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plug in headphones - system locks up
I just installed a SB Live 5.1 into my Asus P4c800-ED system and installed
the latest drivers for it and the update too. Everything works fine, but when I unplugged the green plug and inserted the headphones plug, my whole system froze and I had to reset the PC. Any idea why? -- Rocky www.jointopscentral.com | www.ghostrecon.net | www.agr-s.com | www.tactical-elite.net __ |
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Everything works fine, but when I unplugged the green plug and inserted the headphones plug, my whole system froze and I had to reset the PC. Any idea why? Could have been a static discharge when you touched the headphone plug to the connector. That can cause stuff like what you describe to happen. It can also nuke sensitive electronic components, such as your PC. Always make sure the computer and all its accessories are plugged into the same GROUNDED wall socket. Also, make sure to touch the metal chassis before you insert any plugs, and only plug/unplug plugs that are MEANT to be hot-plugged (ie: not serial/parallel cables, gameport, VGA etc). There's no particular reason your computer should reset by plugging in a set of headphones as the soundcard has no idea wether you have anything plugged in at all, or what it is; it can't sense such things. If it's not static, it could be a hardware problem. Does your box reset EVERY time you plug in your headphones? Do the phones work; ie, not shorted out? Try a different set of headphones and see if the same happens. |
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"Lenny" wrote in message ... Does your box reset EVERY time you plug in your headphones? Do the phones work; ie, not shorted out? Try a different set of headphones and see if the same happens. Hi Lenny The phones are fine, checked them out. Here's the wierd thing, and I'll spell it out incase it makes any sense to you, it didn't to me. I have two PCs, "old" and "new". On the old PC I habitually swapped speakers and headphone plugs, no problem. If I wanted to use headphones, I just pulled the speaker cable out and shoved the headphones one in, no problem. Now, that old PC has sat idle for a couple of months, and this weekend before I transplanted the soundcard out of it, and into the new one I thought I'd better check that it still worked okay. So I plugged in the speakers, worked fine, but when I pulled out the speaker plug, the system froze. It had never done that before, but I thought nothing of it, and transplanted the soundcard to the new PC. That's when I discovered the same thing is happening on the new PC, i.e. removing or plugging in an audio cable from the soundcard is locking the PC up (not re-setting, just locking it up, so a reset is required). Soundcard knackered maybe? Thanks. -- Rocky www.jointopscentral.com | www.ghostrecon.net | www.agr-s.com | www.tactical-elite.net __ |
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Soundcard knackered maybe?
If this is something you did regularly as you say, you probably wore out the connector and now it causes a short or some such when the plug is inserted/removed. It's not exactly professional-level grade on the hardware mounted on these things - especially the more mechanical of the components. Either do not change plug with the power on, or get a cord extension and change on THAT plug - which should hopefully work better, heh heh - or get a new soundcard. Which might not actually be such a bad idea, because the Audigy2 ZS is a damn good card! Not THAT expensive either I might ad... |
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"Lenny" wrote in message ... Soundcard knackered maybe? If this is something you did regularly as you say, you probably wore out the connector and now it causes a short or some such when the plug is inserted/removed. It's not exactly professional-level grade on the hardware mounted on these things - especially the more mechanical of the components. Either do not change plug with the power on, or get a cord extension and change on THAT plug - which should hopefully work better, heh heh - or get a new soundcard. Which might not actually be such a bad idea, because the Audigy2 ZS is a damn good card! Not THAT expensive either I might ad... Good ideas there Lenny, thanks. What I have done is check the card was seated properly, which it was, but I noticed that the backplate wasn't sitting quite right where it fixes onto the rear of the PC, so I loosened the screws, pushed it alittle, and tightened it all back up. I've done a headphone swap twice since then and it has been okay, so maybe it was shorting. Fingers crossed it's all good now. If now I'll look at that ZS. -- Rocky www.jointopscentral.com | www.ghostrecon.net | www.agr-s.com | www.tactical-elite.net __ |
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