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

Phill Edwards phill_edwards at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 5 10:41:00 UTC 2004


I can disconnect it but I was worried it might be a symptom of something 
serious.

Regards,
Phill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "nate s" <nate.strickland at gmail.com>
To: "Donavan Stanley" <geckofiend at gmail.com>; "Discussion about mythtv" 
<mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] - irritating buzzing noise


> 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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