My computer is snoring

[Bob Willson]

Several weeks ago my computer started snoring. It continues this unlikely practice even though it is wide awake. It is bloody annoying and it is letting me know just how my wife feels when she is trying to sleep alongside me.

Yes I snore, but I don't expect to have to put up with the same behaviour from my F'n computer.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this aberrant behaviour?

[Barry_White]

It's not the bearings in the power supply fan is it.

[bitingmidge]

Windoze ???

:D :D :D

P

[Bob Willson]

Hi Barry
No it isn't the bearings on any of the fans. The noise is actually coming out of the speakers.


Peter
I shall ignore your peurile attempt at humour.

[Daddles]

It's probably WindowsExecutionError 345 - simple cure, pour a cup of coffee into the box. Guaranteed. Hit the right spot and it'll never snore again :D

Do your speakes have a seperate power cord? If so, unplug them from the computer and see if they are still doing it. The other test is to plug them into another computer or even the earphone jack of your tranny (no, not THAT one :eek: ) - if they're still doing it, you're up for a set of speakers.

This apparently senseless advice is based on absolutely no electrical understanding, but on an experience I had recently - I bought a set of speakers from Crime Converters and when I plugged them in, they buzzed badly ... which was probably why they were sold in the first place.

Cheers
Richard

[Bob Willson]

That was a good thought Richard, but it didn't work. I unplugged the speakers and the noise stopped, so it is obviously emanating from a programmed ininstruction somewhere.
Have a greenie anyway. :D


Whoop. Sorry, it wouldn't let me give you one.

[Daddles]

Ahh well. Twas a cheap try. :( It's weird that rebooting doesn't fix it. I'm assuming you've tried swearing at it. :D

Richard

[Bob Willson]

Hey, I'm not a complete novice you know. That was the first thing I tried :rolleyes:

[Shaty40]

It might be a glitch in the sound card, try updating the driver for the card.

Tim:D

[echnidna]

If it doesn't snore over the top of music theres an obvious solution.

[barnsey]

Hey Bob,

You said that when you unplugged the speakers the noise stopped. :confused:

If you unplugged them from the power supply then it is the speakers. ;)

If you unplugged the speakers from the computer then it may well be the sound card but I would expect you would hear the buzzing through the inbuilt speaker if that were the case.:confused:

FWIW :D

Jamie

[Bob Willson]

OK, just did a complete reinstall of the latest sound card drivers from the Soundblaster site.

Snore............................................................................................................................snore............................................................................................................................got a double snore just then.

I held the key down between snores. Those dots are the length of time between snores.

[Bob Willson]

Barnsey

I meant that I pulled the connector out of the computer. There was still power being supplied to the speakers but they stopped snoring. This means that it isn't the speakers.

I suspect a rogue program, but what???

[Daddles]

Perhaps it's the latest in nag ware. What's the bet, in three days time, a group of chipmonks will sing a song honouring your friendly, local viagra dealer. :D

Updated drivers are a thought but seeing this is a new problem, I would doubt it unless the sound started at the same time as loading some new windows updates.

Richard
13 posts on this thread - in two more, we're due for a plastic raincoat comment from Midge

[Dan]

What if you go into Task Manager and start shutting down items under the Processes tab? (leave the system ones alone)

[Coldamus]

Do your speakers have their own volume control? If so, how high is it turned up? You may get a better signal to noise ratio (i.e. decrease the hum) by turning up the windows volume control and turning down the volume on the speakers.

regards
Coldamus

[namtrak]

I think you can identify if it is a rogue program by rebooting in Safe mode.

If the sound is still occuring then it is probably related more to your installed drivers for your sound card.

If the sound doesn't occur it may relate to a 3rd party program.

What was the most recent program you installed prior to the sound starting?

Are you sure the sound plug is in the right jack? You can get some pretty horrific sounds out of the wrong jack.

I would also be inclined to update the drivers for the sound card as well

Hope you can find an answer in here somewhere!!!

Cheers

[Sturdee]

Bob,


Try running it with the cover of the box for a while. This stopped the noise in one of our computers as the unit was overheating.


Peter.

[Zed]

have you tried to disable sound in the control panel ?

[Bob Willson]

Zed
Turning the sound card off through the speaker icon does not stop the snoring.

Sturdee
I always run my computer with the side panels in another part of the house. :) It is not overheating.

Coldamus
It is not hum.

Namtrak
Started in safe mode and the snoring stopped.
Started in safe mode with network and the snoring started again. AH HA!!
I recently installed various wireless network drivers on the system and I also did the SP2 update pack.
I will try uninstalling the wireless drivers.
Keep your legs crossed.

[Bob Willson]

Well done namtrak. :D :D :D Greenie awarded.

removed the wireless drivers and all is quiet again, so I removed the wireless card at the same time. I didn't really need it anyway as I can connect to my router just as easily using a cat5 cable. It is also faster that way. :)

[Daddles]

Great news Bob. Now the missus will know it's you that's snoring, not the computer, so you won't be able to ignore her anymore. :D

I love a computer story with a happy ending ... they're so rare.

Richard

[bitingmidge]

Bugger!

I went out for a bit and missed my post!

Sorry I couldn't help Bob, Apple's built in Airport system hasn't given me any troubles in the six years I've been operating with it, so how could I have known??

:D :D :D :D

P (Glad it's fixed though!)

[namtrak]

No worries, what's that saying about a million monkeys?

As for the wireless, if the Access Point is relatively close to the PC there shouldn't be that much difference in speed? But I guess for a PC it's not that big a deal. What about checking the manufacturers site to see if there is any report of problems?

Havings wireless is ideal for the laptop. And to make it even better internode has just upgraded their accounts and for $50 pm we get 15gb per month at 512kb (twice as fast for same price)