Inspire GD580 Low Humming Sound in each speaker

I'm experiencing a strange problem, my system has worked fine for several months now, but recently I've been hearing this humming sound that fails to grow on me. In the past a temporary humming sound would come in and go, kind of like interference. But this sound is presistant and annoying.
If anyone knows why I could be receiving this kind of interference, it would be of great help, I have an Audigy II ZS if thats of need.
Thanks in Advance-
Mark

I finally fixed it! I found out that my wireless DECT telephone had a power cable that was unshielded, so I unplugged it and now the constant buzzing noise is gone!!! So happy to fix it..

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I did create a discussion on this before, but can't find it anywhere.
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I originally thought it may be an earthing issue but the humming noise sounds more like something interfiering.
The only update I have recently carried out was to install two SSD drives - one running Mountain Lion and the other running Snow Leopard.
Is it possible for a SSD drive to interfier with the video card?

Hmmm interesting.
Where is this 'Thumbs' application located and how do I get to the tick box?
I have also just realised that while Logic Pro 9 is running the 30 second delay humming sound vanishes...
Apple support engineers are on it in my case
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The fans increase in speed as more CPU cycles are used and when the temperature rises
perhaps you have other apps that's causing this
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I just received my Creative Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers. I have the creative x-fi xtrememusic soundcard. The front left+right & center speakers seem to make a very low buzzing/humming noise. The centre speaker seems to make the most noise. What can I do to stop the buzzing? This occurs when no sound is being played through my soundcard and I can it even hear it slightly when low volume music is being played.

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I've got a brand new 27 iMac Core i7, but it produces a low humming sound which only disappears when you lift it up!?
It's sounding like an old transformer and you can feel the vibration on the table.
So I sent it back and received a new one, which is making exactly the same noise and now I'm waiting for the third one.
But I doubt if that will do any good, in my opinion this is a construction fault and not just a coïncidance. I wonder if they do listen themselves when assembling this machine?

Hello
try to an other electrical plug ?
try to plug into an other place at home ?
plug only the imac on electrical plus no other devices ?
possible probleme with electrical ground ?
i know lot of question but 2, even may 3 computers do same default symptome ? i cant beleave it
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Inspire 6.1 6600 Sound

Hi,
Recently i have bought creative inspire 6.1 6600 speaker set....
I have ASROCK P4i45GV motherboard......And it has built-in sound card....When i connect the speaker set to my PC i am able to connect 4 speakers and Sub woofer too. I am able to hear the sound from all the 4 speakers and that sound will be same in all 4 speakers..(It will not be different in each speaker) Remaining two speakers i am not using ....Right now i am not planning to buy any sound card ..
when i keep the bass full and increase the volume, after half stage the sound starts shaking...Meaning i wont be able to hear the complete sound...
According to me there should not be any problem with the sound even i keep both bass and volume high .But the same is not happening with my inspire 6600......
So whats the problem?Do you think any problem with the particular set...........
Moderator plz help me in this regard.
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6.1 6600 speakers will have every satellites giving out different sounds and reverberation. If you have those all similare, your sound card might not be supporting channel output.
With my experience with creative, the speaker systems are not suposed to be operated at full volume, at full bass enhan*****t. The reasons are:
1) The power supply will be one-third more capable than the speaker rating. So, full amplification of the sound signal is not preferable.
2) Even if the fidility of sound card is excellent with more than 98 dB SNR, the amplifier at the speaker system need not be as good as that at the card (because, it amplifies the signal to much higher a value)
3) As I have seen with most of the speaker systems (including high end theatres), the bass enhan*****t is fully functional with woofer and subwoofers of more than 100 watt RMS. That too will exhibit chattering after an year or two, at high volumes.

Creative Inspire GD580 & SB Audigy

Bonjour,
Pour commencer, je suis d?sol? de ne pas pouvoir expos? mon probl?me en anglais.
Donc voila j?ai un probl?me avec mes enceinte Inspire GD580 combiner ? ma carte son Sound Blaster Audigy. Lorsque je joue ? un jeu vid?o certains sons ne sortent pas (cela arri've lorsque les jeux utilise L?EAX), de plus lorsque je test les haut parleur a l?aide du ? Creative Diagnostics ? je n?entend que avant gauche et avant droit !
Avez-vous une solution ?
Je vous remercie de me r?pondre.
Cordialement,
Trancer.

