Hard drive noise through monitor speakers

leggydan · 21 Oct 2010 at 23:13

just finished putting my system together, i notice i am hearing the noise of the hard drive seeking etc through the speaker on my monitor(Iiyama ProLite E2410HDSD 24") its connected to the onboard sound card on a Asus sabertooth x58 board. Is there anything i can do to get rid of the interference noise through the monitors speakers? Or is this just what i have to deal with when using onboard soundcard? Speakers will follow at the end of the month, but im wondering will i get the same noise through another set of speakers connected

PCM2 · 22 Oct 2010 at 09:18

What makes you think it is your hard drive seek noise? It is probably signal interference. Built-in monitor speakers aren't generally very good and neither or onboard sound cards!

leggydan · 22 Oct 2010 at 10:57

anytime the hard drive does any read or write actions you can hear the noise. must invest in a seperate sound card so!

darael · 23 Oct 2010 at 07:30

I know the sound you speak of - and it's the typical joy of using either a cheap soundcard or onboard sound.

I would get a seperate good quality soundcard