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I have multiple cable types and adapters I have tried. I'll list them just below here. Any combination works with all devices except my desktop. The input on the amp is 1/4" only, so I have adapters for it. The output from the amp uses the speaker wire terminals straight to my speakers. 3.5mm -> 2 XLR -> 1/4" | RCA -> 1/4" | 3.5mm -> RCA -> 1/4" | 1/4" -> 1/4" Going with the ground loop possibility, I have a DI box with a ground lift that I tried. It's a Samson S.direct plus (photo included showing the schematic on the top). I tried desktop output 3.5mm -> RCA -> 1/4" into the box with 1/4" -> 1/4" from there to the amp. The ground lift switch does effect the 1/4" loop through. At least that's what I believe from looking at the schematic. The sound was still there and hitting the ground lift did not make any difference. Just to check that the box was working correctly (I had an issue with a stereo DI before) I switched from my desktop as the audio source to my phone. Same cable set up as before, just changed the source. The sound went away regardless of ground lifting and everything sounds clean. I also tried what was mentioned from the manual to turn the volume down and check for the noise. The noise goes away when I turn the volume down on the amp.

I have the Anker Soundcore Life P3 and am very happy with them. The app control for them allows a custom EQ which I was very glad for. I've had them for almost a year now and I use them nearly every day. The battery life has been great and the case is small enough to fit in that little pocket of your jeans. They are $70 USD on Amazon right now.

I recently was given an Alesis RA-100 reference amp. I set it up and went to use it with my desktop speakers, which are passive and meant to be driven by an amp. Even with my desktop audio output muted, there is a crackle/static sound that I can hear from the speakers which never happened before. I attached a recording of the sound it makes. The sound changes at times which seemed like something was intermittently causing more interference. I initially was connected to my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 1st Gen interface. I thought this may be similar to this post (https://linustechtips.com/topic/966770-help-needed-windows-10-audio-popping-on-every-audio-output-device/#comment-11704158), but after trying the steps listed there, the issue was still the same. Here are things I have already tried as a way to fix it. 1. Switched to rear panel audio out, same issue - My interface has issues with the headphone connector, so I thought maybe the same thing was the case with the monitor output on it 2. Tried front panel audio out, same issue 3. New cable, same issue 4. Basic USB soundcard, same issue I also tried combinations of these, but the results were the same. I then thought, perhaps it is the amp itself. However, when I plugged my laptop into it, the sound is perfect and clean. I then tried my phone, also clean. I have a Logitech Bluetooth receiver so I sent audio from my desktop to that, then plugged it into the amp and that works just fine and is clean. To make things more strange, I have my headphones plugged into my audio interface and I don't hear any of this crackle/static there and when I was running my rear panel audio output to my old surround amp, there was no issues with the sound either. I tried several more things. 1. Different speakers, same issue 2. Different power source for the amp (went through a furman power conditioner), same issue 3. Different power source for my desktop (plugged into my APC UPS), same issue 4. Two different circuits for my desktop and amp, same issue 5. Combined 2, 3, and 4, as an idea, same issue 6. Tried 5 with 1-4 from above, same issue 7. Updated Realtek audio driver, same issue 8. Tried to find an update for my interface, there isn't one I also tried my audio interface with my laptop, and there are no issues with it when running from there. The audio output on my laptop straight to the amp works just fine as well. I just double checked with the interface on my laptop as another troubleshooting step. At this point, I believe the issue is just localized to my desktop then. I tried removing other peripherals that were plugged into my computer in case one of them was causing interference. But even with nothing plugged in except the rear panel audio output, it is still the same issue with crackling and static. I tried the steps listed in the post I linked above (they listed 9 different things they tried as well as the solution), and none of those made a difference. What could be causing this issue? And also, why is it only when connected to my desktop speakers, and from any output? My desktop: Motherboard - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WIFI CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X RAM - 32GB (2x16GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3600 Boot Drive - 1TB M.2 Intel SSD6 660p Editing Drive - 500B SATA Crucial MX500 2.5" SSD Storage Drive - 3TB SATA Seagate 7200RPM 3.5" HDD GPU - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Peripherals: Wired USB - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 1st Gen Wired USB - KORG nanoKONTROL2 Wired USB - Stream Deck XL Wireless USB - Logitech MX900 Keyboard and Mouse (K800 keyboard and MX Master mouse) HDMI Monitor x2 Speaker Sound.wav

