The only electronic device I have in my room besides my laptop is the
table lamp and alarm clock.
Yasir

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gilbert Fernandes wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:36:24 +0000
> From: Gilbert Fernandes <gilbertf@netbsd-fr.org>
> To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Static from speakers
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:44:38PM -0500, Peter Seebach wrote:
>
> > Curiously, I have the exact opposite problem.
> > When my ThinkPad is booted to Windows, my
> > stereo emits static.
>
> This can be either related to the display itself,
> or a problem in shielding. Under Windows, my X30
> did not do any noise, but IF the screen turned
> off while I did not use the machine, the machine
> itself did a little high-frequency noise, related
> to the display but that only happened when the
> LCD was off. So a component is doing noise when
> the LCD is off as it gets the display power and
> dissipates it.
>
> Could just be a shielding problem but I remember
> some noise when the LCD was off.
>
> Also, when I'm using my lappy with wireless
> turned on (under NetBSD) it seems to send
> interferences to an old TV I have at home,
> but that doesn't affect the new TV set. But
> when I emit or receive huge chunks of data,
> I see interference lines on the old TV...
>
> --
> Gilbert Fernandes
>