Speakers Or Sound card picking up CB radio

stereomod · 19-September-04, 11:47 AM

sometime when im sitting here cranking out the tunes, I somehow manage to pick up CB radio conversations. Has anyone else had this pronblem and what have they done to correct it??

Thanks
SM

Fu3lman · 19-September-04, 12:23 PM

get on the horn and tell them to shut up

you could try this....

get a sandwich baggie or freezer bag

get a square of aluminum foil thats slightly smaller than the bag

you might have to ground the foil to the chassis somehow, be creative...

put the aluminum in the baggie and seal it up, and carefully wrap it around your sound card, then tape it into place, this will act as a sort of RF shield, however, if you are using onboard audio, then i would suggest you get a new sound card...

godfoot · 19-September-04, 12:24 PM

What kind of speakers do you have? I am guessing they are cheaper ones as my mom has the same problem at work whenever the police drive by her office while talking on the CB and she has some of those cheap speakers that come with prebuilt computers. My guess is that they are not shielded well, if at all.
Only real solution (if indeed you do have said cheap speakers) is to upgrade your speakers.

stereomod · 19-September-04, 12:28 PM

remember the thread about my virgina speakers? well if not then, this is what i have

MS-810 Aopen
2 satalite speakers and the w00ter!

Fu3lman : have onboard sound but am willing to try anything ATM , it doesn't happen everyday, that i know of, but sometimes!

godfoot · 19-September-04, 12:42 PM

well, I guess it could be the mobo's onboard sound with that mobo, but my bet is still on the speakers. It is almost too bad that it is an intermittant problem because if it happened all the time you could know for sure within seconds by just borrowing some better speakers.

stereomod · 19-September-04, 01:23 PM

well i have a few sets but they are nowheres near as good as the ones that i have now

like i said it doesn't happen very often i was just wondering why and whatnot, but its no biggie for the most part

Fu3lman · 19-September-04, 01:38 PM

if you have a cd audio cable running from the cd rom to your sound card, remove it, its almost unnecesary anymore...

in you rmixer, find the inputs that you arent using, and drop their volumes to dead 0...

this may help as well...

YohanSpritz · 28-September-04, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fu3lman


	if you have a cd audio cable running from the cd rom to your sound card, remove it, its almost unnecesary anymore... in you rmixer, find the inputs that you arent using, and drop their volumes to dead 0... this may help as well...

Rather than removing it, just mute it from the Advanced Volume Control. Same effect.

godfoot · 28-September-04, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YohanSpritz


	Rather than removing it, just mute it from the Advanced Volume Control. Same effect.

But if you remove it, it makes for better wire management inside your case.

stereomod · 28-September-04, 10:30 AM

WOW way to resurrect a thread, NOTE: switched to offboard sound ,PCI SoundBlaster 128, works good now and have no problems, also computer was stressing over the onboard sound which resulted in a loss of my 1 GHZ OC, i will try it again tonight and see what happens

NOTE: wire Management isn't a problem i have all the wires neatly twist tied to the frame of the case so theres lots of air flow! and since i have my ducting mod i get twice the cooling effect!

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19-September-04, 12:23 PM		#2 (permalink)
Fu3lman Light My Fire	get on the horn and tell them to shut up you could try this.... get a sandwich baggie or freezer bag get a square of aluminum foil thats slightly smaller than the bag you might have to ground the foil to the chassis somehow, be creative... put the aluminum in the baggie and seal it up, and carefully wrap it around your sound card, then tape it into place, this will act as a sort of RF shield, however, if you are using onboard audio, then i would suggest you get a new sound card...

19-September-04, 12:24 PM		#3 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	What kind of speakers do you have? I am guessing they are cheaper ones as my mom has the same problem at work whenever the police drive by her office while talking on the CB and she has some of those cheap speakers that come with prebuilt computers. My guess is that they are not shielded well, if at all. Only real solution (if indeed you do have said cheap speakers) is to upgrade your speakers.

19-September-04, 12:28 PM		#4 (permalink)
stereomod Locked Account	remember the thread about my virgina speakers? well if not then, this is what i have MS-810 Aopen 2 satalite speakers and the w00ter! Fu3lman : have onboard sound but am willing to try anything ATM , it doesn't happen everyday, that i know of, but sometimes!

19-September-04, 12:42 PM		#5 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	well, I guess it could be the mobo's onboard sound with that mobo, but my bet is still on the speakers. It is almost too bad that it is an intermittant problem because if it happened all the time you could know for sure within seconds by just borrowing some better speakers.

19-September-04, 01:23 PM		#6 (permalink)
stereomod Locked Account	well i have a few sets but they are nowheres near as good as the ones that i have now like i said it doesn't happen very often i was just wondering why and whatnot, but its no biggie for the most part

19-September-04, 01:38 PM		#7 (permalink)
Fu3lman Light My Fire	if you have a cd audio cable running from the cd rom to your sound card, remove it, its almost unnecesary anymore... in you rmixer, find the inputs that you arent using, and drop their volumes to dead 0... this may help as well...

28-September-04, 10:30 AM		#10 (permalink)
stereomod Locked Account	WOW way to resurrect a thread, NOTE: switched to offboard sound ,PCI SoundBlaster 128, works good now and have no problems, also computer was stressing over the onboard sound which resulted in a loss of my 1 GHZ OC, i will try it again tonight and see what happens NOTE: wire Management isn't a problem i have all the wires neatly twist tied to the frame of the case so theres lots of air flow! and since i have my ducting mod i get twice the cooling effect!