# Sound Card Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 25, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105 "2006-12-25T12:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105/1 "2006-12-25T12:34:14Z")
the problem that I am having is I’m getting an execessive amount of static comming through my speakers, but not all the time. sometimes i get no static and can listen to music fine, but other times i cant listen to music at all because of the static sound. the static sound will be there even when no music is playing, just the speakers on. so i thought it was the speakers, hooked up a pair of headphones, and the same thing. so i’ve come to the conclusion that it is something to do with my sound card. i have a soundblaster audigy 2 sound card, which i like alot (specially since it has firewire and that’s how i connect my ipod to my computer), and dont want to swap out for my sb live 5.1 card. any suggestions on what might be causing the staticness or how to troubleshoot the problem? lmk what you guys think … thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105/2 "2006-12-25T14:08:45Z")
Move your cell phone away from the computer. ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105/3 "2006-12-25T21:32:50Z")
^^^ hahaha yeah I know the cell phone will do that from time to time, but it’s not that … ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105/4 "2006-12-26T14:02:06Z")
make sure all the speaker plugs are in all the way. make sure the card is screwed down to the case make sure the card is in tight make sure your computer is grounded try disabling/muting both line in and mic in last resort, uninstall it, move it to a different pci slot, reinstall. hope that helped. ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sound-card-issues/22105/5 "2006-12-27T15:00:25Z")
def going to have to try all of that … thanks sonikempire