Re: Static w/ onboard audio

The onboard sound has gotten great. I am using mine with an asus board and
love it. I just took out my creative soundcard so I could have an extra pci
slot. Mine was originally cracking and popping, so I had to move the video
card all the way down to the slot furtherst away from the sound chips.

Have you tried listening to your sound without your pci deviced installed?
It is alot of trouble, but you should rule that out. Do have expensive
HDD's? I used an old Western Digital from a long time ago (only 10gb) and it
caused alot of noise for me. Luckily I was only using it to boot up because
it had windows 98 on it. But that is another story altogether.

Do you have any cables unplugged on one end but the other end is going into
the computer somewhere?

"Hackworth" <NoSpam4Me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> P.S. one other MAJOR source of 'noise' in audio is Cheap PSU's
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> Well, I had thought of that too, but I have an Antec NeoPower 480W, not
> exactly a junky PSU based on all the reviews I've read.
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> http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?&USER_ID=www&cart_id=7480773_67_186_0_251&Item_code=POWS_ANTE_TP_5G
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>> "Squigmont" <Boogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> I recently assembled a system with an Asus A8V Deluxe running an Athlon
>>> 64 3200+ w/ 2GB dual-channel DDR400 and Win XP Pro SP2.
>>>
>>> I've noticed that there is background static, especially when I turn up
>>> my volume a little. It's not noticeable when I'm playing music or games
>>> because of course the music or game sounds block it out, but when the
>>> volume is up and I'm not doing anything but surfing and moving the
>>> mouse, I can hear static noises coinciding. The static sounds are there
>>> all the time, but I can hear additional sounds when I move the mouse or
>>> when the hard disks are accessed.
>>>
>>> I'm a little disappointed because I thought that onboard sound had
>>> gotten a little better over the years. This motherboard has the Realtek
>>> ALC850 AC'97 audio, which I'm well aware is no Creative Labs X-Fi, but I
>>> was wondering what I could try in order to minimize or eliminate the
>>> static. I'm not an audiophile and my sound needs aren't that
>>> spectacular, but I don't especially want craptacular sound either.
>>>
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