Computer sound problem

Early B.

More computer drama for Early B. (when it rains, it pours...)

I often record lectures to cassette from my computer. I have a boombox hooked to a Soundblaster Audigy 2 internal soundcard. Been working fine for the past couple of years. No problems. A few months ago I began to get some major static on my recordings. I changed out boomboxes and the static was still there. I even replaced the cable, but the static remained. I'm wondering if the problem could be my soundcard. Maybe a solder joint is loose or something.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

bobman1235

Sounds like a loose solder joint to me. Those jacks on sound cards aren't exactly notoriously strong, and they tend to get a lot fo stress, especially if you plug and unplug often.

jcaut

That's a tough one, because it could be almost anything. Sounds like a connection problem to me, but that's just my best guess. Does moving the connecting cables seem to make any difference in the static?

Edit: And, what bobman said ^^^

Jason

Early B.

jcaut wrote:

Does moving the connecting cables seem to make any difference in the static?

Static comes primarily out of one speaker. If I transpose the RCA connectors on my boombox, I get static from the opposite speaker.

POLKOHOLIC

the problem lies in the connection.

faster100

Id also remove and reseat the sound card, use tuner cleaner on the 1/8" jack or rca what ever it has its the same as our stereo gear it corrodes and gets dirty

Early B.

Thanks, fellas. Will do.

Waiting on a new internal CD burner to arrive, so I'll do it all at one time.