Awww, plugged my laptop into my amp and am getting lots of noise when it's on charge.

Dano · 18 Jan 2008 at 12:35

So, I decided I'd plug my laptop into my amp and be able to watch dvd's on it with decent sound

Now, ignoring the fact that I could just watch them on the tv or my desktop I have an issue with getting a lot (and I mean a lot) of noise when the thing is plugged in, if it's running on battery it's just fine.

It's well out of warranty by now too, gutted

It's not something simple I'm missing is it?

Dano · 18 Jan 2008 at 12:58

Sony Vaio Fe31z

Dano · 19 Jan 2008 at 16:55

Yeh, it's on the audio out.

I could get an external sound card but to be honest I'll just not use it in that fashion, it just would have been nice to be able to do so.

Dano · 20 Jan 2008 at 23:30

Yeh, been searching the Vaio forums a little today and found a few mentions of the issue being caused by ground loop issues. Have also found a 'Ground Loop Isolator' for nine quid at a local electronics store named after a holiday camp, it plugs into the phono sockets by the looks of things and appears to be designed for use in a car system, hopefully I'll get down there this week and pick one up, will let you all know if it works or not.