At least it's "Good" to know I'm not the only one...
While I still didn't hear of a solution - any additional posts here might help us by getting some attention from Microsoft or Realtek...
I also had this problem with windows 7 x64 and had an idea about the cause.
If you have a gigabyte motherboard with Dynamic energy saver installed/enabled, try turning it off(or uninstalling the app). That stopped the crackling/static for me. I'm guessing the change in power phases is causing the noise. It never happend with XP under the exact same config.
If you don't have a gigabyte motherboard but your board has some other energy saving tool try disabling it.
Cheers,
Dave
I can't play a game or music with this sound.
It's not a hardware problem, because it works fine with XP/Vista and even Linux.
It's not the motherboard, because there is no dynamic energy saver, or I can't find it!
Each new driver, sound gets a little better, but sucks anyway.
At least the Realtek 2.31 driver is better than the default Microsoft driver.
Windows 7 is awsome, I just hope that I can find a fix for this soon, it's a shame to use my notebook on mute (or I'll go crazy!)!
And it's not even a RC, this things shouldn't happen :/
I also had this problem after install Windows 7 RTM.
I had Windows Vista 32bit running fine and do not have this problem at all (in this same machine).
I used Windows 7 RC before this and do not have this problem either..
It's shame that Windows 7 RTM have this problem..
btw, i am using Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64 (having problem now..)
anyone having this problem using OS other than mine? 32bit?
Not really helpful but i was just about to post on this, i get the same thing. With vista the sound is incredible quality and volume but windows 7 seems decent and quiet in comparison. Ive tried the vista and the new win7 drivers. It's a shame actually because i finally got everything else working but i wont be keeping it if the sound issue cant be fixed.
Well i downloaded the latest one, released today i think and the crackling is gone so its good so far.
Amazing how Realtek servers sucks!
What a f*cking slow download!
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