strange noise from speakers.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

So I have a set of Altec Lansing speakers, complete with sub, hooked to my computer. Everything is great. Then I move my computer, and now there's this low thumping. Sort of like dull helicopter blades. And it isn't my soundcard, because it doesn't come through the headphones hooked through the speakers.

Any ideas?

Is the thumping present all the time or when a sound is being played (be it music, movies, games, etc)

I assume all the time but want to make sure. if it's there all the time try disconnecting it from your computer but leave the speakers on, see if it still does it. then touch the end of your speaker wire (that plugs into the pc) with your finger and see if you get anything.

another thing you can do is plug the speakers into say, an ipod, and check if the distortion is still there. Even if it's not your soundcard, the ipod could sound crystal while the computer not (for reasons unknown at this time)

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