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 ???



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

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.


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.

Richard

[Bob Willson]

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

[Shaty40]

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

Tim

[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

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.

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)