• Registered: 2009-12-21
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Topic: High pitched noise from FF800

Hi there,

i have a problem with my RME 800.
Every time i enable any audio application, including Digicheck 5.3 i get a weird high pitched noise.
I tried also with the sound card of my Virus TI and nothing happened.

Any thoughts on this?

Thank you.

2 Reply by MC

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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

Firmware version? Driver version?

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Matthias Carstens
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3 Reply by Randay (edited by Randay 2010-08-25 16:40:34)

  • Registered: 2009-12-21
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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

3.020 Driver - 2.77 Firmware
The latest available.

PC Specs also:
Mobo: GB EX-58 UD3r
Ram - 6GB - Adata
Core i7 920 @ 2.6

  • Registered: 2009-12-21
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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

Any news on this?
May be the MOBO that cause this noise?

Please help is driving me nuts, thank you.

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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

Where exactly does this noise occur?


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Daniel Fuchs
RME

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Daniel Fuchs
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6 Reply by Randay (edited by Randay 2010-09-03 13:54:33)

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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

It occurs at the speakers and also at the motherboard even when i open DIGICheck (5.3).

its a high freq noise, like transmitting a signal. starts and stops in no particular order.

  • Registered: 2010-04-26
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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

I have the same issue. The odd thing is I went to great lengths to make sure the firewire chipset on my MOBO (Gigabyte GA-x58A-ud7 rev2) would be good enough. There is even a noise filter feature touted for the board. Nevertheless I also experience an intermittent high pitched squeeling (sounds "move" to match internal processing [file transfers, caching, browsing]). I am wondering if I should be contacting the manufacturer of the motherboard. I don't think any amount of ferrite choke could help this as it seems to be coming from the port itself. I have the latest firmware and drivers and I am using Win7 in a 64 bit environment.
I am considering buying a new firewire controller but it is kind of a disappointment. 

Cheers,
Josh

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Re: High pitched noise from FF800

Disabling the power saving options for the CPU in the bios, especially CE1 and CE3 etc, wil often cure this.
Good luck!

Vincent, Amsterdam
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