laptop noise (was Re: [linux-audio-user] intel core 2 duo and amd turion 64x2)

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 02:52:36PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On 3/10/07, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <eric at zhevny.com> wrote:
> >
> >One issue though, I'm getting a nasty zipper noise in one monitor
> >connected to the edirol ua-25 whenever any keyboard, trackpad, disk or
> >video activity happens. If I unplug from the power supply and run on
> >battery the noise goes away. Everything (laptop and 2 active monitors)
> >are on the same power strip. ua-25 and remote25 are usb powered. I
> >recall someone else reporting something similar recently.
> >
> >Is there anything I can try to do to get rid of the noise when plugged
> >into power?
> 
> I doubt it - it sounds like your laptop vendor used cheap noisy capacitors.

I was afraid of this answer, but also expected it.

-Eric Rz.