Hello!
I have a problem that I've researched to death, and I've yet to find anyone with my specific set of symptoms.
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop plugged into my LCD TV via a VGA cable, and the audio feeding in via 1/8th" cable. And as you might expect, I have a buzzing problem. But there's a twist.
When I unplug the VGA cable, the buzz goes away, as you'd expect. When I unplug the audio cable, the buzz persists. Unplugging the laptop, as I've seen recommended elsewhere, does nothing; the buzz persists.
If, however, I start playing anything with audio on the laptop -- Winamp, a Youtube video, etc. -- the buzz drops out completely and the audio is perfectly fine. I stop the audio, and about two seconds later the buzz returns.
Obviously this is not a worst-case scenario; at least I can listen to things! But it's a minor annoyance to have to mute the TV any time I'm using the computer and not listening to anything.
Any ideas? I just slapped four big honkin' ferrite cores on the VGA cable and it didn't do a thing, so that's out.
Thanks!
ron
I have a problem that I've researched to death, and I've yet to find anyone with my specific set of symptoms.
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop plugged into my LCD TV via a VGA cable, and the audio feeding in via 1/8th" cable. And as you might expect, I have a buzzing problem. But there's a twist.
When I unplug the VGA cable, the buzz goes away, as you'd expect. When I unplug the audio cable, the buzz persists. Unplugging the laptop, as I've seen recommended elsewhere, does nothing; the buzz persists.
If, however, I start playing anything with audio on the laptop -- Winamp, a Youtube video, etc. -- the buzz drops out completely and the audio is perfectly fine. I stop the audio, and about two seconds later the buzz returns.
Obviously this is not a worst-case scenario; at least I can listen to things! But it's a minor annoyance to have to mute the TV any time I'm using the computer and not listening to anything.
Any ideas? I just slapped four big honkin' ferrite cores on the VGA cable and it didn't do a thing, so that's out.
Thanks!
ron