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I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get this
horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.

The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell after
they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.

Can anyone please help?

On 14 Oct, 12:45, Andhi <andy.m.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get this
> horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.
>
> The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
> Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
> soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
> including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
> tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
> no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell after
> they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
> that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.
>
> Can anyone please help?

I should probably also add that I'm running Windows XP Home SE2.

"Andhi" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get
> this
> horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.
>
> The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
> Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
> soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
> including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
> tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
> no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell
> after
> they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
> that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.
>
> Can anyone please help?
>
First, try unplugging and replugging the sound card from the
Motherboard.
It could just be a poor connection.

On 14 Oct, 15:14, "meerkat" <m...@cov.com> wrote:
> "Andhi" <andy.m.h...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news: oups.com...
>
> > I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get
> > this
> > horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.
>
> > The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
> > Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
> > soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
> > including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
> > tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
> > no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell
> > after
> > they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
> > that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.
>
> > Can anyone please help?
>
> First, try unplugging and replugging the sound card from the
> Motherboard.
> It could just be a poor connection.

Just tried that. It hasn't made any difference, but thanks for the
suggestion.

Andhi wrote:

> I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get this
> horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.
>
> The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
> Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
> soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
> including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
> tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
> no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell after
> they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
> that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.
>
> Can anyone please help?

Try some livecds like DSL and Knoppix.
They have sound drivers for most cards and you should be
able tune into some (10,000+) internet radio stations
using xmms, or play some MP3s on your disk.

http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com

(google for commands that you need more information on)

Andhi <> wrote in
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> I'm having a problem with the sound output on my PC whereby I get this
> horrible loud crackling and popping from the green output channel.
>
> The computer's a Dell Dimension 5100 and the soundcard's a
> Soundblaster Live! 24-bit. The sound output works fine from the
> soundcard's black socket, but none of the other sockets seem to work
> including the inputs or the input/output sockets on the front of the
> tower. I've tried reinstalling the drivers for the soundcard, but to
> no avail. The problem began when I got the tower back from Dell after
> they replaced the hard-drive, and I had so many problems with Dell
> that time that I thought I'd try to sort this out myself.
>
> Can anyone please help?
>

Call Dell tech support and have them clean out your startup again - when
they do any service on a computer the first thing they do is run the
restore disk.

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