[KLUG Members] CDROM audio question.

[Bruce Smith]

Okay I learned that there is no sound card at all in that PC, 
(not onboard and none in a slot) and presumably no audio cable.

She is plugging her headset into the jack on the front of the 
CDROM drive.  When she inserts a music CD, a window pops up 
that allows her to play/stop/pause/switch-tracks/etc....
However there is no options in that window for digital/audio.

Any other ideas?  Thanks!

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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> Listen to the pitch of the hiss.  If the pitch increases as a CD spins up
> then it's picking up electrical interfearance from the motor of the CD-Rom
> drive.
> 
> I fixed this once by just moving the sound card from one slot to another, if
> this is an option I'd check that out.
> 
> A lot of it depends on if you are connecting the CD-Rom to a sound card or
> to the motherboard with an integrated sound card.
> 
> Last thing, if she is using windows, go in to the CD-Rom setting for media
> player or what ever she's using to listen to cd's and have it switch over to
> using digital instaed of analog.  That'll most likely solve the problem.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> > Someone I know had the CDROM drive replaced in her
> > computer at work.  Now when she listens to a music CD
> > there is a loud hissing noise in the background.
> > (it sounded perfect before)
> >
> > Her PC "tech support" person told them that it was
> > because the new CD drive was faster than their old one.
> > (52X vs. 8X) and the new / faster drives spin faster and
> > don't work as well for music CD's.  (and won't replace it)
> >
> > I've never heard anything like that before.  Is this true
> > by chance, or is the techie giving her a line of bull?