Hello,
I have a problem with my enclosure Inspire GD580 to combine with my chart its Sound Blaster Audigy. When I play a video game certain sounds do not leave (that arrives when the plays uses the EAX), moreover when I test the high speaker using the "Creative Diagnoses" I hears only before left and right!
Do you have a solution?
I thank you for answering me.
Cordially, Trancer.
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I have an imac that is about a year old. I don't run a lot of stuff at one time usually. Internet, email. I do movie editing at times but not when this problem appears.
My wife tells me I have sensitive ears so maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion. But I've noticed for the past 3 to 4 weeks that, randomly, the imac will make a low humming noise. The noise isn't constant (i.e. one noise that keeps going). It's more of an up and down sort of noise (whir-silence-whir-silence-whir, etc.). I notice the heck out of it to the point that it's giving me a headache. Wife said she doesn't really notice it.
It hasn't done this all the time or I would have noticed it. And it doesn't do it all the time but I can't point to anything I'm doing differently to cause it.
Is this a sign that the hard drive may be going bad? I've been computing for about 20 years and I've never had a hard drive fail. Not sure what signs/sounds to look for. Imac seems to be working flawlessly otherwise.
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Thanks to you both for the responses.
I installed techtool, and then downloaded the current version, ran everything but surface scan (default setting is not to do this) and everything passed. I will probably do the surface scan overnight as I'm assuming that takes time. But, I guess it's a good sign that everything passed, though it leaves me wondering what all the humming is.
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X-Fi Titanium: Almost no sound from center speaker in 5.1 mode (optical out)

Hi everybody,
I have searched the forum, but not found any post regarding this problem, so I'm gonna post myself.
First of all: I have an X-Fi Titanium that is connected to my Home Theatre Dolby Digital/DTS Decoder via optical cable, so I use the DTS Li've encoding feature of my X-Fi to get 5. surround sound.
But from the beginning I've had the following problem: When I start a game, the sound is perfectly normal, but suddenly (not at a specific action, just out of nowhere) the sound from my center speaker is almost inaudible, extremely dull. So I can still hear, for example, the explosions or voices that come from the sides or the back, but everything that is right in front of me or is played back only through the center is almost silent.
When I quit the game, start the THX-Console and click on each speaker, all of them except the center speaker play back the test sound (like "front left", "front right" or whatever it is in the English version, I have the German version).
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When using the spdif DDL output, my receiver would decode and send bass to the subwoofer on it's own.
Only buggy part I'm noticing now is that I lose all bass occasionally on boot, and must do an "Auto Detect..." in the "Speaker Configuration" screen of the THX control panel to get it back.

Humming sound like a ground loop with added hard drives

I get a humming low freq Hum from my MacPro from adding or added hard drives. I am using Seagates 320's ( 3 - non raid ). The MP is under my desk and I think some may not hear what I do if sitting on a desktop.
I can't figure out if it's a ground loop issue, more than one drive spinning at the same speed or some mechanical isssue, like metal to metal contact.
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As I mentioned before, some people will not hear the "hum" if the MP is sitting on your desk ( or one hard drive ) . Mine is under a large desk that is 6' long, which kinda amplifies the sound and creates a sound box for the low freq hum. Some what like adding a subwoofer. But when you add one or more drives it will Hum and I think I know the cause.
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For those who do hear the hum sound, you can take both hands on either side of the MP and "squeeze" the sides and hear the sound get lower. Take your hands off and hear it louder. So the whole MP is vibrating or creating "noise" or low freq Hum ( tuning fork) .
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This issue will drive you nuts if you have it or can hear it. The MP stock 2.66 thats a month old is what I have. Maybe some other Macs don't show this same sound.
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Hi.
Iam using Quad with iSight in one city. My daughter is in another city and is using iMac G5 with attached iSight camera. I hear a disturbing hum or buzzing sound when she speaks. When I speak the hum seems to stop temporarily. I don't think the problem is at my endbut perhaps it is. We've tried repositioning the camera but that had no effect. Any suggestions as to what may be the cause of the hum?
Thanks.
G4 and Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi,
Do what Defcom says at your daughter's end.
It may the position of the Camera/mic compared to External Speakers and may need them turning down a bit.
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$No Sound From Center Speaker [Win 7]? Hi,
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Hello, my new Imac does a humming sound - it's kind of like the humming sound of a refrigerator, only much lower in volume. Still, it makes the desk vibrate a little.
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Since you have a 'new' iMac, you may have to contact AppleCare or Apple
Sales support, etc. to see what your options are. If there is no disc in the
optical drive, there is no reason for anything to hum other than maybe fans
and or the internal hard disk drive. There aren't many moving parts...
{For hardware inquiries, see Apple Discussions> Intel-Based iMac:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=189 }
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