So I shot a Valentine's video last night that's 17 minutes long for my Valentine's Day update today. Then I FOUGHT WITH MY STUPID COMPUTER until 5am trying to get it to capture without buzzing. It captured tons of other stuff fine. But now there's a loud hum through everything. (doesn't matter which pgm I capture with) I tried everything!
I ran the camcorder off battery power instead of ac. I captured with the speakers disconnected from the computer. I captured with the speakers turned off. I captured with all manner of mixer settings and windows settings. Still no dice.
I have:
- replaced the 230 watt power supply and faulty fan with the new 430 watt Antec TruePower (
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=20430) that I was saving for my project computer.
- installed a new Bytecc Firewire IEEE 1394a 3 port PCI card (in case the problem was the firewire port on the sound card)
- experimented with a RadioShack Ground Loop Isolator.
- used the firewire cable that came with the Bytecc card.
- unplugged the speakers entirely, and also plugged them into a wall outlet separate from my computer tower
- muted all the sound card inputs other than the one I am using
- tried raising the tower onto books so it's not touching the ground (?)
Result:
My tower is much quieter now, thanks to the new power supply and fan. The buzz persists.
ANY help would be much appreciated!