I moved my computer, speakers from my room to my office and now the speakers have a buzzing sound that goes off and on, on regular intervals of about 1.5 seconds. But it is only on the right channel. It is not the speakers. Would not having a ground cause this? or did I do something to my sub when moving?

I get that problem when I move things around also. I've attributed it to a loose/bad connection at the back of my speaker. My speakers are pretty old and have been from college to home many times. And now room to room. The plug just doesn't have the same fit anymore I suppose. So after moving my speakers I just give a lil jiggle to teh cable til they stop making that buzzing noise.

If it's not that and it's doing that at intervals, it may be due to some kind of new interference. I've learned to keep my cell phone away from my speakers as it generates that buzzing noise. It gets worse immediately before I receive a call, so now I just know to keep it further away.

Those are just my experiences with my older JBL speakers.

There could be any number of other reasons for your buzzing. If it's definitely at intervals and you've tried jiggle the cords, look for what interference might be causing the periodic noise.

This is always fun to troubleshoot. You've probably tried alot of what I'm going to suggest, but here it goes anyway.

1) Check the connection going into the soundcard. Move the connector around a bit and see if the buzzing stops.
2) Check the volume settings & properties. Try muting the microphone and playing around with the other settings to see if the buzzing stops.
3) The source of the buzzing could be the CD drive and/or the audio cable connecting the drive to the sound card. Try playing around with the CD Audio volume levels in the volume properties and the volume control on the drive itself. If you can, open the case and disconnect the audio cable to see if the buzzing stops.

The grounding question is interesting. Not sure about that. Are you talking about the power source not being grounded, like a wall outlet?

all connections are fine. and I live in an older house, some of the plugs are grounded some are not. The one in my bedroom was and now this one isnt. I guess the easiest way to check is to move it back to a plug that does have a ground. I kinda hope it is the ground so i know that's the problem but i hope it isn't eaither because I want to use those speakers with my desktop upstairs.

Oh, duh, forgot to mention to make sure you have the proper sound card drivers installed. I had a situation where there was crackling & buzzing coming from the speakers. New drivers fixed it.

I had a similar situation. I muted the line-in and the buzzing disappeared. Not sure if it's relevant for your situation

everything is the exact same except for the grounding so i think I am going to try to move them. I guess i should have mentioned i moved the computer with them so there is no problem with sound level, drivers, etc.

Oh, I thought the comma was a typo and you just moved the speakers.

Do you mean that some outlets have the third ground hole on them and some have only two recepticle slots on them? The two slot ones should be grounded as well, even on old houses one slot should be taller than the other. Try flipping the plug over and plugging it back in. If that doesn't help get a three plug adapter (even if you dont need the third hole) and get one that has a small loop on one end. Remove the screw that holds the outlets faceplate on and insert it through the loop and screw back in, now you will have a grounded socket to plug the speakers into.

right they don't have the ground hole. I still do not think they are grounded though because on the power strip it shows there is a ground fault.

are you using onboard sound? Onboard is often really crappy and will give you feedback or background noise like that.

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Do they still work normally in a different outlet that does not show the ground fault? If so I can tell you how to check the outlet that you want to use.