No, I have not tried reinstalling Windows yet. I'm in the middle of a large project this month, but at this point, I think I'm going to have to delay that to fix this. I had a feeling that might be the next step but I was hoping I might be wrong. I thought it might be an issue with one of my drives, but as far as I can tell, they seem all fine. They all show up when it boots, the system just crashes a short while after that. Since I do get the blue screen, I would think it wouldn't be a power supply issue as I would expect it would just cut all power to the system, which would skip the blue screen then, right?

I've been having a growing issue where I get a blue screen with "DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE". At first, months ago, this would just happen occasionally when I woke my computer from sleep, it was annoying, but not as bad as it is now. However this has recently changed to being a guaranteed thing every time I boot up or wake up my desktop (including just now when I turned it on to make this very post here). It usually takes a minute or two before it happens. I had started waiting before opening any programs as it was getting frustrating to have it crash after getting set up for work to have to do it all over again. I saved the selected times from the event viewer from when it happened both yesterday (at 5:18PM) and today (at 7:00AM). I saw it was asked to also include the dump files. I did add those to this folder as well. I don't have any experience with dump files though. I have looked through the event viewer many times to try and figure out the issue as well as have tried many things I've read online about it. As far as I know, all my device drivers are up to date. And, as far as I remember, this did not start after updating them. I'm happy to help get any more information that would be helpful for this and very appreciative of your time to help. Google Drive folder with event viewer logs from 2-6 and 2-7 as well the most recent dump file: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NDPmljYWFKE2yX-wfB-qBwLuuZX13hey Desktop Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X GPU: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 Arous Pro WiFi rev.1.0 RAM: 32BG G.SKILL Ripjaws 2x16GB DDR4 3600MHz CL 18-22-22-42 Boot Drive (C:): intel SSD 6 1TB M.2 SSD (SSDPEKNW010TB) Storage Drive (D:): Seagate BarraCuda 3TB SATA HDD (ST3000DM008-2DM166) Storage Drive (E:): Seagate IronWolf 6TB SATA HDD (ST6000VN001-2BB186) Editing Scratch Drive (F:): Crucial MX500 500GB SATA SSD (CT500MX500SSD1) PSU: Corsair RM750 OS: Windows 10 Pro Peripherals: Monitors: 1x AOC 24V2Q (But mine doesn't have Display Port. I have HDMI and VGA) | 1x BENQ GW2780 Keyboard: Logitech logi K800 Mouse: Logitech G600 Other USB Devices: Elgato Stream Deck XL Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 1st gen Korg nanoKontrol 2 (runs with the midi mixer program for volume controls) Elgato CamLink 4K Movo MC1000 Conference Mic Motherboard audio line out to surround receiver

I've recently run into an issue where my desktop will crash/reboot when I wake it from sleep. This does not always occur though. Sometimes it will happen right when I wake the desktop. Other times it takes 10 minutes to crash/reboot. Still other times, it does not (though more often than not, it will crash/reboot). This also happens on occasion when I first boot it up in the mornings. I've been checking the event viewer each time to see if I could find the problem. It has been a few weeks and I have tried to find any sort of pattern to this issue. The only pattern I have found is with one event that is logged each time. It states that the computer rebooted from a bug check. The following number is 0x000000be or 0x0000009f. It seems to alternate between these two codes. I've done quite a bit of looking online and have not had any success yet. The link below is a Google Drive folder of screenshots from my event viewer today. I pulled one for each "Critical" or "Error" that was logged after waking the system. I put the system to sleep at approximately 6:10PM and attempted to wake it at 8:10PM. If any other information from the event viewer would be helpful in determining what causes this, let me know and I'll see what I can find. Event Viewer Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ff935KB5OJZgts8lzM7KscCRHehz1G-I

I hadn't really looked at ultrawides much. I figured they were all far more expensive. Apparently I am wrong. That ultrawide is a rather tempting monitor.

