geofftnz's questions

I am using Microsoft Office Communicator with a USB headset as my work phone. OCS is connected to our PABX so we can take and make calls to regular, non-OCS phones. When making an external call to a cellphone, it can take up to 5-10 seconds for audio to start flowing.

eg:

Work Phone                  Cellphone
- dial cellphone
  (ringing)                 (ringing)
                            answer cellphone
  (hearing nothing)         speak "1"
   .                        speak "2"
   .                        speak "3"
   .                        ...
   .                        speak "14"
  hear "15"                 speak "15"
  hear "16"                 speak "16"

Has anyone experienced this kind of thing with an OCS setup? Any pointers?

I have a PC that produces audible noise/screeching correlated to network activity. The noise is high-pitched and somewhat difficult to locate, however it seems to be coming from the power supply. It's clearly audible over the PSU and CPU fan noise. Has anyone experienced this before? Does anyone know the cause and/or solution to it?

• Ethernet cable unplugged: white noise
• Ethernet cable plugged in: noise with HF components
• Ethernet activity: noise with varying HF components

More info: It's a very cheap 350W ATX PSU that has run continuously for 2 years. It's also going to get replaced tonight by something a little better.