# Help~ My computer is muting/unmuting itself... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-computer-is-muting-unmuting-itself/195416 "2003-08-15T17:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-computer-is-muting-unmuting-itself/195416/1 "2003-08-15T17:05:00Z")
This is the most bizzare thing I ever come across… My computer is muting and unmuting itself. The behaviour is unpredictabl but occur in “spams”. For five minutes it will be all right, then for a while it will frantically mute/unmute itself. It’s the same thing online / offline, soft reset or hard reset. I am using a Soundblaster Live! soundcard… Anyone has any ideas what the hell is going? ---
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@Garnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-computer-is-muting-unmuting-itself/195416/2 "2003-08-16T19:40:01Z")
Do you have one of those annoying keyboards with the “multimedia” buttons? I do, and one of those buttons is the “mute” button. They’re soft rubber buttons up at the top of the keyboard, and can easily be pressed by accident. I had my keyboard wedged in a drawer once, and a bunch of those buttons were randomly getting pressed - you might want to check if something like that is happening.