[mythtv-users] [OT] - irritating buzzing noise

nate s nate.strickland at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 20:02:49 UTC 2004


Is there any reason you don't just disconnect the speaker?  I always
leave mine disconnected.  (Though, if it's something such as a ground
loop, you'll still want to look into that as it can cause other
problems)

-Nate

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:23:23 -0500, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:36:50 +1100, Phill Edwards
> 
> 
> <phill_edwards at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thsi is a bit off-topic so apologies in advance. I have just built an FC2
> > box to run mythtv and have everything pretty much up and running (so a
> > tenuous link there) but in the last couple of days a really irritating
> > buzzing has started. The machine boots up into run level 3 fine but as soon
> > as it reaches the point where it puts up a login prompt at the end of the
> > boot the PC speaker starts emitting this horrible buzzing sound. (I'm not
> > booting into X windows yet until I get absolutely everything sorted). The
> > only way I can stop it is to disconnect the speaker wire. Does anyone have
> > any idea what this might be? I'm a bit nervous in case it's some sort of
> > hardware problem alert or something.
> 
> Check your volume in alsamixer.  Some versions of ALSA produce that on
> my boxes if the volume is up too loud.
> 
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