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Static pop/crack (split second) as soon as sound plays through speaker
Hi, I have already solved much of my issue, but it still persists. I have the new skylake 6700K, new board, new everything except the same HD's. Everything on my prior system worked 100%, even the speakers. The 5.1 speakers are sitting in the same spot as the old PC, but when these are plugged in, I had constant static pops/cracks whenever the CPU was being used. Even just moving the mouse made it happen.
I solved that by going through MANY options. There is no interference because they work 100% on my old PC in the same exact spot. I tried other speakers I have and it's the same issue, only on the new PC I get that static. I tried using my old 750w psu, and had the same issues. I took the GPU out, ran onboard, same issue. I moved USB cables all away from the audio ports, same issue. Literally everything works on the old pc. I know my speakers are good, the case ports are good. All that is fine. Headphones give no static, ever, in both ports. Speakers, 2.1 and 5.1, give static off in all audio ports.
I solved this by turning off those CPU power saving options in BIOS. It was EIST and all the C1 C5 C7 states. Anyone I saw, I disabled. The static is gone then from the CPU being used.
THE ISSUE NOW:
Well, lets say I'm navigating through windows explorer, clicking through folders. That windows click sound comes up, but along with that static crack/pop. Anytime NO audio is playing, then when audio wants to play, it introduces it with a static pop. Another example, if I go to youtube, and watch a video, there will be a static pop right at the beginning when it wants to start to play the audio. NOTE: As the video plays, the static is ALL gone, from everything. So as I have a youtube video playing, I can click through windows folders and will hear the click and only the click, without the static pop. As soon as the video stops and no sound is playing, the static pops come back as sound starts for the split second.
Any ideas? I'm also ordering a different mobo (Asus) to see.
Yes I have all drivers up-to-date, correctly installed, yes I have the BIOS updated. I also muted any audio ports not being used. I think I did everything. I spent days on researching it and this is where I am. I also bought a replacement mobo (same one) and had the same exact issues.
Could there be some audio setting in bios that I may disable? Not sure. My board is by Gigabyte:
GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5
I'm trying the Asus Maximus Gene VIII matx Z170 tomorrow.
Any help would be great. I've tried basically anything, but clearly am missing something or it's just a fault in their drivers/BIOS. I am running Windows 7 pro 64
Thank you.