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Distribution: Dabble, but latest used are Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 10.4.1
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Three chirping noises, descending in tone
I can't use my CD burner because I am getting, at random intervals, three "chirping" noises (once one occurs, the others occur, then the system behaves for a random period of time).
These chirping noises both sound on my speakers and record into any CDs I burn, making them useless.
I've googled, and run antivirus, and cannot find that symptom.
Distribution: Dabble, but latest used are Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 10.4.1
Posts: 425
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Yes. If the tones occur during the ripping of a cd, they will play back if the rip is then played.
Likewise, if the tones occur when a (clean) rip is being burned, they will burn along with the music.
The tones occur even if no software is running, which is why I think it's a hardware or virus issue. Since i have no problems with my sound card, I am assuming it is a virus. Virus scans and the like show no indication of that, however.
The tones do occur more frequently with heavy CPU use, but I cannot narrow it down to once-every-X-cycles or such.
I'm honestly stumped as to how a stream of digital data would be corrupted when burning or ripping a CD. If you play an audio file during a burn or rip, is the resultant datafile likewise corrupted?
Distribution: Dabble, but latest used are Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 10.4.1
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Ah, sorry.
No, B did not contain A.
Also, I found the solution. Seems that when the antivirus/firewall (ClamAV modified by a friend) thinks it detects communication to/from internet, it was supposed to sound those tones as an alarm/indicator. Rather than just send the tones to the speakers, however, they are sent through the system in such a way as to use the sound card and whatever else is used by the CD rip/burn programs. Disabled the tone warning and now no interference.
Situation presented itself because I had accidently activated the audio warning and did not connect the two occurances mentally. Sigh. The mind is the second to go.
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