[LAU] Realtek ALC882D

Fons Adriaensen fons at kokkinizita.net
Wed Jul 25 15:54:08 EDT 2007


On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:23:12PM +0300, Sampo Savolainen wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 08:15 -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
>
> > There is no other solution. I've been told that the
> > buzz/ground problem is *inside* the laptop and all
> > of them have it. It's a cost-saving and space-saving
> > measure that the PCB designers make.
> 
> I'm sorry, but this just is not true. If the "buzz" would be *inside*
> the laptop and couldn't be affected by things outside it, how would
> removing the earth connection help?

Is there any "buzz" when you use the laptop with only passive 
external equipment, e.g. a headphone/mic combo, and the ground
connected ? If not then it's not an internal problem.

-- 
FA

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