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From: jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us (John Kohl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Memory making sounds.
Date: 12 Sep 1995 23:19:44 GMT
Organization: NetBSD Kernel Hackers `R` Us
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Message-ID: <4354ig$c0u@sundog.tiac.net>
References: <431vkc$n5v@ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu>
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In-reply-to: gblackm@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu's message of 11 Sep 1995 13:37:00 -0500

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas B Blackman <gblackm@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> writes:
In article <431vkc$n5v@ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu> gblackm@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Thomas B Blackman) writes:

Thomas> Ok, I know is sounds weird but its true.  I have a friend
Thomas> running 2.0.5 release and he gets a strange sound coming off the
Thomas> motherboard.  Listening closely its sounds like its coming from
Thomas> the memory banks and sounds like a scratching sound.  This
Thomas> problem mainly happens when he is compiling something.

I have similar sound interference problems on my 486/33.  My
SoundBlaster PRO picks up the disk controller's activity and amplifies
it quite nicely into a soft scribbling sort of sound.  When I turn down
the volume on the speaker output, or reduce the master gain levels via
software, the noise level goes down.


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John Kohl <jtk@tiac.net> or <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>