Annoying interferance

Mesafaine · 25th January 2004, 2:42 PM

Hi all.
I have just got a pair of Hp 890's and have been using a shite pair of pissy little headphones with a mic (for online gaming) for a while but when i plugged the Hp's in i get a quiet background noise. kind of a buzzing noise which fluctuates when i maximize and minize windows, load up a program, and other things that seem to be "using" bits of the computer (like the CPU or HDD).

I dont get this problem with my crappy headphones, but i have also had it with an old amp that i havent used for a while.

I have no idea what it could be, maybe a frequency that the Hp's pickup but shit ones dont?.

i have a GA-7vax1394 with O/B AC97.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chronos · 26th January 2004, 12:11 AM

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Originally posted by Mesafaine

I have no idea what it could be, maybe a frequency that the Hp's pickup but shit ones dont?.

Looks like you've solved your own question. This is the most probable cause.

Do you have access to another sound card? Maybe a Live! card or something else along those lines.

A poor sound source is the most likely cause of this background noise. In this case, its the AC97.

25th January 2004, 2:42 PM	#1
Mesafaine Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 88	Annoying interferance Hi all. I have just got a pair of Hp 890's and have been using a shite pair of pissy little headphones with a mic (for online gaming) for a while but when i plugged the Hp's in i get a quiet background noise. kind of a buzzing noise which fluctuates when i maximize and minize windows, load up a program, and other things that seem to be "using" bits of the computer (like the CPU or HDD). I dont get this problem with my crappy headphones, but i have also had it with an old amp that i havent used for a while. I have no idea what it could be, maybe a frequency that the Hp's pickup but shit ones dont?. i have a GA-7vax1394 with O/B AC97. any help would be greatly appreciated.