RE: Laptop making strange noises
Hi John Did that also. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 17 December 2008 02:28 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try moving the power supply as far away from the stereo as you possibly can? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:54 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John We had the power supply as far from the laptop as we could from the beginning. I still think that the problem probably lies with a power supply that is not properly shielded. Andre -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 16 December 2008 02:17 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try relocating the power supply? I'm asking because if you put a power supply on top of an amplifier, it will make all of those noises. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:05 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Yes. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 14 December 2008 12:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Does this happen every time you plug it in? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John It seems to be a computer-like sound. Like the sound you get from a fax machine or when any kind of receiver picks up the sound from a computer. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 09:52 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, Is it some kind of a humming noise or it is a bussing sound? Either way, it is all coming from the power supply. If the power supply is weak and doesn't have enough amps of currant, that thing will make a lot of noise with USB audio devices. Call or go by the store and see if they will upgrade the power supply for you. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi This is one of the new Acer laptops. She had an HP before and had no such problems. It also sounds to me like a power supply problem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 07:26 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, The problem may be with the power supply itself. If the power supply isn't regulated properly, it will make a lot of noise through your sound system. Where did she get this lab top from? You and or her may wish to start there and see if they will replace her power supply with a better one. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Cc: 'Riana van der Walt' rianaw...@lantic.net Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: Laptop making strange noises Hi all A friend of mine has a very strange problem with her new laptop. She uses a xitel device to play music from her laptop through a high quality stereo system. When she connects this device to her laptop while on battery power, everything is fine and the sound is clear. However, as soon as she connects the power chord of her laptop, a lot of noise is generated through her speakers. She had another laptop before which was stolen, and it worked fine. She has already tried to connect the laptop to a different power outlet and also tried to move the xitel further away from the laptop with a USB extension cable without any luck. Any advice from all you knowledgeable folks? Andre No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.17 - Release Date: 2008/12/11 12:00 AM Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more...
Re: new member
Dear Friend welcome to the list. all the best from sean waiting. - Original Message - From: maryann angelmaryan...@bellsouth.net To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:14 AM Subject: new member hello my name is maryann and i am new and for now just wanted to say hello Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1696 - Release Date: 28/09/2008 13:30 Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: new member
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Re: new member
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Re: Recording on an ASUS Eee 1000H
Hello Barry, Try the USB sound cards that are made by SOUND BLASTER. http://www.soundblaster.com My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Barry Chapman barr...@bigpond.net.au To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: Recording on an ASUS Eee 1000H Thanks John. Can you or anyone suggest a fairly good quality USB sound card with line in and line/headphone out which works well with JAWS, is fairly small and preferably is powered from a single USB port. Thanks, Barry - Original Message - From: DJ DOCTOR P djdoct...@windstream.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Recording on an ASUS Eee 1000H Hello Barry, You had it right the first time, you will need a USB sound card with a line in jack. Trying to run a line out in to a mike in as you discovered, just will not work. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Barry Chapman barr...@bigpond.net.au To: PC-Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:19 AM Subject: Recording on an ASUS Eee 1000H I am wanting to record from the line output of an amplifier onto my ASUS Eee 1000H notebook. The notebook only has a microphone in socket, so if I use a standard lead, it overloads. I have only tried it with Sound Recorder so far, but will install other recording software if I can fix the input problem. Does anyone know where I can get a resistance lead which drops the output level to that suitable to connect to a microphone input? I have tried the equivalent of Radio Shack here in Australia, but without success so far. If I can't get a lead, perhaps I can purchase a USB sound card with line in. Has anyone tried recording on an ASUS Eee 100h with Sound Forge or Goldwave, and if so, were you successful? Thanks, Barry Chapman Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1850 - Release Date: 15/12/2008 5:04 PM Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card
