I recently formatted my SSD and overclocked my CPU again (as BIOS settings were lost), so that I could upgrade to windows 7 Professional to utilize all 32GB of ram that are in my pc.
Since formatting my SSD, I have noticed when playing games (through steam, haven't tested non-steam games) Audio Popping/Crackling sounds which when playing multiple audio tracks from different sources such as Steam Games, Teamspeak and Youtube at once will then continue across to the other applications, e.g when experiencing audio popping i'd quit a steam game and continue listening to music through youtube, i'd then experience audio popping through youtube etc.
Initially I assumed this was a fault with my sound cards seating / dust in the ports after a clean I tested it again with no change. Still receiving audio popping when playing steam games which bleeds across to other audio tracks. I also tried reinstalling the audio drivers/video drivers & updating them to no avail. (I have also tested different aux ports on my PC aswell as different speakers / headphones so they are not the cause of the issue as it is experienced across everything I plug into my PC) And I have also turned off audio enhancements and tried running at a different quality with no affect.
After reading a few posts I thought it could be to do with some sort of interference within my case (As I had recently installed a cold cathode light within it). So I ran DPC latency and recieved an
absolute maximum of: 1182 us
This doesn't indicate a latency issue.
So after this someone suggested testing the sound without overclocking the CPU/GPU, so I removed the overclock and restored to factory defaults (Even though it had been working without audio popping prior to the format of the SSD)
This also did not fix the audio popping/crackling sound when playing games.
I've just tried flashing my BIOS to the latest version / with a removed overclock on CPU/GPU which has still left me with audio crackling / popping.
(Updated from BIOS version 1104 to 4608)
If anyone could please help me get to the bottom of this as it is making it impossible for me to use my PC with audio.
I haven't tried removing the CC light but I didn't think that would be in an issue?
CPU: i7 3930k @ 4.5Ghz
OS: W7 pro 64bit
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth X79
HDD: WD caviar Black 1TB
SSD: 120GB Corsair Force3
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7970
Sound Card: Atraxia 7.1 On board (New from just before christmas)
Case: Xigmatek Elysium
Headset: Razer Tiamat 7.1's (Tested on other PC's)
Since formatting my SSD, I have noticed when playing games (through steam, haven't tested non-steam games) Audio Popping/Crackling sounds which when playing multiple audio tracks from different sources such as Steam Games, Teamspeak and Youtube at once will then continue across to the other applications, e.g when experiencing audio popping i'd quit a steam game and continue listening to music through youtube, i'd then experience audio popping through youtube etc.
Initially I assumed this was a fault with my sound cards seating / dust in the ports after a clean I tested it again with no change. Still receiving audio popping when playing steam games which bleeds across to other audio tracks. I also tried reinstalling the audio drivers/video drivers & updating them to no avail. (I have also tested different aux ports on my PC aswell as different speakers / headphones so they are not the cause of the issue as it is experienced across everything I plug into my PC) And I have also turned off audio enhancements and tried running at a different quality with no affect.
After reading a few posts I thought it could be to do with some sort of interference within my case (As I had recently installed a cold cathode light within it). So I ran DPC latency and recieved an
absolute maximum of: 1182 us
This doesn't indicate a latency issue.
So after this someone suggested testing the sound without overclocking the CPU/GPU, so I removed the overclock and restored to factory defaults (Even though it had been working without audio popping prior to the format of the SSD)
This also did not fix the audio popping/crackling sound when playing games.
I've just tried flashing my BIOS to the latest version / with a removed overclock on CPU/GPU which has still left me with audio crackling / popping.
(Updated from BIOS version 1104 to 4608)
If anyone could please help me get to the bottom of this as it is making it impossible for me to use my PC with audio.
I haven't tried removing the CC light but I didn't think that would be in an issue?
CPU: i7 3930k @ 4.5Ghz
OS: W7 pro 64bit
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth X79
HDD: WD caviar Black 1TB
SSD: 120GB Corsair Force3
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7970
Sound Card: Atraxia 7.1 On board (New from just before christmas)
Case: Xigmatek Elysium
Headset: Razer Tiamat 7.1's (Tested on other PC's)
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