I have sound turned off and there is an odd intermittent and sporadic noise that comes from the speakers. It happens when there are no applications open and is not in response to any action. It sounds like a single drop falling into a bucket of water. My computer is only 2 months old and this noise has happened the entire time, even after reinstalling OS (due to crash). What's the deal?
what is this noise???
- Thread starter ginagina
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ummm, do you have things that happen to turn on / off at the same time this happens (notably off)? Such as your air conditioner, a hallway light, refrigerator, etc?
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System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
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- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
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- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
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- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
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- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
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- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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- Logitech MX Master (shared)
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- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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- AMD A6-5350M APU
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- 8 GB
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- Radeon HD (Embedded)
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- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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- Lenovo 15" Matte
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- 1680 * 1050
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- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
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- Lenovo
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- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
its all sounding very spooky
what with all the talk of light switching on ect
I get a similar problem with speakers on another computer.... it only seems to happen when there is a small blip in the main power supply to my house
It could very well be something as simple as the extension cord or power socket being faulty
Try plugging it in ells where and if it still persists then i suspect that you may need to call an electrician to test you household circuitry
what with all the talk of light switching on ectI get a similar problem with speakers on another computer.... it only seems to happen when there is a small blip in the main power supply to my house
It could very well be something as simple as the extension cord or power socket being faulty
Try plugging it in ells where and if it still persists then i suspect that you may need to call an electrician to test you household circuitry
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Me :P
- CPU
- Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Motherboard
- Abit IN9 32X MAX
- Memory
- 8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
- Sound Card
- Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 + 1360x768
- Hard Drives
- 150GB Raptor HDD
500GB Caviar HDD
- PSU
- Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
- Case
- Antec 900
- Cooling
- Stock + Antec 900 case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (full layout)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Revolution
The noise still happens when it's on battery, so I don't think it's an electrical issue. I've played all of the sounds, and it's none of them. The noise will also happen as a tick and then the drop, but most often the drop of water noise. It probably happens 5 - 6 times within a couple of minutes and then nothing for another few minutes...it never has any predictable frequency.
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What programs do you have installed? Is it possible that you are using some sort of weather application that updates itself every so often? IE has a 'tick' sound when it updates a web page, and some other programs that use IE as a part of their interface will reproduce this sound as well....
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
just a quick thought but probably not the cause
you have the sidebar active with the clock gadget... well at least i will guess you have
just disable this gadget to see if it makes a difference
i ask this as on an older system of mine the clock caused several performance issues for myself
you have the sidebar active with the clock gadget... well at least i will guess you have
just disable this gadget to see if it makes a difference
i ask this as on an older system of mine the clock caused several performance issues for myself
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Me :P
- CPU
- Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Motherboard
- Abit IN9 32X MAX
- Memory
- 8 GB OCZ PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition (4X2GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMP! GeForce GTX 260² 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 (650MHz/2100MHz
- Sound Card
- Realtek 7.1 CH HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" Fujitsu siemens TFT + 32" LG HD LCD TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 + 1360x768
- Hard Drives
- 150GB Raptor HDD
500GB Caviar HDD
- PSU
- Thermaltake W0133RB 1200W PSU
- Case
- Antec 900
- Cooling
- Stock + Antec 900 case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (full layout)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Revolution