2014-04-20, 22:17 PM

WARNING: LOUD VIDEO EXAMPLES

I have a Thinkpad Yoga, type 20CD with Windows 8.1, and when I'm running some white noise to help me concentrate, I get these strange honking noises that are quite disruptive. Even worse is that when I'm trying to watch a video on youtube, the honking noise occurs and this seems to lead to quick stalls in the video as well (note: the major stall in the middle of this video may just have been a bit of lag, I meant to highlight the minor stalls like the one that occurs at around 2 seconds). Actually, it seems that the honking causes the entire system's video to stall (e.g. cursor stalls, clock stalls, etc)

I've found only one other thread dealing with this issue and it wasn't resolved.

Addressing the suggestions brought up in the linked thread:

1) The problem occurs regardless of if I'm using the laptop's built-in speakers or my headphones. I don't see any reason to hook it up to my TV and check HDMI out.

2) Yes, problem persists with headphones.

3) The problem occurs whether I'm using the lowest quality or the highest quality audio.

4) It's the whole system, not just one application.

5) The microphone has nothing to do with it. Enabled or disabled, the problem still persists.

I've updated my audio drivers but this hasn't done anything to mitigate the problem.

Strangely enough, what does help is turning off my WiFi (i.e. Fn + F8). When the honking is occuring, I can switch the wireless card to airplane mode and the problem immediately goes away. I've read somewhere that this may be because of poor grounding on the audio card, meaning that the antenna is possibly picking up radio signals.

Are there any possible solutions to this problem?