With the Realtek drivers that came with the board, sound is completely messed up and distorted. Loud crackles cut into whatever sound is coming out. I tested my speakers and motherboard on multiple audio sources and speakers, same thing.
But.... without the drivers, sound comes out clear without being cut out halfway through but with lots of crackling when sounds get mixed together.
For example, in a song it starts off with just the guitar playing, I get no crackling. But once the drums, bass and singing kick in the crackling gets louder to the point where it's clearly audible. Then disappears when it's just the guitar again.
I've read about EMI issues with sound but I don't think that could be it if sound comes out clear at times and not clear at others. Or is that possible with EMI?
But.... without the drivers, sound comes out clear without being cut out halfway through but with lots of crackling when sounds get mixed together.
For example, in a song it starts off with just the guitar playing, I get no crackling. But once the drums, bass and singing kick in the crackling gets louder to the point where it's clearly audible. Then disappears when it's just the guitar again.
I've read about EMI issues with sound but I don't think that could be it if sound comes out clear at times and not clear at others. Or is that possible with EMI?