![]() |
|
16 May 2010 | #1 |
|
Crackles and pops after running a hardware monitoring p
rogram.
![]() As the title suggests, I'm having pops, crackles, short interruptions when playing back audio (Winamp, Youtube, ...). Immediately after restart (or after resuming from sleep) everything is fine. Then, after I run something like CPU-Z or HWMonitor the pops and crackles start. They don't go away after closing those programs, but only after restart. I read this thread, but since this issue for me (so far) seems more specifically determined I decided to make a new one, so that we discuss this separately with those that have the same cause. Others are free to test with those programs to see if they can reproduce this in the same way. (The programs have "portable" versions, no installing required.) I'm using onboard Realtek HD on the Asrock ALiveNF6G-VSTA and Windows 7 64bit. I tried with the Realtek drivers and with Windows stock drivers - always the same. I tried Windows 7 32bit - the same. I tried XP - everything works great. I also tried an Audigy with KX drivers (in Win 7 64) - same pops and crackles. The only constant here is Windows 7. I've never had any similar problems in XP with the same hardware. |
My System Specs![]() |
. |
|
17 May 2010 | #2 |
|
As it does it with both the Integrated audio and a separate sound card, that would tend to eliminate the audio devices as the source of the problem. I've run these types of programs, including CPU-Z on a Win 7 64 machine and do not have this problem.
Both Vista and Windows 7 handle some audio functions differently than XP so you can't compare XP to newer OS. How much memory do you have? Also, how many programs are open when you run, for example CPU-Z? |
My System Specs![]() |
17 May 2010 | #3 |
|
I have 2GB. Running very few programs. I'm not running out of memory at all.
The thing is that once I run CPU-Z or similar I can't get back to proper audio until I restart or go into sleep mode and out. It's like these monitoring programs interrupt something. Also, I disabled (unchecked) all the Windows features (in Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off). Do you think this could have something to do with it? |
My System Specs![]() |
. |
|
17 May 2010 | #4 |
|
With sleep mode fixing the problem, it sounds like memory is one suspect. 2GB of RAM isn't very much for Win 7. After you run one of those programs look at the Task Manager Processes and also the Performance Tab and Resource Manager and see if you can see anything hogging memory.
|
My System Specs![]() |
05 Jun 2010 | #5 |
|
bump
Still looking for suggestions or explanations. |
My System Specs![]() |
06 Jun 2010 | #6 |
|
What is your sampling rate set at, if it is set at "studio quality", that could be a possible culprit.
|
My System Specs![]() |
06 Jun 2010 | #7 |
|
|
My System Specs![]() |
06 Jun 2010 | #8 |
|
Have you run the DPC latency checker?
DPC Latency Checker It won't fix the problem but will help narrow rthings down. Very simple program, installs no extra files, doesn't add junk to the registry. Run it once when there are no crackles, and run it again after the audio starts crackling. We'll go from there. Ap |
My System Specs![]() |
06 Jun 2010 | #9 |
|
Have you run the DPC latency checker?
DPC Latency Checker It won't fix the problem but will help narrow rthings down. Very simple program, installs no extra files, doesn't add junk to the registry. Run it once when there are no crackles, and run it again after the audio starts crackling. We'll go from there. Ap I ran DPC Latency Checker and at first it was all green with maximum 200 microseconds or so. Then I started CPU-Z and the red bars with huge latencies started to pop up (the first pair of red bars is when I started CPU-Z): ![]() |
My System Specs![]() |
08 Jun 2010 | #10 |
|
I ran DPC Latency Checker and at first it was all green with maximum 200 microseconds or so. Then I started CPU-Z and the red bars with huge latencies started to pop up (the first pair of red bars is when I started CPU-Z): I'm thinknig they do, just want confirmation. Just d'loaded CPU-Z and will give it a try. One thing you can do that would help everyone is post your specs. EDIT: Ok, I TRIED cpu-z, absolutely no difference in DPC latencey, my system runs between 11us and 40us, nothing changed. Is there a BIOS update for your motherboard? p.s. If you've never done a BIOS update or are the least bit unsure... get someone that has to help. Ap |
My System Specs![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Similar help and support threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Sound pops and crackles. Not DPC. Specific symptoms. Hi. My audio has been suffering from pops, clicks and crackles during play. I have two sound cards and an independent USB headset. All suffer the same regardless of enhancements, enabled status or installation order Having done a lot of research and tried just about everything including fresh... |
Sound & Audio | |||
Hardware Temperature Monitoring What is the best mostly accurate Temperature monitoring software for CPU, GPU and Motherboard? Im using Windows 7 64 bit SP1 |
Software | |||
boot performanc monitoring and shutdown performance monitoring issues hi all. I am getting several errors with bood performance and shutdown performance monitoring issues. I was wondering if anyone knows what the errors are and how to fix them. they are errors: 100 200 203 102 108 101 106 |
Performance & Maintenance | |||
Possible solution for DPC latency pops & crackles Well I am well and truly jiggered today and over the moon to boot! Have long been bothered by DPC latency pops and crackles during the playback of music on iTunes or Windows Media Player making it impossible to listen to. Thought it was a problem with my PC sound somewhere ... somehow .... ... |
Sound & Audio | |||
X-Fi XtremeMusic hisses, crackles and pops Ok, weird problem here - I've got a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic and Win7 will detect it, and I've installed the latest drivers (2.18.0008?). When it first installs, things are fine. I get sound through iTunes and System sounds. But after the first reboot, it hisses and crackles and pops. ... |
Sound & Audio |
Our Sites |
Site Links |
About Us |
Find Us |
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
"Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
© Designer Media Ltd All times are GMT -5. The time now is 22:24. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |