Crackling Speakers and Headphones

Any program that requires sound, my computers speakers will pop and crackle anytime there is a break in the sound. I tried headphones and it comes through them as well. I reinstalled the restore driver that came with it and is was not fixed. It isn't due to volume because it happens even when soft.

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It may be that your graphics and audio driver are conflicting with each other. Go to Start> Run, then type 'dxdiag' then hit Enter; this will run a sound and video diagnostics tool and check for problems. The only other thing if all the drivers are ok is a possible motherboard fault on the onboard sound chip.

Posted on Dec 30, 2006

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