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November 7th, 2006, 06:32 PM
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 Haunted MBP? Hehe, I wonder if anyone has a scientific explanation for this... I just moved into a new apartment and in the last few days that I've lived here, I've noticed that during restart, the system freezes at the blue screen. Now, when I do a hard shutdown from there it seems that for about 10 seconds my cpu picks up a spanish radio station and plays it until the signal slowly fades out. I have no idea what's causing this and I've never seen or heard anything about this until now. I would maybe feel better if I could understand Spanish.
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#2
November 8th, 2006, 11:51 AM
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| Check your Airport and/or wireless setup. It seems like this radio station is overdriving and your wireless is picking up the signal.
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#3
November 8th, 2006, 02:43 PM
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| I don't even have my airport turned on. I'm plugged straight in. Plus the cpu's already completely turned off when this happens (right when the screen goes black).
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November 8th, 2006, 03:35 PM
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| Does this happen only in one area?
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#5
November 13th, 2006, 02:39 AM
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| hmmm... I haven't tested it in other areas yet, but I have noticed that when it's really quiet and I have my ear directly on the speaker I can hear the station constantly. I have yet to listen to it long enough for a station ID. on the bright side, the restart issue seems to have cleared itself up.
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November 13th, 2006, 02:45 AM
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| Oooh, here's an interesting developement: I've just noticed that when I plug the headphone jack for my external speakers in only part of the way (just barely enough to make a connection) I can pick up the station in full volume - along with that bassy connection buzz. This is not a very good station. It sounds like cheezy latin rock anthems.
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#7
November 13th, 2006, 04:08 PM
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| If you twist the plug, can you pick up NPR?  It sounds like you may have a grounding issue. Does it happen when the adaptor is not plugged in? Does it happen only when the ethernet cable is plugged in? Try a new shielded ethernet cable. After that, what access do you have to the wiring for ethernet or access to the router? You could try connecting the ethernet cable directly to the router to see if it's wiring in the walls... Last edited by Flying Meat; November 13th, 2006 at 04:09 PM. Reason: logic error :P |
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November 26th, 2006, 09:46 PM
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| I'm hearing something strange now that sounds like multiple loops of the same audio sample - some of them playing in reverse - where a guy is saying something about "I called this meeting today to..." and "...it's the same." and those are the only parts I can understand. The samples loop every 10 seconds or so. I had the misfortune of talking to Mac support recently (god forbid) and asked the tech about this situation. He explained to me something about poor insulation in the external speakers. What I can't understand is what signal I would be picking up that plays multiple forward and reverse loops of this guy talking about his meeting. Science is a mystery to man.
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