I took this:
to mean that the preamp was a separate piece of equipment (if you turn off the power to the 410 it will go CRUNCH and stop working pronto)./. wrote: ... disappers when i turn off preamp,i can still hear the mic for several seconds but the sound is gone so i presume it has something to do with preamp...
But maybe what was meant is that the mic keeps working for a few seconds when the phantom power is turned off, in which case the noise is almost certainly coming via the phantom power - which will ultimately be derived from the laptop power supply if using bus power.
maybe the solution is to use the wall wart power supply for the 410 and a 4 pin firewire cable.