Getting rid of a sound card hum...any ideas?

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  • Jace
    FBOP Class Of 2013
    • Jan 2004
    • 35562

    #1

    Getting rid of a sound card hum...any ideas?

    my on board sounds card for one of my desktops has a horrible hum...can't hear it when music is going, but once the music stops that him just drives me nuts

    any ideas?
  • Boobs
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2006
    • 7875

    #2
    either its dusty or you didnt connect the wires tight enough

    had this before and thats what i fixed to get rid of it

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    • Jace
      FBOP Class Of 2013
      • Jan 2004
      • 35562

      #3
      Originally posted by Boobs
      either its dusty or you didnt connect the wires tight enough

      had this before and thats what i fixed to get rid of it
      it is on board though

      I wil disconnect each connection one by one and see if I can narrow it down to the exact connection causing it

      thing is, i plug my head phones directly into the output on the sound card and I get the same hum

      I might just have to buy a new top of the line sound card and say fuck it to the on board sound

      another funny thing, when I export my recordings after mastering them, no hum whatsoever

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      • Boobs
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2006
        • 7875

        #4
        oh i thought u hear the hum on an external speakers..cause thats what happened to me .. it would hum like crazy on my external speakers after i stop the music but when i tightened the wires to the external speakers, problem was fixed..

        in your case i dont really have a clue, i was just giving u a headsup on my experience .. goodluck

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        • Oracle Porn
          Affiliate
          • Oct 2002
          • 24433

          #5
          get a new one? a simple one cost $20...


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          • RawAlex
            So Fucking Banned
            • Oct 2003
            • 9465

            #6
            maybe you should teach it the words.

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            • Jace
              FBOP Class Of 2013
              • Jan 2004
              • 35562

              #7
              Originally posted by Oracle Porn
              get a new one? a simple one cost $20...
              well, if I am going to plop some money on a new one, it won't be $30

              most likely this http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...e192-main.html

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              • teg0
                Confirmed User
                • Jan 2006
                • 4204

                #8
                Nope, thats just a problem you run into with on-board audio.

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                • Oracle Porn
                  Affiliate
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 24433

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jace
                  well, if I am going to plop some money on a new one, it won't be $30

                  most likely this http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...e192-main.html
                  well since you are using an onboard card to begin with i wouldn't of thought you would want to spend more

                  I have this

                  http://ae.creative.com/products/prod...&product=10853

                  along with this

                  http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...stem-main.html


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                  • Diligent
                    Confirmed User
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 1594

                    #10
                    Exactly, when they're designing average motherboards with integrated sound, they seldomly take interference from surrounding components seriously.
                    On quality motherboards, things like IDE and RAM slots are located strategically (farther away from possible interference sources).
                    The chipset itself can suck too sometimes, like VIA's early-production (I prefer Nvidia-based when I need a mobo with integrated stuff).

                    It could just be that you don't have the microphone loopback output muted... that one usually gives a nefarious humming/buzzing.
                    Last edited by Diligent; 11-17-2007, 12:28 PM.
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                    • WarChild
                      Let slip the dogs of war.
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 17263

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Oracle Porn
                      well since you are using an onboard card to begin with i wouldn't of thought you would want to spend more

                      I have this

                      http://ae.creative.com/products/prod...&product=10853

                      along with this

                      http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...stem-main.html
                      Computer speakers just don't measure up.

                      I'm using a Wharefdale 5.1 tower speaker setup with 15" powered bass. Now that rocks.
                      .

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                      • TeenSluts
                        Confirmed User
                        • Mar 2006
                        • 1966

                        #12
                        yep when I upgraded my soundcard it gave me that same annoying HUM ... unbearable !!!

                        So I just kept my old one...

                        Return this one, Try a different soundcard brand or something !

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                        • V_RocKs
                          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 32448

                          #13
                          Make sure the wires do not cross any other wires. Particularly wires for power in the monitor(s) or computer. Get better wires that are shielded.

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                          • Cyrano
                            Confirmed User
                            • Apr 2006
                            • 920

                            #14
                            Spending $200 on a sound card is silly.

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                            • munki
                              Do Fun Shit.
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 13393

                              #15
                              All of your appliances around/connected to similar circuits as the computer properly grounded? Surge protectors and what not...

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                              • Jace
                                FBOP Class Of 2013
                                • Jan 2004
                                • 35562

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Cyrano
                                Spending $200 on a sound card is silly.
                                not when you are a music producer

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