Oh dear! I think that's kind of what we were afraid would be the case. We'll have to talk to our friend. Sheesh! What a pity! She wants to participate in ACB Radio's Tuesday Topics and probably other chats. Is there any way at all she could at least use this card for that? She's a real computer newbie, and may not want to do anything sophisticated. She does hear the beep when pressing the control key but no one can hear her. Sheesh! Is this really hopeless as it sounds? Thanks again. Pam -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:30 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Hello Pam, SOUND MAX is not a good sound card. My DELL system has one in it too as well. I don't use mine anymore because you can't monitor the live recordings and or live chats. She can either use an internal sound card or an external USB sound card. SOUND BLASTER would be a good place to start. http://www.soundblaster.com is the web address. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com; 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Please forgive the cross post, but we are trying to help a young lady with a sound card we don't know anything about, and are hoping to find someone on one of these two lists who might be able to assist. . It is the Soundmax HD Audio card, and came with her Dell desktop computer. She knows little about the machine, but would like to participate in audio chats. We are working by phone and she is in another city/State, so we're flying blind, no pun intended. We have followed all the usual procedures for a Windows sound card, but so far nothing is obvious. We believe the mic is muted, and can't figure out how to unmute it. There are two checkboxes whose checked or unchecked status we don't understand, and there appears to be a rear speaker recording capability as well. There appear to be jacks both on the front and rear, and she's not sure which is which. She says the mic was plugged in at Wal-Mart, but she has not attempted to do anything with it herself. Dave did have her check the mic and uncheck the rear speaker, but this did no good. She had sound coming out of her speakers, but Dave was able to help her silence it. This is all the information I can offer, so hope it will be enough to give this lady some help. It appears she received the computer system with little instruction. Thanks in advance. Pam Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card
Hello Pam, SOUND MAX is not a good sound card. My DELL system has one in it too as well. I don't use mine anymore because you can't monitor the live recordings and or live chats. She can either use an internal sound card or an external USB sound card. SOUND BLASTER would be a good place to start. http://www.soundblaster.com is the web address. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com; 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Please forgive the cross post, but we are trying to help a young lady with a sound card we don't know anything about, and are hoping to find someone on one of these two lists who might be able to assist. . It is the Soundmax HD Audio card, and came with her Dell desktop computer. She knows little about the machine, but would like to participate in audio chats. We are working by phone and she is in another city/State, so we're flying blind, no pun intended. We have followed all the usual procedures for a Windows sound card, but so far nothing is obvious. We believe the mic is muted, and can't figure out how to unmute it. There are two checkboxes whose checked or unchecked status we don't understand, and there appears to be a rear speaker recording capability as well. There appear to be jacks both on the front and rear, and she's not sure which is which. She says the mic was plugged in at Wal-Mart, but she has not attempted to do anything with it herself. Dave did have her check the mic and uncheck the rear speaker, but this did no good. She had sound coming out of her speakers, but Dave was able to help her silence it. This is all the information I can offer, so hope it will be enough to give this lady some help. It appears she received the computer system with little instruction. Thanks in advance. Pam Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card
Hello Pam, No, I have tried and couldn't do it with SOUND MAX: I couldn't get it to work for me either. So I installed an internal sound card so that I can monitor my recordings and live chats. I am so sorry, there is no other way to work around that. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:56 PM Subject: RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Oh dear! I think that's kind of what we were afraid would be the case. We'll have to talk to our friend. Sheesh! What a pity! She wants to participate in ACB Radio's Tuesday Topics and probably other chats. Is there any way at all she could at least use this card for that? She's a real computer newbie, and may not want to do anything sophisticated. She does hear the beep when pressing the control key but no one can hear her. Sheesh! Is this really hopeless as it sounds? Thanks again. Pam -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:30 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Hello Pam, SOUND MAX is not a good sound card. My DELL system has one in it too as well. I don't use mine anymore because you can't monitor the live recordings and or live chats. She can either use an internal sound card or an external USB sound card. SOUND BLASTER would be a good place to start. http://www.soundblaster.com is the web address. