My IO shield is routing noise through my computer speakers.

michaelking

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For some reason I only receive interference through my speakers when my IO shield is installed. I've tried aligning the tabs to contact the motherboard connections, but that generates a lot of noise through the speakers. I tested it outside of the case and installed in the case (without the IO shield) and there was zero noise. Isn't my IO shield supposed to prevent this? So, I have the shield installed, and of course there is still a miniscule, but annoying amount of noise through the speakers. It's definitely the IO shield! I'm stumped, not sure what to do. I could take it to a local repair shop and let them be responsible for it, but I would really like to solve this myself. Note: the sound cannot be reproduced with the use of headphones (Strange). Any help would be appreciated.

Drivers are all current, mic and line in are muted.
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Try fitting ferrite choke coils to your audio cable, at both ends, or upgrading the cable used to something. Consider perhaps making a custom I/O backplane from plastic sheeting, such as perspex, if you're unhappy with the manufacturers own design - but remember the backplane purposefully grounds the metal port enclosures to your PC case too, which helps protect the mainboard against ESD hazards.
 

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The Ferrite Choke Coil sounds like it might work, but where exactly would I get those? How would they attach to the cable?
 

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Bit hard to say as you've yet to fill out your location, or your system specs'...

Try Radiospares (RS Components) or Maplins, Tandy, or Radioshack... :)
 

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W7 x64Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9...4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333MhzPalit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built machine
OS
W7 x64
CPU
Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory
4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card
Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays
Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
PSU
OCZ 600w
Case
Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling
Scythe 140mm Zipang
Keyboard
Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse
Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
Internet Speed
ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus
NOD32
Browser
Opera
Other Info
Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
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