merlinxi

Okay when I connect my reciever system to teh computer using a Phono to RCA cable there is a loud humm through all my speakers.


Now I have a MINI desktop computer (you know the old fashioned design, but new computer.) This is my spare computer.

I know the buzzing is because the motherboard is so tight in that case it's probably not grounded right and causing the buzzing, as when i take a standard Speaker cable frun it from the metal of the back of the case to a ground like a Splitter on a cbale line, the buzzing reduces.

Can I take a wire plug it into the GROUND socket of a Outlet and run it to the metal so it runs straight to the ground? The ground plug has no electricity (the big plug ont he 3 outlet plug, POstive negative and ground (The big round one.) So it should be safe to ground it that way right?

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dj_stick

hooking the ground cable to the outlet's ground should do the trick
also make sure that the amp and pc are using the same socket outlet to reduce any possible "ground loops" that also result in a hum like that

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