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com; 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Please forgive the cross post, but we are trying to help a young lady with a sound card we don't know anything about, and are hoping to find someone on one of these two lists who might be able to assist. . It is the Soundmax HD Audio card, and came with her Dell desktop computer. She knows little about the machine, but would like to participate in audio chats. We are working by phone and she is in another city/State, so we're flying blind, no pun intended. We have followed all the usual procedures for a Windows sound card, but so far nothing is obvious. We believe the mic is muted, and can't figure out how to unmute it. There are two checkboxes whose checked or unchecked status we don't understand, and there appears to be a rear speaker recording capability as well. There appear to be jacks both on the front and rear, and she's not sure which is which. She says the mic was plugged in at Wal-Mart, but she has not attempted to do anything with it herself. Dave did have her check the mic and uncheck the rear speaker, but this did no good. She had sound coming out of her speakers, but Dave was able to help her silence it. This is all the information I can offer, so hope it will be enough to give this lady some help. It appears she received the computer system with little instruction. Thanks in advance. Pam Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Laptop making strange noises
Hello, Your best bet, is to get another power supply that has clean power coming out of it. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:26 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John Did that also. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 17 December 2008 02:28 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try moving the power supply as far away from the stereo as you possibly can? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:54 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John We had the power supply as far from the laptop as we could from the beginning. I still think that the problem probably lies with a power supply that is not properly shielded. Andre -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 16 December 2008 02:17 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try relocating the power supply? I'm asking because if you put a power supply on top of an amplifier, it will make all of those noises. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:05 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Yes. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 14 December 2008 12:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Does this happen every time you plug it in? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John It seems to be a computer-like sound. Like the sound you get from a fax machine or when any kind of receiver picks up the sound from a computer. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 09:52 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, Is it some kind of a humming noise or it is a bussing sound? Either way, it is all coming from the power supply. If the power supply is weak and doesn't have enough amps of currant, that thing will make a lot of noise with USB audio devices. Call or go by the store and see if they will upgrade the power supply for you. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi This is one of the new Acer laptops. She had an HP before and had no such problems. It also sounds to me like a power supply problem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 07:26 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, The problem may be with the power supply itself. If the power supply isn't regulated properly, it will make a lot of noise through your sound system. Where did she get this lab top from? You and or her may wish to start there and see if they will replace her power supply with a better one. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Cc: 'Riana van der Walt' rianaw...@lantic.net Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: Laptop making strange noises Hi all A friend of mine has a very strange problem with her new laptop. She uses a xitel device to play music from her laptop through a high quality stereo system. When she connects this device to her laptop while on battery power, everything is fine and the sound is clear. However, as soon as she connects the power chord of her laptop, a lot of noise is generated through her speakers. She had another laptop before which was stolen, and it worked fine. She has already tried to connect the laptop to a different power outlet and also tried to move the xitel further away from the laptop with a USB extension cable without any luck. Any advice from all you knowledgeable folks? Andre No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.17 - Release Date:
RE: Laptop making strange noises
Hi John and all Thanx for all the help! The problem seems to be solved now. There seems to be some electric interference coming from an electric fence nearby. Connecting the amplifier to a different socket solved the problem. Regards Andre -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 18 December 2008 02:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, Your best bet, is to get another power supply that has clean power coming out of it. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:26 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John Did that also. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 17 December 2008 02:28 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try moving the power supply as far away from the stereo as you possibly can? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:54 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John We had the power supply as far from the laptop as we could from the beginning. I still think that the problem probably lies with a power supply that is not properly shielded. Andre -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 16 December 2008 02:17 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello Andre, Did you try relocating the power supply? I'm asking because if you put a power supply on top of an amplifier, it will make all of those noises. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:05 AM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Yes. