Has anyone had any issues with hearing CPU &amp; Harddrive noises through your speakers when using the KVM switch audio ports?
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I have not had any noise problems from any of the three computers I have connected to the KVM. Impressive considering I have been sloppy about cable routing and cable quality. Works well with a mix of Macs and Windows 7/8 computers.
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Make sure the pink noise is a little below listening volume when you burn it in. You don't want to damage the drivers.
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I can hear the Hard Drive running. If the CPU was under my desk, I would not notice. I have the CPU on my desk as it is easier to get to the DVD player ahd plug ins on the front. I enjoy the speed and features. Dennis
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We ran WOW on the computer and the sound in fact came out of the monitor so it seems to support two channel embedded sound at least. I have no way of testing it beyond that.
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I haven't heard any low noise from the monitor's internal speakers. I agree with the other the internal speakers are pretty tiny and don't produce very good sound. I just used some old BostonAcoustics theatre speakers I had laying around.
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We deployed this unit out to a client so its not something that I have daily interaction with. However, I don't recall it being something that stood out to me or if I even noticed any fan noise at all. I know that isn't a great deal of useful information but wanted to get a response back to you.
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Sounds to me like it's coming from the RAID software and not the HDD....sorry I couldn't be of more help
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I don't experience a hiss, but it's common if attaching speakers to internal audio cards due to electrical interference. Some computers are designed to handle this better. Similar to Rob, my MBP does that when attached to an external monitor. My PC has no problem. If you keep experiencing hissing problems and it bothers you, consider a USB sound card.
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Agree with other answers. I have WD Caviar Blacks in my desktop and three WD Reds in the Synology. I can only hear the Synology if everything else in the room is turned off. The Blacks make significantly more noise than the Reds.
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I had the same issue while using the D5, after asking a technical expert I found that moving the cables out of the opening behind the Mac and routing them down and into the D5 the noise was greatly reduced.
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My experience is that the noise is not normal. I haven't had any issues with the speaker at all.
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I never did use the shared audio port function of the switch, but the keyboard and mouse ports continued to work just fine after the monitor port died--so the answer is yes if you're content to do without switching of a VGA monitor. Switching between computers was always pretty quick, taking perhaps just 1-2 seconds. Good luck--hope you get better longevity out of it than I did if you decide to try it!
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Yes , I tested one by installing windows 7. It is louder than it should be, but it works.
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I have not eperienced any hiss. I would give a hiss to Dell support however. SAB
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Hearing such noises should be independent from using the KVM. Unless the extra value length now couples with more sources of noise
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no problem with the audio. the first boards second gpu slot was no good. sent it back got a new board second gpu slot worked for week then died
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I also bought this laptop recently and am also hearing the strange hard drive noise. It's like a squeaking sound. As long as the hard drive functions well it's not an issue, but if this is a precursor to hard drive failure then I'd be worried.