DonnieZ

I must also extend a huge debt of gratitude to stpete cooling's advice above. $2.79 and 20 minutes with the soldering iron and my 7 month dead Promedia 5.1's are back to life!! I probably owe an apology to my wife who was trying her best to hold the light for me all while putting up with my obscenity laden rant at the difficulty of this job for me.... I've had my ProMedia 5.1's since 2003 or so, maybe 2004 - I don't really remember. Though this job royally sucked and I'd be embarrased for anyone to look at the results of my soldering skills, 20 minutes and $2.79 after 7 years of constant service is OK in my book. This community is awesome and I'm awed by the amount of knowledge that's shared here. Thanks again and if they turn out to need anything else, I'm probably sending them to stpete!!

My set of Promedia 5.1 speakers has developed a loud humming recently. Previous to this for maybe the last year, there was a very slight humming that could be heard faintly in the background but now it's very pronounced. I can still hear the audio produced by the computer, however the humming is present and at the same level no matter what the volume on the control panel is set on. The hum is also present when using headphones but does not come out of the speakers when headphones are selected on the control pod. This leads to me believe it might just be a control pod issue. Is this common? I see a lot of posts / websites referencing amplifier repair but not for this exact issue. I haven't found a place to source a new control pod other than Klipsch to try.