Sound card makes horrible whirring noise after a while

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Arleco123

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Hi. I'm clueless. I have and onboard Realtek sound card, which has given me no problem, up to 2 weeks ago. The thing is that I start my Windows 7, and I can listen to music or see 1080p videos without dropping 1 frame. But after using it for a while, specially if I watch Youtube videos a lot, the sound starts making little clicks, like interferences, and after a while, it just starts making a horrible noise. Is intermitent and only when I play music or videos. Once it starts doing this, the only thing I can do to remediate it is to restart the PC. Then everything is allright again, and the cicle restarts. Is like if the sound card acumulates static of something...
Is anybody aware of this problem?
 
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photonboy
First of all, it's not a sound "card" if it's on the motherboard.

My guess is it is a HARDWARE problem though it can be difficult to troubleshoot. The easiest way might be to burn an UBUNTU disc, then simply boot from the DVD to test audio. If audio starts having problems then it's defective.

I have the SAME ISSUE (or similar) and have to reboot. It doesn't happen often, and it only happens with my sound CARD (not onboard audio) so I know it's an issue with the card.

If Ubuntu works, it's a software issue likely and we can troubleshoot further (reinstall audio drivers etc).

*If the audio hardware is defective you'll need to buy a new audio card. Like THIS ONE:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-sound-card-xonardg

If you need a PCI...
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First of all, it's not a sound "card" if it's on the motherboard.

My guess is it is a HARDWARE problem though it can be difficult to troubleshoot. The easiest way might be to burn an UBUNTU disc, then simply boot from the DVD to test audio. If audio starts having problems then it's defective.

I have the SAME ISSUE (or similar) and have to reboot. It doesn't happen often, and it only happens with my sound CARD (not onboard audio) so I know it's an issue with the card.

If Ubuntu works, it's a software issue likely and we can troubleshoot further (reinstall audio drivers etc).

*If the audio hardware is defective you'll need to buy a new audio card. Like THIS ONE:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-sound-card-xonardg

If you need a PCI version (not PCIe) you'll need a different card. How to INSTALL:

1. Boot to motherboard BIOS and disable the audio
2. Uninstall the Realtek software
3. Shutdown and install sound card
4. Download and install the latest sound card software/drivers.

Other:
You can also try unhooking FRONT AUDIO on the motherboard to the case if it's connected. I don't have any idea if this could help but it's worth a try.
 
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Arleco123

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Hi, Photonboy. Thanks a lot for your kick response. I'll try the Ubuntu option, although I didn't use Linux before, so I need to do some research first. I guess that I need to make a partition to allocate it, don't I?
Anyway, thanks a lot for your detail answer. I'll let you know if I have any news.
Best regards.
 
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