# My speakers are going crazy!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135 "2002-04-17T14:25:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/1 "2002-04-17T14:25:51Z")

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My computer speakers, if left on for more then 15-20 minutes, they start to make this wierd electrical counding clicking/snapping noise, and it starts just doing it periodically, but then get’s to a point when it is doing it almost constantly. ARG! It only started happening in the last couple days, and I am about ready to throw them out of the window. What could be causing this? 😕

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**Author:** ![eyedea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@eyedea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eyedea)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/2 "2002-04-17T14:41:30Z")

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It depends, you could just have the volume up to loud.

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**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/3 "2002-04-17T14:45:47Z")

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not the case. It does it wheather the volume is high or low or turned all the way down. also, I forgot to mention that if I cut the power to them, they still crackle for about 5 seconds after, getting quieter slowly.

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**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/4 "2002-04-17T14:52:36Z")

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If the speakers have their own power supply (transformer), it ould be going bad. Can you try another one ( same output voltage/wattage)?

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**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/5 "2002-04-17T15:00:19Z")

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as in like a different AC adapter?

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**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-speakers-are-going-crazy/104135/6 "2002-04-17T19:58:33Z")

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Yes. It should be marked with the output voltage and wattage.