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July 27th, 2009, 04:54 PM
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| CDROM audio of G3 iBook crackles and distorts Hi, With my iBook G3, audio CD playback crackles loudly, distorts and sometimes gives out a noise like a ground hum. This happens at the beginning of a track and then it sometimes, but not always, settles down and is fine. Ripped audio includes the noise. Audio online, like with YouTube is fine, and the CD's I've used have been checked and are fine as well. Any help would be appreciated. To me this is a pretty odd problem, and I'm assuming at this point that it's hardware related. Thanks, Mike G3 iBook Dual USB 600Mhz OSX 10.3.9 no peripherals, 20GB, 380MB Last edited by mickmac; July 27th, 2009 at 04:56 PM. Reason: forgot to put all specs  |
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July 27th, 2009, 05:43 PM
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| Does it always happen on the same songs? Keep in mind, those are relatively old speakers, so they would distort when cranked up.
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July 27th, 2009, 06:50 PM
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| Hi Jesse, I'm pretty sure it's not the speakers. Audio is fine if I'm playing music online- like with YouTube. Maybe it's a CDROM cable or something similar? Thanks, Mike Last edited by mickmac; July 27th, 2009 at 06:55 PM. Reason: rewrite |
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July 27th, 2009, 08:37 PM
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| It sounds like something is either crossed or not properly grounded with the cable for the CD-ROM drive. Since songs ripped from this CD-ROM also exhibit this behavior, it's likely that the CD-ROM data cable is either damaged or severely bent/crimped (or, perhaps the CD-ROM drive itself!).
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July 27th, 2009, 09:17 PM
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| Hi ElDiablo, I guess the standard way to find out what's up would be to swap out some parts- the cable, maybe the CD drive. It would seem to me though that some kind of electronic diagnostic testing could pinpoint the problem- but that probably would require some serious testing equipment. Thanks for your help. Mike |
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July 28th, 2009, 01:07 AM
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