[Ti] Intermittent sound from 667 DVI

[themacuser]

Loose speaker cables? Loose soundboard cable?
On 01/03/2005, at 10:58, Rod wrote:

>
> Hi All!
>
> This is my first post to the list, so be gentle :-)
>
> Just wondering if anyone else gets this problem.  I have a TiBook 667 
> DVI
> running 10.3.8 and 9.2.2.  The sound seems pretty low, where the half 
> way
> point of the sound volume is actually silent.  Then sometimes when the
> Powerbook goes to sleep or I install something that affects the system 
> (or
> even run YASU), the sound becomes loud but very distorted.  It also 
> cuts out
> after a second of distortion.  When I reboot, the chime is perfect 
> (every
> time).  In OS 9, I have only encountered the problem once, which 
> rectified
> itself after playing a dvd.
>
> I have clean installed OS X, wiped the drive and reinstalled 
> everything,
> wiped the drive and installed just 10.3, wiped the drive and 
> reinstalled
> from the original software restore cds (10.1.4 and 9.2.2).  I have the 
> same
> problem in 10.1.4, 10.3, 10.3.7 and 10.3.8.
>
> Is this a common problem, or do I have the beginnings of a failing 
> logic
> board?  I have also tried a Open Firmware reset, PRAM zap and a PMU 
> reset.
> The sound seems to come back if it is left asleep for a long period of 
> time,
> or I run something like Diskwarrior.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Seeya
>
> Rod!
>
>
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