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Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

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College Slice
What motherboard or soundcard are you using? Where are your speakers connected? Do you have the latest audio drivers installed?

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Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

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College Slice
Yeah that sounds like a ground loop and occurs when you have connected devices plugged into different electrical circuits where "ground" is actually a slightly different voltage. It causes a voltage to flow between the grounds and causes that hum.

I dunno why you'd notice it more when your videocard was running but there you go!

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