From: James H. E. Maugham (James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 19:45:41 EST
Turn OFF the internal microphone!
Regards,
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: claire catmobile [mailto:gimmieaibo_at_yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: horrible static - help please
>
>
> i bought a thinkpad 560e some weeks ago to run
> sequenced autio from the line-out. i have discovered a
> nasty, persistent hum/squeal which is worse when the
> hard drive isn't spinning. moving the mouse also
> interferes with the audio, creating a massive dragging
> "c-r-r-r-unnch". the interference is not affected by
> the volume control, and turning the audio right up
> does not really disguise the noise. it is most obvious
> when run through an amp so i suspect the sound card is
> simply not able to cope with that much aplification.
> this interference has rendered the thinkpad useless
> for me - it is not a problem i ever encountered with
> my apple powerbook.
>
> can anyone suggest a quick fix for this? i have tried
> re-sizing the display, turning down the colours and
> checking for conflicts. fiddling with hardware
> acceleration does nothing to help.
>
> alternatively, does anyone in the UK want a 560e with
> 80mb ram?
>
> claire
>
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