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 14 December 2008 12:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Does this happen every time you plug it in? John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi John It seems to be a computer-like sound. Like the sound you get from a fax machine or when any kind of receiver picks up the sound from a computer. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 09:52 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, Is it some kind of a humming noise or it is a bussing sound? Either way, it is all coming from the power supply. If the power supply is weak and doesn't have enough amps of currant, that thing will make a lot of noise with USB audio devices. Call or go by the store and see if they will upgrade the power supply for you. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: RE: Laptop making strange noises Hi This is one of the new Acer laptops. She had an HP before and had no such problems. It also sounds to me like a power supply problem. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: 13 December 2008 07:26 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Laptop making strange noises Hello, The problem may be with the power supply itself. If the power supply isn't regulated properly, it will make a lot of noise through your sound system. Where did she get this lab top from? You and or her may wish to start there and see if they will replace her power supply with a better one. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Cc: 'Riana van der Walt' rianaw...@lantic.net Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: Laptop making strange noises Hi all A friend of mine has a very strange problem with her new laptop. She uses a xitel device to play music from her laptop through a high quality stereo system. When she connects this device to her laptop while on battery power, everything is fine and the sound is clear. However, as soon as she connects the power chord of
RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card
John, Just so I understand, this card won't work for simple VOIP? Seems hard to believe there wouldn't be some way around it. Dave had been hoping the person at Wal-Mart might have had the jacks mis-wired. This lady knows nothing of computers, so he couldn't test his theory without her moving cords, which she didn't seem to want to do.We were trying to help out after she was unable to get into the chat on the ACB Radio Tuesday Topics show in the ACB Radio Politics Room with Talkcom. We probably should say she's an acquaintance, and all we know is what we know. sigh Please understand I'm not doubting you, but rather our possible inability to communicate that the lady simply wants to work VOIP. Or is this what you mean by monitoring live chats? I think maybe it's time to suggest someone go over and check it out hands on. If there's no way around the issue it will be up to her whether she wants to invest in a sound card, as it appears she received the computer under the auspices of Florida rehab. sigh -Original Message- Pam From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Hello Pam, No, I have tried and couldn't do it with SOUND MAX: I couldn't get it to work for me either. So I installed an internal sound card so that I can monitor my recordings and live chats. I am so sorry, there is no other way to work around that. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:56 PM Subject: RE: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Oh dear! I think that's kind of what we were afraid would be the case. We'll have to talk to our friend. Sheesh! What a pity! She wants to participate in ACB Radio's Tuesday Topics and probably other chats. Is there any way at all she could at least use this card for that? She's a real computer newbie, and may not want to do anything sophisticated. She does hear the beep when pressing the control key but no one can hear her. Sheesh! Is this really hopeless as it sounds? Thanks again. Pam -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:30 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Hello Pam, SOUND MAX is not a good sound card. My DELL system has one in it too as well. I don't use mine anymore because you can't monitor the live recordings and or live chats. She can either use an internal sound card or an external USB sound card. SOUND BLASTER would be a good place to start. http://www.soundblaster.com is the web address. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: Pam Drake pamdr...@drakelroy.com To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com; 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Friend Needs Help With Sound Card Please forgive the cross post, but we are trying to help a young lady with a sound card we don't know anything about, and are hoping to find someone on one of these two lists who might be able to assist. . It is the Soundmax HD Audio card, and came with her Dell desktop computer. She knows little about the machine, but would like to participate in audio chats. We are working by phone and she is in another city/State, so we're flying blind, no pun intended. We have followed all the usual procedures for a Windows sound card, but so far nothing is obvious. We believe the mic is muted, and can't figure out how to unmute it. There are two checkboxes whose checked or unchecked status we don't understand, and there appears to be a rear speaker recording capability as well. There appear to be jacks both on the front and rear, and she's not sure which is which. She says the mic was plugged in at Wal-Mart, but she has not attempted to do anything with it herself. Dave did have her check the mic and uncheck the rear speaker, but this did no good. She had sound coming out of her speakers, but Dave was able to help her silence it. This is all the information I can offer, so hope it will be enough to give this lady some help. It appears she received the computer system with little instruction. Thanks in advance. Pam Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
