cpu activity causes whine...

I have a problem and cant seem to pinpoint it. During high cpu activity ( ripping disks, burning music) there is a high pitched whine coming from my speakers. Ive looked around the net/forums and upgraded/downgraded my sound-drivers but I get the same thing... help... this is really annoying.

CPU Type------------------ Intel P4 Northwood/HT@2601.70 Mhz (FSB@800Mhz)
Motherboard-------------- MSI 865PE Neo2-S (MS-6728 / 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, SATA, Audio, Network)
Motherboard Chipset----- Intel Springdale i865PE
Memory Module(s)--------1024 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
BIOS Type------------------AMI - American Megatrends Inc. V2.5
Video Adapter-------------ATI Radeon 9600 (AGP, 256Mb, GPU@324Mhz, Mem@202Mhz)
Video Driver Ver.---------- 6.14.10.6483(9/29/2004)
Monitor-------------------- AOC Spectrum 7F (17" CRT@1280,1024,75)
Audio Adapter------------ SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (C-Media 9739A)
Speakers------------------ Labtec LCS-1070 (12 Watts RMS)
Network------------------- Intel PRO/100 VE Integrated Network Connection
--------------------- Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router (BEFSR41)
--------------------- Terayon cable modem
Disk Drive(s)-------------- Maxtor 40 GB (7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
------------------------------------ C: (NTFS) Partition1-38154 MB
-------------------- Maxtor 80 GB (7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
------------------------------------ D: (NTFS) Partition1-39079 MB
------------------------------------ E: (NTFS) Partition2-39079 MB
Optical Drive(s)------------ HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
--------------- HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Power---------------------- Aspire 520Watt Blue Aluminum (3 fans-2 intake/1 output, adjustable speed)
Cooling--------------------- Zalman CNPS7000 cpu fan (adjustable speed@2750rpm)
-------------------- MSI Northbridge fan (adjustable speed@6550rpm)
-------------------- 80mm intake (back of case)
-------------------- 80mm circulatory (near HD's)
Operating System-------- Windows XP Pro 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 : Service Pack 2)
Internet Explorer--------- 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 (IE6.0)
DirectX-------------------- 4.09.0000.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

 

The whining could be caused by the cd burner,if you have audio cable from your cdrom to your soundcard plugged in try unplugging it.

 

you don't even have to unplug it, if you go to volume control, mute "CD Audio". You'll still be able to play cd's as most players nowadays send audio from cd's through directx stuff or their own audio engine (ie, Winamp and Windows Media).

 

thanks for the input guys... will try your advice and post a responce later
thanx

 

Also...make sure that your audio cable is not running right along side the cpu, or any fans etc.!! Your audio cable can pick up interference from other electronic devices, and the harder a device runs (for example, your cpu), the more interference the audio cable is going to pick up!!

I know it is hard to say...make sure there are no cables running by something in the case...but...moving it just a tiny bit can make a huge differece!!!

Roger

 

many thanks to dust11... (re: mute the CD in the volume control) such a simple fix... i feel like an idiot...

 

Hey it was my idea in the first place.LOL