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Crackling Sound
Hi all,
Am new to the forums so please be patient with me!
My machine is fairly old but runs Windows 7 32Bit perfectly fine. In fact I was amazed to find all the hardware is picked up fine and runs nearly as fast as XP did.
Have been using it for some time without issues but recently the sound has become what I would describe as crackly and breaks up. It happens when Windows boots and it plays the little intro tune, then when I log on its fine. Then if I play a Quicktime movie trailer for instance it crackles or Youtube etc.
My MSI motherboad doesnt have any downloadable drivers for Windows 7 so its using whatever is the defaults.
I have tried changing the sound settings to different qualities and also reducing it from 5.1 sound to 2 channel stereo but to no avail.
To make sure its not a hardware fault I have reinstalled XP and also Ubuntu with no issues at all.
I then reinstalled Windows 7 and immediately the crackling returns which puzzles me as I ran Windows 7 for months without issues.
I have also tried changing the emulation in the BIOS from AC97 to Azalia but again to no avail.
Any suggestions would be gratefully recieved.
Many Thanks
Paul.