv 2.
On newegg some ppl say the thing has black interior painted. Would that cause ground issue?
The "black interior painted" should not be an issue since the motherboard and the PSU are tightened to the case with metallic screws I assume. I'm not sure if the following will help. If you've ferrite core (e.g. something shown in the figure below), you may clamp the speaker wire with the ferrite core. If you note the monitor cable, it always has a "bump" (which is a ferrite core). However, if we can "hear" the noise from the speaker, then the frequency of noise should be somewhere between 20Hz ~ 20kHz I guess.
(http://www.upload3r.com/serve/160610/1276697581.jpg)
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Joker
It's best to keep the dialogue on the forum and not pm me as otherwise people lose the way the thread is going and it may be that others have the same problem as you. If you want to post your pm here we can then try and come to some conclusions.
All the best
ok. Well i got the cm 690 adv 2.
On newegg some ppl say the thing has black interior painted. Would that cause ground issue?
The "black interior painted" should not be an issue since the motherboard and the PSU are tightened to the case with metallic screws I assume. I'm not sure if the following will help. If you've ferrite core (e.g. something shown in the figure below), you may clamp the speaker wire with the ferrite core. If you note the monitor cable, it always has a "bump" (which is a ferrite core). However, if we can "hear" the noise from the speaker, then the frequency of noise should be somewhere between 20Hz ~ 20kHz I guess.
(http://www.upload3r.com/serve/160610/1276697581.jpg)
On my speaker audio there's a bump that looks like the ferrite core..
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Your drive and PSU should be grounded as you say by the screws(in theory at least) but if your mains cable has a faulty earth connection or even the socket that you plug it into it will have the same effect.
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Your drive and PSU should be grounded as you say by the screws(in theory at least) but if your mains cable has a faulty earth connection or even the socket that you plug it into it will have the same effect.
The thing about the interior painted panel is some ppl say that paint might cause ground issues, cos the metal screw doesn't touch the actual case..
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I thinkl that if you put a meter between the case and drive you would find that they connect. I agree that the painted surface isn't ideal and you could always remove some of the paint behind at least one of the screws that way you would make sure it is at the same potential(connected).
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After doing some digging it seems to be the opinion that it is down to onboard sound chips that are of a lower quality than a discrete sound card. I suppose it picks up frequencies from the motherboard etc. Anyway try a seperate sound card if you can and let us know the outcome.
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After doing some digging it seems to be the opinion that it is down to onboard sound chips that are of a lower quality than a discrete sound card. I suppose it picks up frequencies from the motherboard etc. Anyway try a seperate sound card if you can and let us know the outcome.
I just did a test with the multimeter and touching the standoff screw and case at another screwhole point (that's empty) produce a beep (which means there is a connection)
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That's good, at least that eliminates the lack of continuity of the ground possiblity.
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How do you intend to proceed from here?
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http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1356368