Re: Computer Lock - Sound Card?

[Brian McPherson <bamcpher@xxxxxxx>]

Dan Sauer wrote:

> Heard some crackling and popping today while listening to music on my 
> box.  Assumed it to be a loose connection (dusty maybe) so unplugged 
> Altec Lansing speaker jack from sound card (Audigy 2) and the computer 
> locked -> more than locked -> hard locked -> front panel of PC 
> reboot.  Since I don't have a huge UPS to run my desktop on (its 
> running the basement server) I don't like having my speakers plugged 
> into it, so they weren't when the problem occurred.  After rebooting 
> and plugging the speaker power cord into the UPS, and the speaker jack 
> back into the computer all the problems disappeared.  Is there any 
> chance there is a disconnect in the ground loop in the UPS that could 
> be causing this?  That would seem to be problematic, as I'm depending 
> on a good ground for the computer to dissipate static build up.  The 
> UPS is an APC smart-ups 700VA.  Has anyone ran into this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Sauer

It's possible that the card might have come loose, and playing with the 
cord on the outside bumped it out of the PCI slot, causing the computer 
to lock... Other then that I don't know about static causing it. I guess 
it's possible.

Brian McPherson
(Dark-Fx)