Noise output during HD load

trymskaar · Sep 9, 2004, 01:19 AM

Hey!

I am experiencing very loud noise when my hard drive has a high load.
I have muted all input/outs except the main one, and the noise is still there.
It disappears though, if I mute the main volume control. I have a Sound Blaster Live! soundcard.

I apprechiate any help given

Thanks in advance,
Trym

mkk · Sep 9, 2004, 03:27 AM

If it is a SATA interface harddrive, try pushing the SATA cable a little bit further away from the soundcard. Tell us more about the system please.

ROBSCIX · Sep 10, 2004, 05:28 PM

Yes you could be picking up interferance from your IDE, SATA connectors...

trymskaar · Sep 11, 2004, 09:32 PM

Hi!

Thanks for your tips. After further investigation, I discovered that HD load
was not actually the problem, but when my NIC sends a lot of data.
The noise appears when I engage a transfer over my LAN. At first I thought
it was because of the HD load. But after copying big files from hard drive
to hard drive and the noise not appearing, I concluded that it must be the
NIC. Any ideas how to prevent this?

Note: The sound was not there before. Unfortunately I cannot remember exactly when it first appeared and what might have caused it.

-Trym

ROBSCIX · Sep 13, 2004, 10:21 PM

it is possible that your LAN card is on same IRQ.....check and see....

**dj_stick** · Sep 14, 2004, 08:26 AM

move the s-card as far from the nic as possbile with out sharing an irq - two slots distance should be enough

ROBSCIX · Sep 15, 2004, 02:44 AM

I kinda had a wierd issue like this when I first installed this mobo..I was getting interference from everything..like beeps..patterns..I figured it was Bus noise but I wanted to get rid of it..turned out that if I muted my CD in..problem went away....I usually disable all I/O I am not using..so I don't add more noise...

Sep 9, 2004, 01:19 AM	#1
trymskaar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Noise output during HD load Hey! I am experiencing very loud noise when my hard drive has a high load. I have muted all input/outs except the main one, and the noise is still there. It disappears though, if I mute the main volume control. I have a Sound Blaster Live! soundcard. I apprechiate any help given Thanks in advance, Trym

Sep 11, 2004, 09:32 PM	Thread Starter #4
trymskaar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	New discovery Hi! Thanks for your tips. After further investigation, I discovered that HD load was not actually the problem, but when my NIC sends a lot of data. The noise appears when I engage a transfer over my LAN. At first I thought it was because of the HD load. But after copying big files from hard drive to hard drive and the noise not appearing, I concluded that it must be the NIC. Any ideas how to prevent this? Note: The sound was not there before. Unfortunately I cannot remember exactly when it first appeared and what might have caused it. -Trym

Sep 9, 2004, 03:27 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	If it is a SATA interface harddrive, try pushing the SATA cable a little bit further away from the soundcard. Tell us more about the system please.

Sep 10, 2004, 05:28 PM	#3
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	Yes you could be picking up interferance from your IDE, SATA connectors...

Sep 13, 2004, 10:21 PM	#5
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	it is possible that your LAN card is on same IRQ.....check and see....

Sep 15, 2004, 02:44 AM	#7
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	I kinda had a wierd issue like this when I first installed this mobo..I was getting interference from everything..like beeps..patterns..I figured it was Bus noise but I wanted to get rid of it..turned out that if I muted my CD in..problem went away....I usually disable all I/O I am not using..so I don't add more noise...