From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 3 03:01:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 801581065670 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF718FC21 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from hermes.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id C9715F8FC for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:01:48 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:02:25 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20080402210225.4ecf6564.kgunders@teamcool.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: audio card advice - juli@ or Prodigy hd2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:01:49 -0000 Hey Jim: Apparently I typo'd my subscription request so will have to break the threading to reply... >OK, let's do a little trouble shooting here. Is the hum the same >whether cables hooked up or not? Have you tried a different power >supply with the monitors? Only when plugged into the onboard sound card. By different power supply I assume you mean the workstation PSU, in wh/case yes. Corsair and Enermax but same model mb, same result. I suppose I could round up an old SB Live and test it but I'm too lazy just now and pretty sure it's onboard related. Specially since can also hear artifacts when I'm working the drives, e.g. installing world. -- jim smith -- Ken Gunderson