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Weird static?

SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGamingRegistered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
So I just got back to college, plugged my headphones into my speaker system, which routes into my PC, and now I can hear this really weird static. I have no idea what caused it. But it's not a constant static. And the speakers themselves are projecting it as well. It's quite annoying. Any ideas?

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  • Vincent GraysonVincent Grayson Frederick, MDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    So I just got back to college, plugged my headphones into my speaker system, which routes into my PC, and now I can hear this really weird static. I have no idea what caused it. But it's not a constant static. And the speakers themselves are projecting it as well. It's quite annoying. Any ideas?

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  • IllyriaIllyria __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    Clearly you haven't seen the (awesome) movie White Noise :D

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  • DesertBoxDesertBox Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Illyria wrote: »
    Clearly you haven't seen the (awesome) movie White Noise :D

    That movie was so disappointing. Oh and the static: is it completely random or in some sort of rhythm?

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  • HandkorHandkor Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    My GF's laptop speakers cause static independent from volume level that follows USB data transfers.

    Copy from USB key and you hear it, move the mouse and you hear it.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The static seems more rhythmic, but not really in any sort of pattern. it mixes it up.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Well that's weird. I rebooted and it disappeared entirely. What the hell coulda caused that?

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Static electricity

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  • NorayNoray Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    cell phone near the computer by any chance?

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Noray wrote: »
    cell phone near the computer by any chance?

    Not that kind of static. Ah well.

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  • gad77gad77 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Likely the problem lies somewhere between the chair and the computer.

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  • darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I few brands of speakers I have seen get static and signals because of lack of shielding on them. They pic up radio if the volume is turned low, and if a cell phone rings you get a pulsing static for a bit.

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  • GihgehlsGihgehls Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Sometimes on shitty soundcards you can hear noise from other busses bleed through. On my work PC I can hear clicks whenever I move the mouse.

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  • DesertBoxDesertBox Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Has anyone considered the possibility that his dark master is beckoning him from another plane?

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