I currently have 1 single monitor. I edit video a lot and would really like to get a second screen (and some day maybe a 3rd). I currently have an AOC 22" monitor and it has been working well for me but feels a little small and now has a dead pixel. I've been looking for a decent, larger, and affordable, monitor to add as a second screen. The plan is to eventually get a second of that monitor to add as a 3rd or replace my current monitor down the road. I've spent a few months looking for monitors now and have found a few that seem to be decent and have some better features. HP VH240a 23.8" - $110 BenQ GW2780 27" - $175 ViewSonic VP2458 24" - $200 LG 24MP88HV-S 24" - $200 These are what I have found that seem to be decent for their prices. Does anyone have recommendations from this list or are there other monitors I should consider as well? Or is the monitor I have close enough to what is listed and I should just get another one like it? Thank you in advance!

Yes. I have VLC installed now. I had it before, when I just had a laptop, and then never installed it on my desktop when I built it. When I booted my computer today I got a black screen with command line style text saying that something had been removed from the computer. It was only on the screen for a brief second. It was something to the effect of a "zunevideo" being removed. I don't know exactly what it said as it was only there for a moment before booting to Windows.

I cleaned up files on my computer and somehow accidentally caused this issue (see the attached image). I can no longer open any video files to see them. This seems to be a problem with the "Movies & TV" program on Windows 10. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it multiple times now. This only results in the message taking a few seconds longer to show up the first time. I also worked through all the solutions listed on this page with no success. I get this same message no matter which video I try to open, old or new videos. Any ideas how to fix this? I would rather not have to do a complete reinstall of Windows 10. I do a fair bit of video editing every day so not being able to play videos is problematic. Thanks for any advice. I appreciate the help.

Yesterday, my sister took on a large math problem involving the LTT folding team stats. The attached graph is what was created to determine when our team, LinusTechTips_Team, will overtake the other folding teams above it. At this pace we will catch CureCoin on Nov 19th, 2020. All credit for the math work goes to my sister on this one! The colored graph below shows each time and the intersecting points mark the days until the team is passed. "The lines represent the total points each of the top four teams will have, as time passes, given their present rates of change." As of yesterday, "in 38 days, LTT will pass EVGA and in 88 days, pass Default. It will take until November for LTT to pass CureCoin and be first, so keep folding!" - Quotes from my sister. LinusTechTips_Team is going strong. I myself am folding for the team and donating my computer power when I am not editing video. Let's get LTT up the charts!

I am working on a large project for an upcoming theatrical performance at a local school. I will be running projection mapping before and during the show. I'm very new to this but have been building skills quickly. We are performing "The Wizard of OZ". I would like to be able to run a live motion capture of an actor who plays the wizard and have that be the live input for some sort of 3D model of a wizard head. All of this will need to be able to run in real time and through projection mapping software. I'll be using MadMapper for this show. I had originally thought of just using a live camera to show the actor's face projected up on the stage. However, if it is possible to motion capture them to show a digital face, I think this would look much better. Does anyone know of software that can do this? I've found some motion capture software but most of it is not for real time or live applications. Others that have hinted at having live capabilities are expensive. Thanks for your help in advance. If anything above needs to be clarified, let me know. Thanks.

This has been quite helpful so far. I appreciate everyone's input.

1.5TB is a little low. But I do have a 1TB HDD in an external enclosure that I am planning to move to the computer, or at least make accessible from there. That would make a total of 2.5TB. For the footage I'm working with right now, which is only 1080p, I think that is enough to keep me going for a while. At least until I can save up for either more storage, or I think a NAS. As for fans, that's good to know. I wasn't sure what is necessary for it. Given the state of my laptop, I knew I needed much better airflow than I currently have.

I've been learning DaVinci Resolve to be able to use it. I have been using Resolve to work on some of my video projects on my laptop, but it can't run very well. It overheats. But I plan to keep using Resolve as I've found it has a lot of potential, if I can get the hardware to run it.